Stonesie

If you learn the SV on slippery roads then I was told that it would make me a better rider come the dry warm roads of spring, so that's exactly what I did, might just be all in my head but when I did have a slide on gravel in the summer I managed to recover the bike without panicking, pulled over, then kicked myself for poor observation and carried on.

Stripping the plastics off to give it a thourough ACF treatment will also help you to get to know the workings of the bike, give the calipers a clean out and some red grease, I think too many riders just climb on and go hell for leather without even basic checks or knowledge of how things work.*





*Somone I know recently rode for 2 weeks with a partially siezed chain, which destroyed his rear wheel bearings. He freely admited he didn't even know how to lube the chain then had a rant at everyone for leaving him to wait for recovery.