Calling all Great white North riders
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RE: Calling all Great white North riders
ORIGINAL: JayFromPa
Glad I don't live as far north as some of you guys. It gets cold here to but I still get her out at least once a week for 20 or 30 miles.
Glad I don't live as far north as some of you guys. It gets cold here to but I still get her out at least once a week for 20 or 30 miles.
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What flynavy said for sure! MA rider here! The only other thing I do is to 'fog ' the engine. I am a boat captain and whenever we winterize boat engines we' fog' the engine. 2 ways to do it. No.1 start the engine (stabil in the gas) No. 2 turn off the gas . No. 3 just before the engine quits, spray 'fogging oil' (sold at all marine stores) into the carb or air cleaner.
The other way is to run the engine with stabil in the gas tank, turn off the gas and let the engine quit. Then pull the plugs, spray in the fog oil, and spin the engine a couple times. .
Fogging oil has a high 'stick ' factor and will coat the pistons, valve, cylinder walls, etc and protect from rust.
In the spring, just start her up, the oil burns off right away.
What flynavy said for sure! MA rider here! The only other thing I do is to 'fog ' the engine. I am a boat captain and whenever we winterize boat engines we' fog' the engine. 2 ways to do it. No.1 start the engine (stabil in the gas) No. 2 turn off the gas . No. 3 just before the engine quits, spray 'fogging oil' (sold at all marine stores) into the carb or air cleaner.
The other way is to run the engine with stabil in the gas tank, turn off the gas and let the engine quit. Then pull the plugs, spray in the fog oil, and spin the engine a couple times. .
Fogging oil has a high 'stick ' factor and will coat the pistons, valve, cylinder walls, etc and protect from rust.
In the spring, just start her up, the oil burns off right away.
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RE: Calling all Great white North riders
This year, I just changed to synthetic oil and will probably have a few hundred miles on it (200-300) before I put it away. I also plan on riding it for a few hundred to thousand or so before I change it again in the spring. Any opinions on this? I'm guessing itwill be ok.
This season and last season, I put about 5000miles on so I am hoping to get one changedone in the spring and one in the fall before storage next year. This will mean my summer oil will have about 4000-5000 miles and my over the winter oil will end up with about 1000+ miles, all synthetic oil.
This season and last season, I put about 5000miles on so I am hoping to get one changedone in the spring and one in the fall before storage next year. This will mean my summer oil will have about 4000-5000 miles and my over the winter oil will end up with about 1000+ miles, all synthetic oil.
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