What do you recommend to change your fluids before you put it away for storage or in the beginning of riding season and explain why ?

 

Ha ha ha ha …

 

Is there something special about these 2 times of the year? What about all the oil changes in between those 2 times?

Seriously, though, just the gas stabilizer for the winter, then you should be good to go!

 

I thought maybe you are rounders...

He’ll be back soon to give you a run for your money.

 

I think gas going stale is your biggest issue. As far as changing oil, does it really hurt to sit a couple of months if the oil is in good condition?

I've been watching some reruns of Mecum and Barrett-Jackson car auctions lately. I see many older cars with low mileage, but in perfect condition sold. IIRC a 1998 Corvette with only 7000 miles sold. I had to ask myself, how many oil changes have been done on that car over 27 years? How many miles has this car been driven a year? Do they drive it enough when they start it to get it up to temperature and expel moisture? Does anyone here know?

What if you only put on 1000 miles a year, but ride at least 40 miles twice a month, and always ride your bike for an ~hour and always with oil at operating temp (200*+) so any moisture gets fully expelled. Do you really need to change the oil each year? What if your bike never sees freezing temps in your garage? What about your transmission oils, which have a longer mileage service interval, but generally reach lower operating temperatures than engine oil?

At minimum, run some Stabil or other quality fuel stabilizer through your system, and be sure to store it with a full tank of gas. And, don't start and run your engine for a few minutes in the garage, that's the worst thing you can do. Put your battery on a tender if your bike is newer than an early 90's bike.

John

 

Winter storage battery tender,full tank of fuel and stabilizer

 

what I said wasn’t nonsense, the OP on the other hand…could be that idiot…you know that.

 

Rounders seems to trigger "RDS" on even recent members to the forum. Very interesting.

I'm not sure why he got banned, but I always found him pretty harmless. I actually hope it's only a temporary banishment to the "corn field."

John

 

I generally change oil and filter with stabil in gas before winter layup.

Only time I pass on the oil change is if there is a thousand miles or less on the new oil.

Might be a bit wasteful of oil but it does not keep me awake at night.

 

It depends.

1. Are you going to start or ride your bike after you put it away for storage or before the beginning of riding season?
2. How many miles on the oil before putting it away for storage?
3. If there are a lot of miles on the oil and it has a bunch of contaminates or moisture in it from short trips it may be best to change it so the contaminates do not sit in the engine oil or primary during the storage time. Transmission not to worry.
4. I do not change the oil on any of my bikes for storage as I may ride them during the winter months if it get warm enough to do so. I change the oil on the maintenance schedule stated in the owner's manual and have been doing it that way for 20 years with no ill affects.
5. Now if I was not going to ride and had a bunch of miles on the engine oil and was going to put it is storage for 3 months or more, I would change the oil and put stabilizer in the fuel.