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Tourer
Joined: Dec 2008
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From: Middle River, MD
Welcome from N.E. Baltimore!
The wait must be eating you up inside. Got any cold weather gear yet? A good pair of gauntlet gloves, duo-fold or under-armor underneath, a sweatshirt under your jacket, and chaps over the jeans will let you ride at 40°.
Add a windshield and lowers to the bike, and you can go colder - but watch out for ice or frost on the road below 32°.
I don't mothball my scoot for the winter. Haven't gone more than 2 weeks without getting in at least one day's ride. I'm fighting the urge right now becasue the roads have as much salt as the Bonneville speedway. Warm enough to ride, but too cold to wash.
Add a windshield and lowers to the bike, and you can go colder - but watch out for ice or frost on the road below 32°.
I don't mothball my scoot for the winter. Haven't gone more than 2 weeks without getting in at least one day's ride. I'm fighting the urge right now becasue the roads have as much salt as the Bonneville speedway. Warm enough to ride, but too cold to wash.
Tourer
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 279
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From: Middle River, MD
Almost forgot -- If you don't have the gear or cold tolerance to ride at least 30 minutes every other week or so, you need to take care of your bike. -- it will save you some big bucks later.
- Hook up a battery tender. Motorcyle batteries are small, but they're pricey.
- Add some Stabil or Sea Foam stabilizer to the gas tank. Gas gets stale and gums things up unless you add stabilizer.
- Add half a teaspoon of motor oil into each of the spark plug holes and hit the starter to smear it around before putting the plugs back in. This keeps the cylinder walls from rusting.
- Stuff an oily rag or plastic dish scrubber into the exhaust pipes and air intake to discourage small critters from building a nest in there. Some people say to use steel wool, but I avoid that because it encourages rust.