| Home | Forums | Marketplace | Articles | FAQ | Members | Gallery | Arcade |
Honda CBR 600: Discussion of the Honda CBR 600F1, Honda CBR 600F2, Honda CBR 600F3, Honda CBR 600F4, Honda CBR 600F4i, and Honda CBR 600RR Motorcycles. | |||||||
12-20-2006, 1:28 PM
| | |
| Join Date: 11-06-2006 Location: boston
Bike(s): CBR 600F2 Posts: 5
Rep:  (10) Rep Power: 0
| winterize your bike? what do you do (maintenance wise) when you store your bike ove the winter, and then upon getting it ready again? | |
|      |
|
12-20-2006, 1:33 PM
| |
   Join Date: 01-30-2005 Location: Indiana
Bike(s): POS '04 ZX-10R Age: 39 Posts: 1,475
Rep: (329) Rep Power: 8
| Re: winterize your bike? Make sure that you have the proper amount of anti-freeze in it and put it some where dry and warm if possible..Then when winter is over I change and flush all fluids and oil and filters. Then you should be ready..Also check your tires for dry rott and the air pressure...Hope this helps... |
|
| |
|
12-20-2006, 3:26 PM
| |
| Carolina Kracker   Join Date: 10-05-2005 Location: Elizabeth City NC US
Bike(s): 06 CBR1000rr, 05 CBR1000RR Repsol Edition(stolen) Age: 25 Posts: 4,696
Rep: (211) Rep Power: 0
| Re: winterize your bike? what is this "winterize" that you speak of doing to your precous |
|
|  |
|
12-20-2006, 4:39 PM
| | |
| gone green    Join Date: 05-19-2005 Location: Bronx, NY
Bike(s): 95 VFR Age: 92 Posts: 1,638
Rep: (100) Rep Power: 6
| Re: winterize your bike? Quote:
 to the .org-jh
__________________ - Track whores get paid for it, track sluts do it for free... - Cars lean the wrong way in turns.  | |
|
| |
|
12-20-2006, 5:34 PM
| |
     Join Date: 12-29-2001 Location: New Jersey, USA
Bike(s): '01 CBR 929 black & red, K7 GSX-R600 Age: 48 Posts: 6,477
Rep: (480) Rep Power: 17
| Re: winterize your bike? Fill gas tank to top and add Stabil as described on the label. Run bike for about 10 mins to distribute stabilized gas throughout system. Make sure antifreeze is in Change oil and filter. Do not store your bike with dirty oil in it, as it contains breakdown products that can be corrosive. Unless the bike is stored for more than 6 months, or in a very humid environment, you can use this oil in the Spring. Bring the battery inside and put it on a one amp trickle charge overnight once a month. Or, hook it to a battery tender. If possible, get the wheels off the ground. Or, inflate them to a bit over normal and park on cardboard to insulate them a bit from the cold cement. Clean, wax, put on a coat of chain lube Cover the end of the exhaust, and the airbox if it's open, to keep critters out. Cover with a sheet or some breathable cover to keep dust off. In the spring, put the charged battery in, take the cover off the exhaust, start and go! |
|
| |
|
12-20-2006, 6:35 PM
| | |
| maybe because it does not really matter...........  Join Date: 05-16-2006 Location: At home
Bike(s): 94 CBR 900RR Age: 36 Posts: 1,267
Rep: (127) Rep Power: 5
| Re: winterize your bike? Quote:
 | |
|
| |
|
12-20-2006, 7:53 PM
| | |
| gone green Join Date: 05-19-2005 Location: Bronx, NY
Bike(s): 95 VFR Age: 92 Posts: 1,638
Rep: (100) Rep Power: 6
| Re: winterize your bike? Quote:
on what she said but...........er........... WHY WOULD YOU WINTERIZE IT??!!I've heard of this phenomenon but just cant understand it. -jh
__________________ - Track whores get paid for it, track sluts do it for free... - Cars lean the wrong way in turns. | |
|
| |
|
12-20-2006, 8:15 PM
| |
| Join Date: 12-29-2001 Location: New Jersey, USA
Bike(s): '01 CBR 929 black & red, K7 GSX-R600 Age: 48 Posts: 6,477
Rep: (480) Rep Power: 17
| Re: winterize your bike?  I hate riding in below 55 degrees F weather. If I have to put that many layers on, I'm going skiing. I can't be bothered with electrics. Just not my thing, but I have friends who do ride all winter long. Then there's that issue of getting road salt all over my ride. No thanks!  |
|
| |
|
12-20-2006, 8:47 PM
| | |||
| gone green Join Date: 05-19-2005 Location: Bronx, NY
Bike(s): 95 VFR Age: 92 Posts: 1,638
Rep: (100) Rep Power: 6
| Re: winterize your bike? Quote:
__________________ - Track whores get paid for it, track sluts do it for free... - Cars lean the wrong way in turns. | |||
|
| |
|
12-20-2006, 8:50 PM
| |
 Join Date: 01-27-2003 Location: Rosamond, CA
Bike(s): YAMAHA R-1, WR450F Age: 44 Posts: 5,397
Rep:  (532) Rep Power: 16
| Re: winterize your bike? This concept confuses me as well. And just what is this "winter" you speak of anyways?  And before you start, it was 17 here today. In the AM, before the sun came up... though it was 53 this afternoon.  AND, if you do a search you will get plenty of advice as well as more of mine and others "clever" remarks.  |
|
| |
|
12-21-2006, 6:28 AM
| | |||
| Join Date: 12-29-2001 Location: New Jersey, USA
Bike(s): '01 CBR 929 black & red, K7 GSX-R600 Age: 48 Posts: 6,477
Rep: (480) Rep Power: 17
| Re: winterize your bike? Quote:
| |||
|
| |
| Top |
Copyright © 2006 FireBlades.org. All Rights Reserved. FireBlades.org is not affiliated with, nor endorsed by, any motorcycle manufacturers.
Best viewed at a resolution of 1024x768 or higher. SEO by vBSEO ©2007, Crawlability, Inc. All times are GMT -4. The time now is 12:03 AM.
Best viewed at a resolution of 1024x768 or higher. SEO by vBSEO ©2007, Crawlability, Inc. All times are GMT -4. The time now is 12:03 AM.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85
Powered by vBulletin. Copyright ©2000 - 2007, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.