Good news for me, Bad news for my 6R

[tcmizzou]

Well, i will start with the good news. I finally signed my contract with the US ARMY and will be shipping out to basic on the 30th of this month! Bad news is my training will be 19 weeks long, which means before i leave i have to winterize my bike..... in july...... :banghead:

PS this is my first time winterizing my bike, so any good advice on the do's and dont's

 

[applejax]

Clean bike
Cover
Clean oil
Stands
Battery charger
New gas with stabilizer

Good luck and thank you for serving our wonderful country !

 

[jponza]

just wanted to welcome you to the us army there guy, what mos? where are you doing basic?

 

[SpawnXX]

1. Fill it at least 3/4 of the way with fuel.

2. Use StaBil or whatever brand you want fuel conditioner, follow instructions on bottle.

3. If you have power available wherever you are storing it, hook a battery tender up to your battery. If you don't want to take your bike apart every time you winterize it, put some leads for the battery tender and have them under your rear seat. (You can do it yourself or have a dealership do it for you"fairly inexpensive")

4. Wipe your bike down and oil/grease chain to prevent corrosion/rust.

5. I recommend putting a cover over your bike, I have a tailored cover for the fz6r when I winterize mine. This keeps dust, critters, etc. from using your bike as a crapping post.

6. Spend a lot of time on this site because you can't ride until good weather/leave time.

Hope this helps, goodluck! :thumbup:

 

[JT]

Sounds like its mostly good news.

 

[JT]

1. Fill it at least 3/4 of the way with fuel.

2. Use StaBil or whatever brand you want fuel conditioner, follow instructions on bottle.

3. If you have power available wherever you are storing it, hook a battery tender up to your battery. If you don't want to take your bike apart every time you winterize it, put some leads for the battery tender and have them under your rear seat. (You can do it yourself or have a dealership do it for you"fairly inexpensive")

4. Wipe your bike down and oil/grease chain to prevent corrosion/rust.

5. I recommend putting a cover over your bike, I have a tailored cover for the fz6r when I winterize mine. This keeps dust, critters, etc. from using your bike as a crapping post.

6. Spend a lot of time on this site because you can't ride until good weather/leave time.

Hope this helps, goodluck! :thumbup:

#6 is the most important of all instructions

 

[MistahT]

What's winterizing? Had my license for 18 months and spent every single one riding

 

[tcmizzou]

just wanted to welcome you to the us army there guy, what mos? where are you doing basic?

31B "Military Police" Ft. Leonard Wood Missouri

 

[MNGreg]

Well, i will start with the good news. I finally signed my contract with the US ARMY and will be shipping out to basic on the 30th of this month! Bad news is my training will be 19 weeks long, which means before i leave i have to winterize my bike..... in july...... :banghead:

PS this is my first time winterizing my bike, so any good advice on the do's and dont's

Congrats, and thank you for enlisting to serve!!!

What's winterizing? Had my license for 18 months and spent every single one riding

You SUCK!! JK! Owned the bike and had my license for 15 months and only been able to ride for 8 months!! Darn winters!

 

[MNGreg]

1. Fill it at least 3/4 of the way with fuel.

2. Use StaBil or whatever brand you want fuel conditioner, follow instructions on bottle.

3. If you have power available wherever you are storing it, hook a battery tender up to your battery. If you don't want to take your bike apart every time you winterize it, put some leads for the battery tender and have them under your rear seat. (You can do it yourself or have a dealership do it for you"fairly inexpensive")

4. Wipe your bike down and oil/grease chain to prevent corrosion/rust.

5. I recommend putting a cover over your bike, I have a tailored cover for the fz6r when I winterize mine. This keeps dust, critters, etc. from using your bike as a crapping post.

6. Spend a lot of time on this site because you can't ride until good weather/leave time.

Hope this helps, goodluck! :thumbup:

Good Advise!!

 

[Spunky99]

31B "Military Police" Ft. Leonard Wood Missouri

Fort "Lost in the Woods"....LOL....in August...effin nutz.....

I went to Fort Polk in August and that was nutz hot...We spent a lot of time sitting around when the temps got over 100f.

 

[Alex6]

What's winterizing? Had my license for 18 months and spent every single one riding

Move to MN and tell us this in January.

 

[jponza]

31B "Military Police" Ft. Leonard Wood Missouri

no shit? haha should have known when you said 19 weeks....well lucky for you I am currently active MP and went to FT. lostinthewoods.....im stationed in seal beach,ca attached to a navy unit. You'll have fun, but hate the shit out of it while your there. are you still making payments on your bike? any credit/loans --google SCRA it will help you. if you have any questions fell free to PM me im more than glad to answer any questions.

ps:sorry about the off topic convo people

 

[MNGreg]

are you still making payments on your bike? any credit/loans --google SCRA it will help you. if you have any questions fell free to PM me im more than glad to answer any questions.

Thanks for stepping up and offering this important information about SCRA.. Sure most service members have heard of this but for any who havent or are new... very good information.

 

[jponza]

Thanks for stepping up and offering this important information about SCRA.. Sure most service members have heard of this but for any who havent or are new... very good information.

its a shame when military members have so much at there disposal but no one informs about them. no problem:america:

 

[maddog4life3]

well i also want to know what is winterizing... im new to riding and this is my first bike. since im in alabama no one has bothered really mentioning it to me but i plan on moving to seattle and it gets pretty damn cold there... ok not like BLIZZARD snow.. but still what is it and what do you mean take it apart... i plan on driving this all year

 

[Crocop43]

Don't do it!!!!!! Lol have fun bro not much to winterized just unhook ur battery and put stabilizer in the gas..... Ps the Marines are better haha but I'm biased cause I was one....lol

 

[jponza]

Don't do it!!!!!! Lol have fun bro not much to winterized just unhook ur battery and put stabilizer in the gas..... Ps the Marines are better haha but I'm biased cause I was one....lol

You were? To my knowledge from my marine counterparts, "once a marine, always a marine" haha

 

[DakinechicK]

Congrats on enlisting!! I hear its tough work but totally worth it. I'm too girly to do anything military like.

Anyway, I don't really have anything to add about winterizing your bike so I'll just agree with what everyone else said..... I just wanted to wish you good luck at basic was why I replied!

 

[Crocop43]

You were? To my knowledge from my marine counterparts, "once a marine, always a marine" haha

yeah yeah yeah....lol