Winter Storage

[Sandro]

Hey everybody,

I live in Canada and I may only have a couple more weeks until I decide my hands are cold enough to end the season. I have the 2014 fz6r and it is this is my first bike in my first season of riding. Can anybody tell me what you recommend for storing the bike for the winter? I will have it in my attached garage.
Thanks

 

[jasper909]

This will be my first year as well. From what I read, do an oil change, fill the tank up and put fuel stabilizer in it, get the tires off the ground (or put a few pieces of thick cardboard under them at least). Give it a good cleaning and drying (wax if you have it). Plug in a battery tender, and she is good to go! Maybe throw a cover on it if it is being stored outside (or even inside, to keep the dust off a bit).

Like I said, this is my first year of bike storage so I may have missed something.

 

[alaskanflyboy]

Here's a sticky that's been floating around a while with a lot of advice.

http://www.600cc.org/forum/f91/winterizing-your-bike-30216/

 

[latony007]

Ahh its getting that time again, time for me to ask questions like, what is this winter storage you speak of?

 

[Sandro]

lol yeah must be nice, the 8k I've put on my bike this season is comparatively a ton of use to others I know. Canada is not very motorcycle friendly

 

[alaskanflyboy]

lol yeah must be nice, the 8k I've put on my bike this season is comparatively a ton of use to others I know. Canada is not very motorcycle friendly

I know that feeling. I got much more use out of my bike in Spokane thanks to the dry climate. We didn't get permanent snow until around Thanksgiving, and it was usually gone by Valentines. Here in Wisconsin, it seems to be around Halloween or sooner, and sticks around well in to March. They also use copious amounts of road salt which takes forever to wash away.

 

[latony007]

lol yeah must be nice, the 8k I've put on my bike this season is comparatively a ton of use to others I know. Canada is not very motorcycle friendly

Thats pretty good, i only got about 5k on mine in the last year, however i ride just on the weekends and have 2 bikes so i split time on them. As a total i would say i rode around 8000 since july of 13.