If you store your bike outside, you might want to consider pulling your battery before tomorrow night. The forecast is for-19, and a partly charged battery can freeze at those temperatures.
If you store your bike outside, you might want to consider pulling your battery before tomorrow night. The forecast is for-19, and a partly charged battery can freeze at those temperatures.
ha.. I just pulled my entire bike into the kitchen last night.. toasty! That's what I get for running water wetter all year...
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Sol Performance - Pirelli Tires
Plug in a battery tender
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my garage is cold but not as cold as outside, hopefully that works, i guess i will see.
-Eugene-
2007 black hayabusa touring beast
2003 KTM 525sx/exc hybrid
2002 black and blue hayabusa- (SOLD)
2000 ZX7R STREETFIGHTER-(SOLD)
hmm...1 tender...2 bikes...
I think the brit needed a new lithium battery anyway
I'm not terribly concerned about the battery (I've never had an issue during the winter).. it's the water wetter freezing up that I'm worried about
Glitter Factory Racing
MRA #415
Sol Performance - Pirelli Tires
I just put antifreeze back in both of the bikes...I'd rather not worry about it
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As a follow up, your battery will freeze at -20 F if the charge is around 45%. A fully charged battery is good till -90 F.
Battery pulled, Stabol in, full tank gas, covered with tarp and water resistant cover. Anything else I'm missing? It has to stay outside, no option to bring it inside right now. Thanks
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I'm more worried about the diesel in my truck. Rode both bikes last weekend and the VFR had a few cycles of the battery tender as well.
1998 VFR800 Interceptor - resurrected and custom tail http://vfrworld.com/forums/5th-gener...98-vfr800.html
1999 DR650SE
Just got my battery out, wind chill was -20. It took about 2 minutes to realize I would have frostbite if I didn't go get a hat. Could barely bend the seat back to access the bolts, froze my hands removing them, and it turns out the battery had sufficient charge to be fine. Now I have 6 logs in the fireplace and a glass of balvenie doublewood 12 year. Gotta warm up somehow!
The Gixxer is plugged in... My other 3 babies and Katie's lil Ninja hopefully braved the cold last night. Going to attempt to start them all up a lil later this afternoon.
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'o6 Pitster Pro 50cc Pit Bike (125cc Big Bore Kit).
i fired my up this morning, its sounded cold but started with no problem.. thank god going to get a battery tender today!
-Eugene-
2007 black hayabusa touring beast
2003 KTM 525sx/exc hybrid
2002 black and blue hayabusa- (SOLD)
2000 ZX7R STREETFIGHTER-(SOLD)
Yeah, all three running bikes got a minimum of a trip around the neighborhood in the last week so they should be fine. The 'canes aren't as cold weather friendly as the Ninja is, but carb'd bikes will do that. all mah vechicles have been huddling together for warmth in the garage!
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The starter clutch on the VFR doesn't like this cold weather. I don't think I could start it if I wanted to without firing up the torpedo heater in the garage and warming up the whole thing.
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1999 DR650SE
I've had water wetter in both bikes for years. They're always kept in an unheated garage and have never had a problem. It never freezes in the garage, though. I even accidental left my R1 out over night in 15 deg. weather. Didn't even frost the water around the filler cap.
Here's one for ya all. I've had my boat for ten years and I have never put Sta-Bil in it or removed the battery. When I stuck an exhaust valve, it sat for two years. After re-building the heads, it fired up the instant Kim hit the key. Battery and fuel had been sitting for two years!!
Kim & Dean
60th Anniversary R6 - '16 R1M
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My 2-stroke pocket bike will gum up in about a month. My 2-stroke planes sit all winter and fire up on the first try, every time. That might have something to do with the nitromethane, though.
You're probably not going to believe this, but the mix I put in my chain saw is almost ten years old. Saw runs like a raped ape!
I'm not recommending that you let fuel sit around, though...
Kim & Dean
60th Anniversary R6 - '16 R1M
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EFI bikes tend to be a bit more tolerant to sitting without Stabil etc. Carb'd bikes with their tiny jets might benefit from some fuel treatment over the winter.
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carb'd bikes...pffft