# Getting close to that time... Show us your winterization routine **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [September 13, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-close-to-that-time-show-us-your-winterization-routine/54833 "2008-09-13T02:49:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![psphinx81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-close-to-that-time-show-us-your-winterization-routine/54833/21 "2008-09-13T19:31:55Z")
> [@Muscle50](#): > > Fill the tank with 100 octane( I only run 100 octane ) > Throw a coat of wax on it. > Remove the wheels, put the original 10 holes back on it. > Every week or so During the winter go out and start it up. let it run for about 15 minutes. ditto ---
**Author:** ![MikeRi24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-close-to-that-time-show-us-your-winterization-routine/54833/22 "2008-09-14T16:13:41Z")
> [@maxwell](#): > > :lolham: c’mon now people ?? ---
**Author:** ![livin4hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-close-to-that-time-show-us-your-winterization-routine/54833/23 "2008-09-14T16:27:45Z")
> [@Paulo](#): > > You didn’t notice what forum this was in did you? lol > [@maxwell](#): > > :lolham: c’mon now people > [@MikeRi24](#): > > ?? . ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-close-to-that-time-show-us-your-winterization-routine/54833/24 "2008-09-14T16:36:58Z")
> [@MikeRi24](#): > > ?? I guess it doens’t really matter since this section of this forum is for more than just motorcycles, but this thread was meant for bike winterization routines. I was just trying to be an interweb BA. ---
**Author:** ![PureXTC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purextc/32/5223_2.png) [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-close-to-that-time-show-us-your-winterization-routine/54833/25 "2008-09-14T20:07:33Z")
Quad guys? What do you do? Put battery on trickle. done? ---
**Author:** ![Shrives](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shrives/32/7250_2.png) [@Shrives](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shrives)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-close-to-that-time-show-us-your-winterization-routine/54833/26 "2008-09-14T20:57:50Z")
i rode mine every month last year 🙂 ill have it up on stands, stable, full detail and wash, trickle I hardly ride it anymore since the semester started ---
**Author:** ![PureXTC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purextc/32/5223_2.png) [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-close-to-that-time-show-us-your-winterization-routine/54833/27 "2008-09-15T07:22:32Z")
> [@Shrives](#): > > I hardly ride it anymore since the semester started Same here. Its been parked at my girls garage next to her bike colecting dust. ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-close-to-that-time-show-us-your-winterization-routine/54833/28 "2008-09-15T07:25:33Z")
i did nothing to my bike…:gotme: it needs a full rebuild and such anyway ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 7:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-close-to-that-time-show-us-your-winterization-routine/54833/29 "2008-09-15T07:27:00Z")
> [@Muscle50](#): > > Fill the tank with 100 octane( I only run 100 octane ) > Throw a coat of wax on it. > Remove the wheels, put the original 10 holes back on it. > Throw the the cover over it. > Every week or so During the winter go out and start it up. let it run for about 15 minutes. wow serious business. I park the car and come visit it in april lol when i put it back on the road lol. Maybe I should take a page out of your book :tup: as for bike… lol If i had one… ---
**Author:** ![KuntryQuestTSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kuntryquesttsi/32/5010_2.png) [@KuntryQuestTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KuntryQuestTSi)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 7:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-close-to-that-time-show-us-your-winterization-routine/54833/30 "2008-09-15T07:27:10Z")
> [@justa4door](#): > > i did nothing to my bike…:gotme: it needs a full rebuild and such anyway Witch will take a half hour LOL I change the oil, Because it needs it. Fill with 93 battery tender drive around garage randomly in middle of winter ---
**Author:** ![EvilJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a5b964/32.png) [@EvilJay](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EvilJay)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-close-to-that-time-show-us-your-winterization-routine/54833/31 "2008-09-15T07:49:44Z")
lol, witch. ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-close-to-that-time-show-us-your-winterization-routine/54833/32 "2008-09-15T07:51:27Z")
> [@KuntryQuestTSi](#): > > Witch :bloated: ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-close-to-that-time-show-us-your-winterization-routine/54833/33 "2008-09-15T07:51:45Z")
damnit jay… lol… +karma. ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 9:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-close-to-that-time-show-us-your-winterization-routine/54833/34 "2008-09-15T09:05:30Z")
> [@Willybeen](#): > > I still have never seen faster yet, I do however read the twist of the wrist and total contol series books over the winter. :tup: I watched Faster on my laptop at the hospital right after my son was born 😃 I had Twist of the wrist and practical sportbiking… But I lent them to Andre a few years back, and have not seen them since. As for my winterizing, I add some fuel stabilizer and lube the chain. Then, weather permitting, I ride. Salt washes off and nobody will want my bike by the time I’m done with it anyway 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![eclipsed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbce88/32.png) [@eclipsed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/eclipsed)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-close-to-that-time-show-us-your-winterization-routine/54833/35 "2008-09-15T10:34:36Z")
should i take the battery out of my cbr? or shout i just start the bike once or twice per week, let it run up to temp, and then shut it down (on the stands)? ---
**Author:** ![EvilJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a5b964/32.png) [@EvilJay](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EvilJay)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-close-to-that-time-show-us-your-winterization-routine/54833/36 "2008-09-15T10:46:05Z")
You can just throw a trickle charger on the battery and it will be fine. ---
**Author:** ![KuntryQuestTSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kuntryquesttsi/32/5010_2.png) [@KuntryQuestTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KuntryQuestTSi)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-close-to-that-time-show-us-your-winterization-routine/54833/37 "2008-09-15T10:59:52Z")
> [@Willybeen](#): > > :bloated: See custom title, mayberry don’t mind. ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-close-to-that-time-show-us-your-winterization-routine/54833/38 "2008-09-15T11:13:35Z")
What jay said… batteries are cheap though… if it dies, I typically just buy a new one, (in 6 years, ive only had to do that once) ---
**Author:** ![EvilJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a5b964/32.png) [@EvilJay](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EvilJay)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-close-to-that-time-show-us-your-winterization-routine/54833/39 "2008-09-15T11:20:21Z")
affix snow tires. Continue to drive. ---
**Author:** ![Dex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dex/32/7210_2.png) [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-close-to-that-time-show-us-your-winterization-routine/54833/40 "2008-09-15T11:47:33Z")
total bike, get insurance money, buy a new one next year. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-close-to-that-time-show-us-your-winterization-routine/54833.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-close-to-that-time-show-us-your-winterization-routine/54833.md?page=3)