Winterizing?

jtworldwide2 · Post by **jtworldwide2** » October 27th, 2008, 10:56 am

You folks do anything special? Drain the carb or anything like that?

britincali · Post by **britincali** » October 27th, 2008, 11:04 am

Its riding season!!!!!!!

fastkart · Post by **fastkart** » October 27th, 2008, 11:12 am

Not in Iowa. Its going to hit 40 today. Its the time to look at 40 as warm again.

britincali · Post by **britincali** » October 27th, 2008, 11:15 am

Move.

TYSTYX · Post by **TYSTYX** » October 27th, 2008, 11:19 am

britincali wrote:Move.

Exnav · Post by **Exnav** » October 27th, 2008, 11:27 am

47 for the high today and 28 tonight. 67 on Wednesday...I'm riding.

jtworldwide2 · Post by **jtworldwide2** » October 27th, 2008, 11:59 am

We got 3-5 on the docket here.
30 degrees plus blowing wind over lake michigan = snow......
I hate this state...

arvelok · Post by **arvelok** » October 27th, 2008, 12:08 pm

Its fun to ride in the snow

Post by **MojoScojo** » October 27th, 2008, 12:35 pm

jtworldwide2 wrote:You folks do anything special? Drain the carb or anything like that?

No. Are you planning to NOT ride for awhile? Even then, no. In fact, I would be more inclined to NOT drain the carb. I may be completely wrong, but I'm inclined to think that small amounts of gas are more likely to evaporate quickly or turn to varnish than large quantities. The one thing I might do is change the oil to a thinner blend to accommodate the cold, but I doubt it. Just keep it ready to ride. You never know when the opportunity may arise.

Post by **MojoScojo** » October 27th, 2008, 12:39 pm

arvelok wrote:Its fun to ride in the snow

It sure can be.

Makes for some pretty boring video though.

south central hoon · October 27th, 2008, 1:27 pm

When i lived at 7,000 feet (tahoe) we had a cold snap before i changed the coolant ratio. the coolant froze. luckily the only damage was it pushed the base gasket out on the exhaust side and didn't crack anything.

after that, i always drained my coolant before putting the bike away for winter.

britincali · Post by **britincali** » October 27th, 2008, 1:30 pm

How could it push the base gasket out????????

lewisclan · Post by **lewisclan** » October 27th, 2008, 2:22 pm

nailed em eh ....... the coolent does not go down that far

iggys-amsoil · Post by **iggys-amsoil** » October 27th, 2008, 3:34 pm

Winterizing?

Not here, were just gettin warmed up!

I would at least drain the tank and carb. That way you shouldn't have to clean the pilot jet.

sabreguy · Post by **sabreguy** » October 27th, 2008, 5:24 pm

Yep just drain the tank and the carb.

http://www.youtube.com/user/500bigbore · Post by **Roostius_Maximus** » October 28th, 2008, 6:15 am

i keep the carb full of pump gas mixed, not race gas. that way theres no scale or crap in the spring, the ones ive left empty turn to varnish

Blusmbl · Post by **Blusmbl** » October 28th, 2008, 7:03 am

No winterizing required, planning on going ice racing this year...

south central hoon · October 31st, 2008, 10:37 am

lewisclan wrote:nailed em eh ....... the coolent does not go down that far

I forgot to say this was on my KTM 360, not the CR500. sorry.

nmdesertrider · Post by **nmdesertrider** » October 31st, 2008, 4:57 pm

we drink some extra beer the night before riding

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