SuzukiSavage.com - Print Page

SuzukiSavage.com
/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl
General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> Savage 'outta' mothballs
/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1292364001

Message started by SavRon on 12/14/10 at 14:00:00

Title: Savage 'outta' mothballs
Post by SavRon on 12/14/10 at 14:00:00

Hey Gang...been awhile since I've been here. Went retro-70's for awhile and bought a Honda Chopper which I've been riding for a yr. and half.
Anyway, I mothballed Suzy in the corner and kinda neglected her since that time... :-[. I want to get her back in order over winter and would like to know anything I would need to do ??

Other than flushing out the tank and carb and new battery...would I have to change the oil & filter ?? It only had 2K on the old oil. Would it be OK to fire her like that, or drain and install new the beforehand ? Bike is an '01 with 5400 miles. Don't want to pump any debris and stuff into a dry top end, so thats why I'm asking. Any tips or suggestions ???

Title: Re: Savage 'outta' mothballs
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 12/14/10 at 14:01:26

would I have to change the oil & filter

Oil gets crap from burned gas in it & becomes acidic over time, change it, dont run it..

Title: Re: Savage 'outta' mothballs
Post by dasch on 12/15/10 at 05:44:32

I would change it.

Title: Re: Savage 'outta' mothballs
Post by FlybysBlvd on 12/15/10 at 07:45:48

Welcome back, what part of Ohio are you in? I'm in Columbus.
Maybe we will see each other!

Title: Re: Savage 'outta' mothballs
Post by SavRon on 12/15/10 at 14:05:46

Thanks for the heads-up on the oil. Kinda figured thats what should be done.

FlybysBlvd...In Willard,,, 1 1/2 hrs. N. of you.

Title: Re: Savage 'outta' mothballs
Post by Serowbot on 12/15/10 at 21:37:10

+1...
Condensation too,... definitely change the oil...
... and a little squirt of oil in the plug hole will help re-establish a good compression seal on the rings...

Title: Re: Savage 'outta' mothballs
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 12/15/10 at 22:21:38

Just make sure thers not a bunch of crud that can fall in the plug hole when the plug comes out.

Title: Re: Savage 'outta' mothballs
Post by mick on 12/18/10 at 22:49:57

change the oil for sure ,you might want to take the spark plug out and turn the engine over a few dozen times, gets the oil circulating a little ,better than running dry even for a second or two.