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charliehart1 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1	it's my first winter with my savage 11/03/08 at 07:40:05 is there anything I need to do to the bike before I put it in the garage for hibernation.
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Re: it's my first winter with my savage
Reply #1 - 11/03/08 at 08:25:38

The short answer is no, because there is usually a warm (30-40 degree) day every other week here in the New England, for example; so, you get out and ride for an hour and that will charge up the battery and move the fluids. If you really plan to hibernate for 5 months, then 1) remove battery and put it on a trickle charger 2) put some stabilizer in a nearly full gas tank (It my opnion that empty tanks rust quicker, 3) place the sav where you can get to it and move it back and forth for a few minutes per months so the breaks don't freeze up.

Of course you can also buy a lot of bling, make some mods and see the bike often while helping the economy. Cheesy

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Reply #2 - 11/03/08 at 08:28:09

Put Sta-Bil gas treatment in the tank and ride it on warm dry days every 2-6 weeks, that can avoid carburator and battery problems in spring. Get the engine up to normal operating temperature to recharge battery and drive condensed water out of the systems. Don't let the battery go unused and unwatered, and dumb battery chargers will cook the battery when left on continuously.

Someone here puts on a cover and fogs the bike with WD40 to ward off rust - that sounds good if it doesn't dissolve any plastics.

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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: it's my first winter with my savage Reply #3 - 11/03/08 at 09:40:36 I put SEAFOAM in the gas and run the bike 5 miles,I charge the battery every 2 months on 2 amps over night.batterys have always lasted me 4 or 5 years.
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Re: it's my first winter with my savage
Reply #4 - 11/03/08 at 14:44:36

Trippah wrote on 11/03/08 at 08:25:38:

The short answer is no, because there is usually a warm (30-40 degree) day every other week here in the New England, for example; so, you get out and ride for an hour and that will charge up the battery and move the fluids. If you really plan to hibernate for 5 months, then 1) remove battery and put it on a trickle charger 2) put some stabilizer in a nearly full gas tank (It my opnion that empty tanks rust quicker, 3) place the sav where you can get to it and move it back and forth for a few minutes per months so the breaks don't freeze up.

Of course you can also buy a lot of bling, make some mods and see the bike often while helping the economy. Cheesy

dont' take no bling to bob it.....

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Trippah Serious Thumper Offline I ride, therefore I am. Posts: 2517 central Mass Gender:	Re: it's my first winter with my savage Reply #5 - 11/03/08 at 15:52:50 Really, how about them diamond encrusted forward controls Ed L sells.
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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: it's my first winter with my savage Reply #6 - 11/04/08 at 12:29:02 i've got a solid gold tank sitting around somewhere if ya need some more bling
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