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  • madmax-im
    Master of XSology
    • Sep 2007
    • 6753
    • Southern Comfort...Wendell NC

    #1

    The proper way to winterize your bike...

    Ride it!...60*
    1980 XS650G Special-Two
    1993 Honda ST1100
  • DGXSER
    Doctor of XSology(Deceased)
    • Nov 2008
    • 12001
    • Cincinnati, Ohio

    #2
    We had 40 deg today, enough to melt the snow off everything...almost. And we get 3-4" tonight and tomorrow, with teens and negative teens all week!
    Life is what happens while your planning everything else!

    When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

    81 XS1100 Special - Humpty Dumpty
    80 XS1100 Special - Project Resurrection


    Previously owned
    93 GSX600F
    80 XS1100 Special - Ruby
    81 XS1100 Special
    81 CB750 C
    80 CB750 C
    78 XS750

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    • MarkD
      XStremely XSive
      • Jun 2013
      • 488
      • N. Michigan

      #3
      Onliest way to winterize your scoot-- fog cylinders, remove battery, put on battery tender, check thermometer, and see 13*.
      79 F
      Previously owned: (among others)
      1969 Harley- Davidson Rapido 125 (Aermacchi)
      1967 Suzuki X6 Hustler
      1973 Suzuki TM 125
      1979 XS1100 F
      2005 Kaw. Vulcan VN800
      1991 BMW K75

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      • madmax-im
        Master of XSology
        • Sep 2007
        • 6753
        • Southern Comfort...Wendell NC

        #4
        well its short lived here...tmrw is going to be 30 degrees colder then even more cold coming...I'm heading to Baton Rouge LA the rest of this week but its only going to be in the 50s' there...should be interesting...
        1980 XS650G Special-Two
        1993 Honda ST1100

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        • DGXSER
          Doctor of XSology(Deceased)
          • Nov 2008
          • 12001
          • Cincinnati, Ohio

          #5
          Had a project in Gulfport a few years back. When it got below 40 or so they shut the job down. Seems there are no torpedo heaters, or heavy winter coats in Gulfport Mississippi.
          Life is what happens while your planning everything else!

          When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

          81 XS1100 Special - Humpty Dumpty
          80 XS1100 Special - Project Resurrection


          Previously owned
          93 GSX600F
          80 XS1100 Special - Ruby
          81 XS1100 Special
          81 CB750 C
          80 CB750 C
          78 XS750

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          • MPittma100
            XS-XJ Guru
            • Aug 2011
            • 2359
            • Atlanta, GA.

            #6
            Remedy for the Cold Weather

            Fix all of your cold "I can't Ride" problems by MOVING SOUTH! Nobody ever moves north except by accident or a faulty GPS.

            Mike
            1981 XS1100H Venturer
            K&N Air Filter
            ACCT
            Custom Paint by Deitz
            Geezer Rectifier/Regulator
            Chacal Stainless Steel Braided Brake Lines
            Chrome Front Rotor & Caliper Covers
            Stebel Nautilus Horn
            EBC Front Rotors
            Limie Accent Moves On In 2015

            Mike

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            • DGXSER
              Doctor of XSology(Deceased)
              • Nov 2008
              • 12001
              • Cincinnati, Ohio

              #7
              MY Sis-in-law moved from Bowling Green Ohio to Midway Ga. She used to complain about the cold in the winter, now its the heat in the summer.
              Life is what happens while your planning everything else!

              When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

              81 XS1100 Special - Humpty Dumpty
              80 XS1100 Special - Project Resurrection


              Previously owned
              93 GSX600F
              80 XS1100 Special - Ruby
              81 XS1100 Special
              81 CB750 C
              80 CB750 C
              78 XS750

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              • bikerphil
                Master of XSology
                • Jan 2008
                • 8641
                • South Flori-DUH

                #8
                Hey Ben, I thought your bike had been previously winterized.

                2H7 (79) owned since '89
                3H3 owned since '06

                "If it ain't broke, modify it"

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                • trbig
                  Simply used to just post A LOT!
                  • Nov 2005
                  • 7838
                  • Ada, Oklahoma

                  #9
                  Originally posted by MarkD
                  Onliest way to winterize your scoot-- fog cylinders, remove battery, put on battery tender, check thermometer, and see 13*.

                  ... Then put battery back in and ride anyway.
                  Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

                  You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!

                  Current bikes:
                  '06 Suzuki DR650
                  *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
                  '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
                  '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
                  '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
                  '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
                  '81 XS1100 Special
                  '81 YZ250
                  '80 XS850 Special
                  '80 XR100
                  *Crashed/Totalled, still own

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                  • hamjam
                    XS-XJ Guru
                    • Jul 2002
                    • 1003
                    • Toronto ontario Canada

                    #10
                    - 31 C here today that is minus
                    Seamus Ó hUrmholtaigh
                    Niimi Moozhwaagan

                    NOTICE: No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message. We do concede, however, that a significant number of electrons may have been inconvenienced.

                    Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental.


                    Member of "FOXS-11" (Former Owner of XS-11)
                    and SOXS
                    2008 Nomad "Deja Buick'

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                    • madmax-im
                      Master of XSology
                      • Sep 2007
                      • 6753
                      • Southern Comfort...Wendell NC

                      #11
                      Originally posted by bikerphil
                      Hey Ben, I thought your bike had been previously winterized.

                      Oh that's cold Phil...LOL
                      1980 XS650G Special-Two
                      1993 Honda ST1100

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