Boring winter crap (only for those with snow and ice)

[DoD#i]

Shovelled the driveway. Need to swap working motor onto working snowblower chassis (fed the one with a working motor a rock -    .) Rolled the GS out, attached charger, fired it up (new battery in spring, it sure looks like I need one.) idled, reved to 3000 for a while warmed up. Shut off, rolled back inside. Will do this again in late February. Cuts down on the "won't work in spring" problems.

[The Buddha]

Might not ... you may have to ride for 15-20 mins - more if colder, just starting and revving could easily do more harm than good. You need heat and circulation of everythign to everywhere to lube and burn off the water and other combustion by products. You're just better off sitting it with carbs dry and battery on trickle.
Cool.
Buddha.

[tt_four]

yep, if you don't run the bike long enough to actually charge up the battery some it just lost some juice having to start your bike, plus supposedly it has to run long enough that condensation doesn't build up wherever. Go take it for a 25 degree ride!

[DoD#i]

I run it for long enough to get good and warm - I do grasp condensation. I don't consider dumping it on ice (BTDT) to be an improvement, and in point of fact the motor warms up faster sitting still than out in the breeze this time of year. This battery is shot regardless, and gets the charger applied before (otherwise won't start - it's a goner, and was showing signs of this in the fall) and after anyway. It will be months before the driveway is passable on two wheels. Do what you like, in my experience they do better if run regularly than if let sit all winter.

[The Buddha]

Oil warms up just fine wiht idle however oil and gasoline does not circulate through all the orifices in enough volume and speed to clear out anything in there.
Riding is best, of course you dont want to drop it on the ice either ...

BTW I left a savage oil filter hatch open a few days and got water in there. The oil filter I opened the package and its cap wasn't even glued on. I had to wait 3 days to swap it, then I have to wait for warmer/drier weather and its caught a bit of water. No problem, I'll dump the bike on the right and will ahve it dry ...
Cool.
Buddha.

[dubwise]

Takes literally one minute to pull the battery out of my GS. It's in the house till needed.
My GZ250 is my winter bike, so it's got the battery minder plugged in.

This weather today is effed up, though. 54F and raining. Pulled the covers off all the bikes.
They were completely wet under there. We've got a screen porch where they winter,
and there's condensation dripping off the ceiling.

[purplepeopleeater]

The old wives' tale, heh heh ....it's bad to turn on and warm up then switch off Done it for 20 years with no probs cept battery recharge.
Some evidenced based research please folks...objective, not subjective.