How to prepare your motorbike for winter | MCN explains 

step one: Live in Australia where there is no off season

Fill up the fuel tank to avoid corrosion.

Fill the gas tank so no moisture can get in.

(1) Ride it. (2) Wash regularly.

It's December 21st. Where was this in October!?

Bike "hairdryer" is one of the best pieces of care kit I've got. Especially the hot air setting.

I ride year round here in Philadelphia. It gets cold, but with some good base layers and heated grips I'm good down to about 30F fora few hours as long as it's dry. Even before I had heated grips I'd ride for 30 mins to an hour at least once a week in the winter. No way I would just give up riding because it's cold out 🤣🤣.

Fuel stabilizer??

Would you leave the bike full of fuel? To prevent condensation in the tank? And add maybe an additive to prevent it from going bad

Isn’t this video 1-2 months late?

Also gas tank has to be full and fuel stabilizer added.

Great video, I’ll tell my girlfriend about this, she’s quite good looking after her Kawasaki Ninja 125 performance but it’s the little bits which she forgets to do !!

Jesus H Christ the size of that padlock!?

Surely you would do the chain first - then any fling and crap comes off after the full clean

My trick is to obsessively check the phone to see when is it gonna stop raining to go ride so the battery don't die, gasoline won't gunk, and all that

Nice tips! Thank You!!!!

I live in Dallas. This is peak riding season. July through September is miserably hot. This year, really nice riding weather began in early November.

Make sure not to get chain lube on your tyres he says while blasting chain lube all over the rear tyre.

thanks

Great video!

Good video. I would definitely wash the chain before washing the whole bike though 👍

Thanks! What was that lock that you used, looked massive but surely good ?

It’d be lovely to have a garage so I just wash and acf50 in November and wash and top up as I can and ride at least every couple of weeks come rain or shine and make sure that if the roads are salted I spray with a hose and it seems to do the trick. Ultimately they are metal, plastic and rubber designed to be used surely ?

Cbr1000rr-r sp really great and anticipated and next level sportbike👏👏

Nice

I'm constantly tinkering/playing with my bikes over the winter anyway for them to stay in one place too long lol, i'm lucky i can the get three in the garage, i dont fire them up because unless you run them for a very long time all you will do is introduce condensation into the engine which wont get burned away (unlike going for a run/ride), but contantly moving/re arranging them, sitting one them, polishing them etc.

I keep my bike stored for 6 months at a time. I just disconnect the battery terminals, never had an issue with the battery draining. I also cover the exhaust so that no insects get in.

Clean the chain, wash/dry bike, go for a quick ride let it air dry nooks/tiny bits and warm up chain, lube chain.

I need a video on how to convince someone else to wash my bike. Its too cold to be standing outside getting wet

Not mention the most important part fuel 🤷🏼‍♂️ Fill the tank to the top add fuel stabiliser and if needed change the oil before the first ride. Can’t see the point in chain lube or spray all modern road use chains are x or o ring and are internally greased .

Very happy to See Speed tester and Data logger Bruce Dunn. I have one request for you Sir. If possible please, please, please make one Top speed Video of Ducati Superleggera V4. Please Sir.

Ride it

Great vid. What about fuel ? Full tank ? Empty ? . Cheers

What is the cover for ?

Don’t forget about a fuel additive and fill it all the way up

Someone cleaning their bike with a sponge should not be allowed to own that Fireblade

What wheels are those

Nice guidline👍👍👍.. Could you please also explain us how to store a bike for a very long time..🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

Fuel?

Why wouldn't you clean the chain, clean the bike then lube the chain, seems a bit backwards to clean the bike then have gunk plash from cleaning the chain

Nooooooooooo - never use a sponge on paint work - they hold onto dirt and can introduce scratches!!!! Tbf that bike isn’t that dirty: Get the worst of the dirt off first using a hose or jet wash you can apply a cleaner to help loosen dirt (pre wash or snow foam is great because it stays on and can work for longer before ending up on the floor). I might do a couple of rounds of this if the bike is very dirty. When and only when you have the the worst of it off then apply a cleaner, allow it to dwell and then agitate dirt with a soft wash mitt (2 buckets 1 for soapy water, 1 for rinsing and getting rid of the dirt) If you go straight in with a cloth or a sponge you’re in danger of introducing swirls and scratches as you’re basically rubbing the dirt into the paint.. and do mucky bits i.e. the chain first otherwise you have to wash the sodding thing again!!!! then dry the thing properly (pet dryers are cheap) and you can blow all the damp out of bolts, chain etc then lube up and apply an anti corrosion layer a before it goes away other than that some really good advice.

what about fuel?

No mention of oil change😁

What about preparing yourself for riding your motorcycle on winter? That's how I do it.

Do people still use sponges?!

I’ve got news for you motorcycles don’t get put away for the winter anymore. I use my motorcycle the year round I live in Denver Colorado.😅

And there is my CB500 just taking care of itself lol

No mention of what I actually came for. How to store them fuel. Wise. Full tank? Empty tank etc.

Give the bike a good blast up the road...that will shift that excess water 💦

60 psi???

Forgot about toping off the fuel tank SMH

This would have been a great video a month ago or earlier, when winter started and people were winterizing there bikes. Too late now.

Rotten is a polite way of saying lazy riders who can’t be bothered to clean & maintain the bike on a weekly basis. I ride my bike all year round, even in the snow because work & money. Just keep on top of your bikes maintenance and you are fine. I shower everyday so I treat my bike like my hygiene.... very seriously.

Ride it after you wash it.

2:48. I’m not one of those guys to pick holes as it’s a great common sense video but I really wouldn’t point chain cleaner or lube in that direction near the corner at the front of the back tire. I’d do that from the back at the sprocket.

This video is not a good guide to follow. It is incredibly limited and does not address the fuel tank!

Why bother to post such a video if you don't cover all the aspects? No information about fuel in the tank and stabilizer or not, changing the oil and coolant before storage? What a shame MCN, you better delete the video and come with a proper one because this is a joke.

Please don’t use a sponge to clean your bike 🙈

Imagine being a fanny and getting a bike to store it in the winter season. 😏 Wrap up and be a real biker.

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Really helps when you have a proper garage... My house hasn't got a garage so its outside side under covers 🫣😪🥶😭😭😭..but never had a problem to be fair. give her a run every now and then during the off-season. Always checking her every other day for any changes

Fuel?