The MAM Journals- Preparing my bikes for Winter 

Great to see a motorbike enthusiast like myself, keep enjoying the hobby it's a wonderful use of time.

Love the garage and I thought I had a lot of bikes with 3.😎👍

Thanks for the video, your a man after my own heart

As I'm old and grown up on a farm and still owning one WD40 was used by the gallons. Nice to see you sophisticated Brit's haven't forgotten about it. lol OCD nope I would say Thorough! Thanks

Excellent tips and advice. Even better when you focus on your SP1. Well done

Thank you so so must for showing us your beautiful and amazing bike collection I haven’t got a collection of bikes but the way you do things I think I will do thank you once again ride safe and have fun

Thanks Michael. It took me a while to get round to watching this one, not because I don't hang on your every word, which I do but because I am one who finds very little joy in cleaning my bikes! Very useful though, especially the information about the fuel. Like you I have difficulty selling any thing and have one bike, an old Harley 883 sportster which I doubt I will ever ride again but I fear that if I passed it on it would be used as a doner bike for a custom job and bearing in mind all the good times I've had with it over the past (30+) years I can't bear the thought of it ending its days like that. I guess that's another example of biking being very much an emotional pastime.😊

Thank you for sharing your views / experience on laying up and storing and keeping motorcycles. There was nothing I disagree with. although I leave the tenders on all the time and change oil prior to laying a bike up if I will not be riding it for several months. Interesting bike collection and love the SP 1's .

Thanks for the vid, always to get others Idea of how to do things.

28:47 You are absolutely right, that hayabusa has remarkable track stability in rain or wet roads. Easy to clean! Heu... heu... I'm just like you, I collect my loves, Cbx1000/78 Z1300-DFI/85 Pan-ST1300/04 GL1800/18 and a Busa gen3/21, I can't say goodbye to it,... as long as my physical and health allow it of course. Great video. 👍 Thanks for all your vids 😎

I really enjoyed watching and listening to your advice.. I shall be using the tip about the Esso petrol in my car when I lay it up for the winter. Thanks Mike.

Hi Michael, just stumbled across your channel, love it. One observation,dont sell the 996R , it should be on display in your lounge .

Excellent video Michael always learn something ...you must have a large volume of used oil to dispose of!! Just contemplating buying a Triumph Street triple R 2012 bike only 2k miles.. Note you don't have any Triumphs..

Really good advice . Good video. Just picked up the z900rs se myself a week ago . I love the z900 rs

Hi Micheal, thanks for another great video. I would really like your opinion-review on a GSX1400. I have owned a 2007 model since new. Don’t recon I would ever sell it. All the best regards Peter

Great video as always Michael 👍

Excellent Michael really interesting to see how you store your bike and omg I wish my garage was a quarter as tidy as yours but it a goal I am aiming for in my next house big de clutter afoot . I was contemplating draining all the fuel from my bike purely because of the E5 fuel but if you can gat a stabilizer that solves the problem I will indeed use that. great watch and I am so jealous of your collection 😉👍👌

Good stuff Michael. I have 6 bikes in my garage.. I have carpeted the garage and all the bikes are on paddock stands with Optimate Duo 1 battery conditioners/trickle chargers. Also added fuel stabiliser to all the tanks. Modern fuel is the bane of our lives.. 😏 Edit: I had the battery go on my ZXR.. It was on a trickle charger so I was a bit confused? Turns out I had left the ignition on & had been on a few days 🤦🏻 Edit: subbed

Great video, in WA we don’t really have winter, only rain!

Some great tips there Michael, thanks! Like you, a relatively new convert to ACF50 after watching one of Missenden Flyers videos from a few years back, a rusty nail in the back garden test where (using superbly controlled laboratory conditions, lol) he tested a nail with and without ACF50. The results convinced me to give it a try. Used it form Day 1 on both my 1250GS and Duc Scrambler 1100, and both holding up very well indeed….and the GS has “done Wales” with everything it had to throw at us! If you do end up using it a lot, definitely worth investing in a compressor and a HVLP spray gun to mist it on the bike…the aerosols or trigger sprays spray far too much on. Do mine twice a year….it does smoke a bit on first startup though! Another one to consider, but not something I’ve tried myself yet, is a tip from Harry Metcalfe on Harrys Garage; he did a similar video and mentioned being able to buy fuel without any ethanol, sold as storage fuel from (I think) Angle American Oils….useful if Esso change their blend (I didn’t know that they don’t use ethanol!). Finally (“go away Spencer!”)….I’d be fascinated to see a back-to-back comparison video of the “Busa against the Kwak H2 SX. I’ve not seen one before but they seem to be very similar in their intentions?

I use scotoiler 365 spray as well as acf50. Excellent product. It will wash off & needs re applying Regularly But it does burn off of discs if accidentaly applied.

Michael…what happened to your KZ1000. Great looking bike.

Thank you for this video. It reaffirmed how I think about bikes over winter and embellished it with a few tips and ideas. I think that you should sell the GS though. If you prefer the Vstrom why keep it ? I would keep the R1000rr, as it’s already a classic, as is your GSXR and you have to keep the Ducati, if only to have one in your collection ! But I don’t understand why you have ordered the Z900rssp when you have updated the suspension on your current RS? Many thanks, once again on providing these videos.

Hi Michael Guessing space or cash isn’t an issue so for me I would keep the Kawasaki Z900RS but sounds like the BMW GS does need to go, simply for practical reasons. I also seem to be of fixed leg length and haven’t spotted any aftermarket parts that will change that! My legs I mean😊. Great vid and always good to a voice of experience. Got me thinking, I have a New T120, lots of chrome, and a Triumph 900 Scrambler also new but not much chrome. Got that on a PCP as I have always purchased and wanted one that I felt was disposable if that makes sense? So, Scrambler as the all year round bike and T120 on occasions. Don’t get me wrong, will still treat the Scrambler as my own as I love it. So nimble and a great flexible engine. Regards Denis

watching this vid, I was wondering what bike is your favorite but that is not a fair question, I have a number of bikes as well and each of them are my faves for different reasons but I guess the question is could you choose between the z900rs and the ZRX and why?, if you don't mind me asking.

Good video,great tips & advise will be trying some this winter,thanks ( sell me you s1000rr 👌