| Author | Message | ||
     Fio835 |
Just got my new seat in from AL. Havent seen it yet cant wait to go home and open it! Anyways. I'm planning on riding tomorrow to test it out. Its gonna be about 39-43 degrees here in NC. I wanted to know how the 1125r is in Cold weather. Any quirks or anything? Its the first winter I've owned it. Has been "winterized" since before Thanksgiving. (Battery tender/Seafoam etc.) One more thing. I moved to NC from up up north were come Sep. the bike was winterized through April. Down here I see people riding every day, 30s 40s etc. My question is for those who live in the south, do you really have to winterize, or does a tender and some seafoam with riding maybe once or twice a month through Dec. Jan. and Feb work fine? | ||
| Timebandit |
I'm looking at the weather outside right now, and it looks like I'm going to need tire chains.  | ||
| No_rice |
battery tender and fuel stabilizer IS winterizing. nothing else really needs to be done. definitely dont start it up just to run it because you think it needs it. it doesnt. if your not going to ride it, dont mess with it. main problem your going to have with the 1125 is getting it to start when it gets cold. other then that i have done plenty of riding below zero. | ||
| Fio835 |
I've always come form the philosophy that problems develop when bikes "sit". Common with the 1125r? or a 3 or 4 month garage covered vacation should be fine, right in time to break him out for the warm weather? | ||
| Thefleshrocket |
"does a tender and some seafoam with riding maybe once or twice a month through Dec. Jan. and Feb work fine?" This. Which is what I've done with all of my bikes for ever and ever, and seems to work fine. No, there are no cold weather "quirks" that are specific to the 1125R--just the main caveat of cold tires having crappy traction, and the oil taking a lot longer to warm up (meaning that you should ride it gently for longer to let the oil get up to temp before running it hard). On my '08, I've blocked off the oil cooler (put a piece of flexible rubber over the front of it) to help the oil get up to temp faster when it's really cold outside. It'll come off once ambient temps are 50+. | ||
| Timebandit |
If you live somewhere where it gets really cold you might want to change your antifreeze mix from 50/50 to 60/40 ethylene glycol/water. Or if you're one of those guys who uses water and water wetter you'd want to switch to a glycol mix for winter storage. Or just bring the bike inside where it's warm.  | ||
| Fio835 |
I live in North Carolina. Sundays set to be 48 and sunny. Last week was in the high 60's but I didnt get a chance to ride. I really just want to try out my new saddlemen track-CF seat! | ||
| Javaman21011 |
Somewhat related to winterizing... I bought some Acerbis hand guards, but I am not quite sure how to install them. Any hints? Or is there a set of instructions out there? | ||
| Craigsmoney |
Change your oil to a lighter weight, other than that go have fun!! |
