Living in FL I don't really worry about winterizing my bike, but I do travel for business and some of my trips are long. When I know I will be gone for more than a couple of weeks I add some gas additive/stabilizer and run the bike for a short period and then turn the petcock off and run the bike until it almost dies. Then I drain each carburetors bowl of all gas.

When I get back I connect my Battery Tender via the Power Adapter and let the bike charge over night. I have been gone as much as 5 weeks and the engine will fire up 1 or 2 seconds after pressing the start button, if I do the above.

Tom

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