[adouglas]

Yep. For a few years now I've been in the habit of winterizing my bike around Halloween. Yes, you do miss some prime riding days, BUT you never wind up in mid-November when it's 40 degrees and drizzly, having to work on the bike.

Yesterday I took the first step... add fuel stabilizer to the tank to give it plenty of opportunity to run through the system. I don't know how much riding I'll get in between now and the end of the month, so now's the time to do it. I'll treat every tank between now and the end-of-season fillup.

Last day will be:

-Ride to warm the oil, ending with a stop to fill the tank.
-Go home, change oil.
-Start for the standard leak check.
- Put the bike on stands, cover the exhaust pipe, let some air out of the tires and plug in Battery Tender.
- Cover bike.

Done. Next spring it's fill the tires, drop the bike, unplug and fire it up. Simple....