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From: schwager@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Time to *sniff* hang it up...
Message-ID: <8800028@uiucdcs>
Date: Mon, 9-Dec-85 12:57:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  9 12:57:00 1985
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Nf-From: uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU!schwager    Dec  9 11:57:00 1985



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Fellow Net.Cyclists,
It is with great remorse that I write this note, but sliding sideways down
snow-covered streets is not my idea of motorcycling.  So I checked my "trusty"
(he said, facetiously) Clymer manual- flipped to the index, looked up 
"storage," and turned to pp. 40-41 like it said.  I learned all I needed to 
know about the finer points of carburetor synchronization.  The moral:
spend the extra 5 bucks and wait the extra 2 weeks and get the shop service
manual. 
	But anyhow, I need to know what I should do to winterize my machine.
I'll be storing it outside under a cover.  It's water cooled, shaft driven.
I've changed the water and put in a 50/50 mix of coolant/h2o.  A friend of
mine told me to squirt WD40 in the cylinders and crank it over a bit.  He 
said that oil will leave a coating on my valves so I shouldn't use that.
Also said I should fill the gas tank to prevent condensation and that I should
put the bike on the sidestand, because having the swing arm dangling will
strain the u-joints in the shaft.  He knows how to work on bikes but much
of his information is anecdotal, so I'd like some more information if I can get
it.  Specifically, what should I do about the gas tank?  Fill it up, and
leave it outside?  Or should I bring it in and leave it in the basement?
What about the battery?  Can I bring it inside?  Can I charge it inside,
or will I blow my house to smithereenies when the h2 gas hits the furnace 
pilot light?  Should I leave my seat outside?  Temperatures will get very
cold out there- I live in central Illinois.
	Thanks for any and all info.  When I grow up, I think I'll move
to Texas or someplace warm.  
-mike schwager, Univ. of Il Dept of Comp. Sci., Urbana, Il
-- {ihnp4,convex,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!schwager   schwager%uiuc@csnet-relay.arpa