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I know it's still a bit away - but does anyone know the best way to store the bike over the winter months? the bike will be in an unheated garage over the winter months. sorry to depress everyone. 
Good advice, especially the "change the oil" part. Old oil can get corrosive - left sitting the crankcase for several months can wreak havoc on aluminumChange the oil, add STA-BIL Marine Fuel Stabilizer and fill the tank up to the brim, pull the battery and put it on a trickle charger (inside, up off of the floor), get the bike up off the concrete floor - either with stands or at least blocks of wood & throw a cover/sheet over it.
Dream of Spring.
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User's Manual, p 119-121I know it's still a bit away - but does anyone know the best way to store the bike over the winter months? the bike will be in an unheated garage over the winter months. sorry to depress everyone.![]()
+1...except I prefer Seafoam over Stabil. I'd also suggest a high-quality non-oxygenated fuel for that fill, even if you use good old "regular" the rest of the time (I always fill with 91+ non-oxygenated). The stabilizer is supposed to provide protection against fuel breakdown, but ethanol is an evil which must be resisted using every weapon available.Change the oil, add STA-BIL Marine Fuel Stabilizer and fill the tank up to the brim, pull the battery and put it on a trickle charger (inside, up off of the floor), get the bike up off the concrete floor - either with stands or at least blocks of wood & throw a cover/sheet over it.
Dream of Spring.
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Doesn't the user manual suggest not to use oxygenated fuels?+1...except I prefer Seafoam over Stabil. I'd also suggest a high-quality non-oxygenated fuel for that fill, even if you use good old "regular" the rest of the time (I always fill with 91+ non-oxygenated). The stabilizer is supposed to provide protection against fuel breakdown, but ethanol is an evil which must be resisted using every weapon available.Let the engine run a few minutes to circulate the additive through the system.
X2, Northern Indiana and Michigan are completely and totally unpredictable.It's likely that a number of people here are from Canada and the northern regions of the U.S. where winters tend to be less than hospitable to motorcycles. In Michigan, where I live, winters are just plain unpredictable. Some winters, we get almost no snow and the roads are dry all the time. Others, the roads are completely unsuitable to ride on every single day for up to a month at a time. And of course, it doesn't really work to winterize your bike after the fact.
Since it's impossible to predict the weather further out than about 5 days at a time, it's easier for many to just chalk up the whole thing as a loss and put the bike up for the season.