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I stand corrected I just use a 'barrtery tender' Green box do not think it is a maintainer. Ofcourse I only park the bike for at most 4 months, ...
Using an improper charger can ruin a battery in less than a week. In 4 months it would only be an anchor for a small canoe.
... oil change at the end and fire er up. ...
Your bike will last longer if you change the oil before you store it.
Think of all the contaminants that are sitting in the bearings, eating away at the metal while it's in storage.
... I do cycle some fuel through carbs myself as I want to keep my t-fitting sealed...
not sure what you mean by "cycle some fuel through carbs", hopefully you are not starting the engine without going for a ride.
That just builds condensation in the crankcase and mufflers, letting them rust from the inside out.
... otherwise I waiting for a few days for it to swell backup when I should be ridding. ...
Just add Stabil or Seafoam to the gas, ride the bike around the block to make sure it gets through all the passages in the carbs, change the oil, park the bike. I have never had problems with waiting for o-rings to "swell backup". If you have problems with your o-rings, replace the o-rings.
...I know it might leave a mess in the carb bowls but I clean it up once a year, has not let me down yet. ...
Using Stabil or Seafoam, you won't even have that "once a year" clean-up. I have not seen the inside of the carbs on my wife's 850 since I refurbished them five years ago. We live in oHIo and she does not ride as much as I do, so her bike will easily go unused for 4 or 5 months over the winter.
... Minus the throttle cable which snapped when I was coming back from teh GS Rally this year... lucky me I had a fellow GSr with me with the tools to get it off and ride to town to get a new end soddered on it...just cost me a hotel stay as I was planning to go the entire way home from california but I got stuck in bend...
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