re: Summer is over
I try and start both XFs every 3-4 weeks during the winter, even if they just idle for 15 minutes. It doesn't use much gas and get oil to everthing. Agree with a oil and filter change, as well as Stabil and HEET. Air up the tires to 36-38 psi as well to try and prevent flat spots. If you are real ****, park the tires on cardboard or carpet squares to keep them off the concrete. I place sticky boards around the garage walls where the meece run. Someone mentioned steel wool in the exhaust to prevent vermin nests -- not a bad idea since they once built a nest in my motorcycle exhaust. Which brings me around to Goldwings and the original post -- my 1977 GWing has been sitting in the back of the garage for 4 years (since I have owned the XFs for six summers) since I am enjoying driving them so much. Maybe one day I will exhume, get the full monty service, and start riding it again.