Yamaha FZ6 2008 First Start for Spring 2010

There's not a whole lot of action here, but it's a good look-see. This is a 2008 Yamaha FZ-6 bought new in April of 2009. I'm starting it up for the first time since it was put away and winterized in November of 2009. This is April 2nd 2010. So the bike has been in a garage for 4 months. It was subjected to temperature probably as low as -10F. This is upstate New York afterall. It was stored in an unheated garage that's half buried in the hill side. The battery was stored in a warm indoor location and got the occasional zap from one of those new fangled battery conditioners. The gas tank was filled and treated with Sta-bil. The bike sat on a center stand, so the rear wheel was elevated, and about once a month I twirled the front tire to prevent flat spots. Took the bike for a 60 mile spin. Worked like a charm.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Yamaha FZ-6
• FZ6
• FZ-6
• motorcycle
• winterizing motorcycles

[christofer128]

you should start the motor every 2-3 weeks to run a little in idle.if you leave it so long without starting it ....bad for the engine....its like you put a person in the bed for 5 months and then you tell him...hey get up and start running....i think he will fall down

[calvertthedad]

@christofer128 Ideally the plugs should be pulled and a little bit of foamy oily stuff shot into the cylinders for a long term layoff....three or four months in my case. OK, I don't do that. One could argue that starting a bike once every two weeks might be worse. First you'd be starting at ridiculously cold temps. That's never good. Then you'd have to run it to warm everything up. Snows too deep. I think I'm probably doing the least harm by just leaving it alone.

[calvertthedad]

Future wife has an FZ6, and she gave you one too?? Marry her immediately before somebody takes her away! That didn't look like factory paint...it was kinda silver. Plus it had aftermarket pipes...I could tell the minute you started. What year? New or used?

[JakeJarmel]

Get a bettery tender and you won't have to remove the battery in winter. Leads connect to the battery with a quick connect to the tender & you can have it charging anytime you like.

[calvertthedad]

@JakeJarmel

The bike gets stored in a ridiculously cold garage without electricity. So I haul out the battery and bring it inside for the winter....and it gets the Battery Tender massage all winter.

[callmegandhi]

My fiance has the exact same bike! I love it so much! So much so she got me one for Christmas so I wouldn't ride hers so much! Check out my video of the unveiling at her dads house for Christmas!!

[breethwithme]

i live in upstate ny to i keep my bike right in my living room lol so i know it will start. and when its as cold as it gets here you have to bring the battery in even if you have a tender on it. i tried that one time and my battery whent kaput so i just bring it in and have never had a problem since

[uncletom1987]

thats a really nice bike im going to buy the FZ6 too. 5/5

[roninsoul]

just awesome , so jealous ...

[stgrzegorz]

great motorbike :)