I have a thread going in the "General Tech" asking a question about the fuel mixture and the cold weather. https://cbrforum.com/m_441088/mpage_.../tm.htm#441088

Anyways, has anyone here ran their F4i in the wintertime...(up north)? Now, I don't mean started their bike to warm it up while in storage. I mean up to operating temperature and beating the hell out of it. I would just like a heads up for any issues that people have come across before I find out first hand. Any advise would be appreciated.

~Adam

 

I would worry about plastics cracking. I know there are rubber grommets they screw into but at real cold temp and any flexing might be brittle. I know my tail section has started to crack around the front most screws on both sides. I have ridden at temps about 45f but no lower.

 

Oh, that's for sure! Right now, I'm only running with tail plastic, an after-market headlight pod, and an R6 front fender. The tail plastic is all messed up already, so I could care less about that. I'll probably mask off as much of the electrical with rubber from an inner-tube as I can to avoid water intrusion.

 

I did man. I had the bike out last night. It was like 17 degrees out and ice all over the roads. I almost dumped it getting out of the driveway. I had to go out to fill up the tank so it wouldn't rust though. I was just waiting hoping that there would be atleast one more 40degree and sunny day but I guess since we already had like 5-6" of snow on the ground when I took it out and we're getting another 4-6" tonight I should just put it away for the winter. =( /cry

mike

 

Someone say f4i on ice?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl3plG9iafk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDPJxp21zYk

 

HAHAHAHA

"uh yes, state farm, I'd like to report a claim... no, nobody else was invloved... no i wasn't on a road, I was on a frozen lake doing wheelies... yes... yes... what? are you serious???! well FU<K you too!!!"

 

Yeeeah, that's what I'm lookin to do.

 

Put it on stands and make vroom noises in the garage, it gets me by!


Just can't bring myself to ride on the ice yet....

 

LOL he even has studs in his shoes!![sm=icon_rofl.gif]

 

heh hope he never goes down on his tires while they are still spinning.....hamburger meat!