Clean and wax bike, change oil, fog cylinders, steel tank, remove battery or have someone put it on a tender occasionally, fill with Stabil or equivalent product added to fuel, chage brake and cluth fluid, fill tires to maximum pressure on sidewalls, place bike on stands if available, and if you want cover with a breathable cover.  That should about do it. Oh, most important part, enjoy your adventure!

So, do I have to go on a diet?

Quote from: howie on January 08, 2016, 11:57:03 AM
Clean and wax bike, change oil, fog cylinders, steel tank, remove battery or have someone put it on a tender occasionally, fill with Stabil or equivalent product added to fuel, chage brake and cluth fluid, fill tires to maximum pressure on sidewalls, place bike on stands if available, and if you want cover with a breathable cover.  That should about do it. Oh, most important part, enjoy your adventure!

"Fog cylinders"...?

"Steel tank"...?

The rest I understand.

Quote from: 1.21GW on January 08, 2016, 04:13:20 PM
"Fog cylinders"...?

"Steel tank"...?

The rest I understand.

He's suggesting to spray a 'fogging oil' into the cylinders while the bike is running just prior to shutting it down for its' sleep. You can find it...look around. The last step is to change the oil/filter.

He's suggesting for a steel tanked bike...like yours...to fill the tank with stabilized fuel. I'd suggest you run the bike with the stabilized fuel to fill the lines before you fog the cylinders...and upon bringing out of sleep to drain the tank before starting.

Ethanol fuel is tough to figure.

So I shouldn't flush the tank by running it until empty?  Keep it full and with stabilizer, which is basically what I do over the winter.

Will seek out fogging oil.

I'd empty the tank after filling the lines with stabilized fuel. After a year it's junk anyway, and if the interior of your tank is sound being empty won't hurt it IMO.

Whether or not the stabilized fuel will work when you go to fire things up will remain to be seen.i

Ethanol sucks.

The steel tank part is you do not need to worry about tank expansion from ethanol poisoned fuel.  A full tank will not rust unless water is present in the fuel.  A tank expertly coated with POR 15 by an expert like ducpainter will not rust if empty.  Any other steel tank?  Moisture in the air can (not will) cause rust.  A little flash rust on an otherwise solid tank?  No problem.  Ethanol does absorb water over time.  Modern gasoline, with or without ethanol does not store as well as the old stuff did.  Meanwhile, starting my lawn mower each season sometimes requires maybe two or three extra pulls on the cord and may smell bad until the tank is topped off with fresh fuel.  Well, I think some will agree with me, fill it.  Others will agree with Nate, run it dry. 

Quote from: 1.21GW on January 08, 2016, 09:32:02 AM
Update:

Ok, with today's payday I hit my savings target for this trip, so it is on.    The plan now is to quit working in May, go to Peru for 2 months of mountain climbing (my other obsession) return to the USA and leave for Mexico in Aug or Sept, which would put me in Panama roughly Nov before continuing on into S. America in the new year.

Funny.  I was just wondering how you were going with your plans.  Gonna be a great trip..... 

Great to hear you're funded!  The "game on" feeling is a good one.

No TAT trip?

Quote from: Monsterlover on January 09, 2016, 06:13:01 AM
Great to hear you're funded!  The "game on" feeling is a good one.

No TAT trip?

I haven't forgotten.  The plan was to squeeze the TAT in between the Peru climbing trip and Mexico start of the bike trip.  I have to figure out logistics and costs.  Would be nicer if there were a TAT-like route that ran from PA-->TX.  Anyway, we'll chat.  How's the Adventure 1190 savings plan coming?

Slow.

But steady. I may downgrade to a 990 just to make it happen.

Also...

Quote from: Monsterlover on January 10, 2016, 08:49:08 AM
Also...

See, the DR can do anything.  Why would you want some Austrian made crap?

Got my trip vaccinations today.  Insurance doesn't cover squat, so it was all out of pocket.  Probably comes to $500 all-in once I pick up the meds on the way home.  Still waiting on one vaccination---rabies---but the physician didn't have in stock but I hear it's pricey, something like $1k for the 3-shot process!