The first thing you need to do to prepare for the cold season is give your motorcycle a thorough cleaning. Residual contaminants appreciate dust, dirt, and, most importantly, wastewater can bring about your motorcycle to rust while it’s sitting in the cold. To impede this, you should give your ride a full cleaning routine, including a complete wash, thorough drying, wax on the metal parts, and treatments on any leather bits. Not only will this eradicate any loose gross bits, but it’ll help to seal in the bike’s freshness while you’re not using it, which means you won’t need to clean it again in the spring.
While cleaning your motorcycle, you should take a moment to scrutinize some of its moving parts. Check the tires for uneven wear and low air, lubricate the chain drive if you have one, or if you have a belt drive, then just give it a thorough look-over. You want this bike to be picture-perfect before you put it away.
