Fired the SMC

[Paul_E_D]

Well, just for the hell of it I woke my SMC from its winter sleep. It was outside all winter under a carport. No battery tender, no stabil, nada. I was skeptical, but I tuned the key and the lights came on. Stabbed the button and she fired in 2 seconds and settled right into a smooth idle. Gotta love fuel injection! My carbed bikes can't sit more than 3 weeks these days without needing to pull the pilot for cleaning, nevermind starting cold after a long winter sleep on a weak battery.

[Evil_Weasel]

+1 for modern bikes. i left my 12R in storage in AZ for 6 months while i went to iraq. i left in a rush. no stabile no battery tender...came back. rolled it out, bump started it and that was that.

oh and yay for spring on the way!!!

[typeone]

i'm praying this is the same scenario that unfolds once i get to finally fire the Husky. it's just been sitting since my wreck in Nov

[xsiliconkid]

very cool..........

I hear the trick is to go tubeless tires.... some place around does it for the spoked wheels....

[Paul_E_D]

A tubeless conversion would be cool, but this year I'm focused on softening and lowering it a tad, and getting the mapping well sorted.