SORN

[Symcity]

Well today I completed a round trip of 125 miles on the mighty honda sh300i it was bitterly cold up at the green welly in Tyndrum and the autumnal leafs were starting to scatter all over the road - decision therefore made - I have SORNED the scooter and I don’t intend using it again until easter 2020 - upon arriving home I dumped the engine oil and replaced it with 1.4 litres of shell advance 10/40 fully synthetic complete with a new Hiflo oil filter - god willing I’ll still be around next year

[horobags]

looking at the temp up there a wise move.
We were talking yesterday about storage, fill the tank so no condensation(water) can form, and ESSO super doesnt contain any Ethanol(water), so fill it up with that, and maybe some fuel stabiliser. This will stop any rust in the tank/fuel pump ect. Makes sense to me if a long lay up is on the menu.

[rayb]

I'll continue to use mine during the winter, trying to avoid salt. I have an attachment on my jetwash that can spray a wax solution and I give the underside a good spray with every wash. I'm hoping that will remove the any salt and displace water. I also give it a blowdry with the leaf blower.

[MrGrumpy]

It's supposed to get quite a bit warmer at the end of this week!
Traffic so crap round here that there's no way I'm giving either scoot the winter off!

[Deleted User 7077]

You'll miss the Christmas hospital toy run

[Deleted User 7077]

There is the money saving aspect to consider though. Many a mickle makes a muckle as they say in Stourbridge.

[Data]

Feel physically sick at the thought of SORN'ing my Vespa GTS. Have to ride it, and that includes in winter. Even down south we get very cold weather and losts of salt on the road. But Waxoyl is my friend, as is FS365! Ok so now I'm retired I don't HAVE to ride it in the rain, or in the snow and salt, but I choose to on some occasions. Although I mostly only ride on nice crisp winter days, if there's some salt on the roads, then I don't worry about it. It doesn't matter, the chemicals work ok to stop corrosion. Althought I must addmit I don't let it stand dirty for too long. Think I'd go crazy not riding the Vespa for even a few weeks. It was bad enough not riding it for 4 weeks after surgery earlier in the summer, let alone 5-6months.

[rayb]

There is the money saving aspect to consider though. Many a mickle makes a muckle as they say in Stourbridge.

Really? All I've heard them say is "Fock off back ter Droitwich"

[Deleted User 7077]

That's a term of endearment Ray in Stourbridge.