So winter is fast approaching!

[VTRkemshell10...]

What is the best way to "winter proof" my bike and myself??

The restrictions:
1, Needs to be done as cheap as possible
2, Everything has to fit a CG125
3, Needs to be easy as possible to fit if going on the bike

Already won this on ebay to cover it at night https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190427305020&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

I Have textile jacket and trousers also leather 2piece would it be best to get a 1 piece waterproof job?

any help would be good

Thanks

[Livefast123]

Service the bike, ACF - 50 as much of the bike as possible then check your tyres are decent with good tread and the jobs a good 'un.

2 piece textiles kept me snug as a rug and dry in this mornings 6am torrential downpour.
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[AN GOF.]

+1 for ACF 50

[Clanger]

No it's not. Let autumn be autumn please, let me enjoy the fruits off the trees and the changing shades of the leaves and the crisp fresh mornings before you go leaping into winter!!!

You know its autumn because on country roads you are having near misses with conkers and wet leaves.
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[tommybhoy]

https://www.allyearbiker.co.uk/Halo_Smart_Clean.html
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[Skudd]

[VTRkemshell10...]

[The Tot]

[FURBAR]

How long does a coat of acf50 last .. and what happens say if you apply then clean the bike 2 weeks later ...
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Fuk um !!

[The Tot]

It lasts for as long as you DON'T WASH YOUR BIKE with bike cleaner. It's designed not to react to water but bike cleaner/solvents WILL wash it off. It'll technically last you all winter but it leaves your bike looking like it's been covered with bumfluff! So I just reapply everytime I wash the bike (every month during winter) whilst i'm checking a few systems over. Scottoiler FS365 is the one that wears off after a few rain cycles though. £13 quid for the ACF50 and you're laughing... although they do a £50 industrial size that's meant to be applied using a spray.
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[VTRkemshell10...]

[The Tot]

Kidney belt constricts your abdomen so it tries to prevent any heat from leaving your core to the extremities... i.e. your feet. If your're wearing a 2 piece, it also helps to stop wind getting through the seams of your jacket/belt.
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[FURBAR]

And in a crash, it helps keep you mid organs compacted ...
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Fuk um !!

[SirEdward]

A serious question: Would something like This be road regal?
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[Nexus Icon]

Studded tyres are legal on ice and snow but you'd have to remove them when you got to a gritted and/or clear bit of tarmac, because they are then illegal, so it hardly seems worth it.

[Nai]

[neil.]

Make sure your forks are clean and free or rust/pits and fit fork gaiters. As others have said, wash it and cover it in ACF50.

Give your brakes a good thorough clean up (brush behind the piston dust seal etc, strip, clean and grease up drum brake mechanisms) and service (new seals/fluid, pads, shoes etc), if they need it. In fact give the whole bike a decent service before winter sets in as the cold weather will make it hard work later on.

Also, on fastners that face a lot of crap from the roads (like bolts holding on the mudguard to the forks), I would apply copper grease to the threaded parts before putting stuff back together. In fact, I do this with pretty much every fastner I remove when servicing/fixing stuff etc. Apart from the ones that require thread locking compound, of course! I've personally never had anything rattle loose that I've copper greased and have covered a lot of miles (thousands) since starting to do it. It makes removing them so much easier and you won't end up rounding off heads or worse, snapping them off as the fastner has become so corroded it seized with the hole it was screwed into.
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[FURBAR]

Well i bought some lithuim grease in addition to copper .. as on here it was said where nuts meet plastic .. lithium grease .. mudguard bolts are a good example of this i would of thought .. .. i would also of thought that just copper can't be too detrimental ... ... if attall ...
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[MinhDinh]

[SirEdward]

[VTRkemshell10...]

does anybody have or had bar muffs?

if so are they any good?
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[MarkJ]

Yes, but work a hell of a lot better with heated grips. Same can be said of having just heated grips, you need them both for the best effect.

[metalangel]

Consider undergloves as a cheap alternative to muffs or heaters. Used them for a few winters and they work well
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[P.]

I've got a set of oxford muffs for winter... they look like HUGE ears on the little 125.
Might want to use the cheap way and have milk bottles attached to the bars

[P.]

I've got a set of oxford muffs for winter... they look like HUGE ears on the little 125.
Might want to use the cheap way and have milk bottles attached to the bars