I haven't winterized yet...

[blackhawkfan]

My life has been such a mess lately and I haven't winterized my S8 yet.  Fortunately, I do have the scoot in a heated garage, but it is near the garage door so it does get blasts of cold air several times a day.  I ran it the last time early this month, and started it up this past Sunday.  Tomorrow I am off and want to do something to prep it for storage, because I am sure it will be too cold for more riding until at least April.

I want to change the oil, clean the air filter, put some Stabil in the gas tank (it is almost a full tank of gas in there now), do the draining of the tube leading from the carburetor and puke tube as shown in Wayne Kreps latest video, and wash off the scoot.    In the owner's manual it says about a tablespoon of oil in the cylinder (I assume they are talking about the tube the spark plug sits in--am I correct?).  If so, it may be a non-issue because the last time I tried to get the spark plug out I couldn't.  If I can this time, can I use Marvel mystery oil for the cylinder?  Can I also use MMO for lubing the points on the scoot that the owners manual say should be lubricated?  I am also going to put the battery on a tender and bag the exhaust and cover the bottom of the scoot in a bag to prevent mice from munching on the wires (I can't use mothballs as Zombie suggested as it is a community garage and I'm sure it would be a problem).

Can you suggest anything else I should do?  Please let me know.  Thanks

[wkreps]

Sounds like you got it covered to me.

[blackhawkfan]

Thanks Wayne!  In your excellent video on winterizing your S8, when you hooked the battery up to the battery tender, I didnt see the battery extension cable that the instructions say you are supposed to have but it doesn't come with.  Is it there and I just didn't see it?   Do you know what that cable is supposed to do?  I saw on the modern Vespa website that it's supposed to not really be necessary, but I was wondering what you and the others on this site think.   also, did you hook up the red positive clamp to the battery first or last?

Are you planning to do a getting the scoot out of storage for the spring video?  I hope so, they are so informative.

[wkreps]

The way I do it is the negative cable is ALWAYS the first off and last on.

There was an extra cable supplied with the Battery Tender that has eyelets for pos and neg with a quick connect (for the battery tewnder) on the other end. My understasnding is that you can permanently attach these to the battery and then use the quick connect to charge the battery. I won't install them this Spring because I don't have electricity where I store it. Once I start riding, it won't go more than 3 days without riding so I shouldn't need the Tender.

Yes plan on a Spring startup video. If it doesn't start though, you won't see it.
Gonna take off the carb and clean it in the next month or so (video on that too). I think there might be a small lingering issue from it sitting on the showroom floor with gas in it.