| Don't know about dukes specifically (yet) but i always keep my bikes running in some way over winter. Even just warming up the engine at the weekend and running it up and down the drive to remove condensation from the bike helps i believe.
Give it a little polish or tighten/check a few nuts and bolts as it warms up. It all helps.
That and a complete going over with wd40 plus a battery charger.
It's 1000% better to keep moving parts lubricated by letting the engine and gearbox operate now and then or else you'll get potentially terminal problems IMHO. Engines will run practically forever if kept operational and therefore lubricated but if you let them stand for a while then that's asking for trouble.
Good luck and hope this helps. |