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What things did you do to store you bike this winter?
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 1:47 am
by totalmotorcycle
For those of us who live in the cold weather areas of the world, putting the motorcycle away for winter is just part of the riding season...
For me, I:
1. Take out the battery from the bike and store it inside the house with a trickle charger nearby.
2. Fill up the motorcycle's gas tank and put full stabilizer in it
3. Cover it up if it's outside
(4 & 5 if I'm ana)
4. Wipe/spray WD40 over the metal parts of the bike
5. Wax and polish the paint
So what things did you do to store you bike this winter?
Mike
Re: What things did you do to store you bike this winter?
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 12:05 pm
by pchast
I also run the Carbs dry. I have to pop off a vacuum line to do it.
I don't usually bother with the battery. It has a pigtail that I hang out for the occasional charge.
Happy Holidays,
Pete
Re: What things did you do to store you bike this winter?
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 4:26 pm
by jstark47
What is this "store" of which you speak?
Re: What things did you do to store you bike this winter?
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:41 pm
by Wrider
Put studs in the tires??? lol
Re: What things did you do to store you bike this winter?
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 12:18 am
by totalmotorcycle
jstark47 wrote:What is this "store" of which you speak?
Oh, so you must be one of the lucky buggers who can ride all year round then eh? haha..
Mike
Re: What things did you do to store you bike this winter?
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 12:19 am
by totalmotorcycle
Wrider wrote:Put studs in the tires??? lol
I knew of a guy who put sheet metal screws into the tread of off-road tires for snow biking...
Mike
Re: What things did you do to store you bike this winter?
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:08 pm
by JC Viper
you know, aerostitch.com sells these little tire studs for street bikes and from what I've read work very well for snow and some ice.
Anyhow now that winter is supposedly ending I'll say that I haven't done anything to store the bike except put a bike cover on it and went for rides when there wasn't much ice or snow on the ground...
Re: What things did you do to store you bike this winter?
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:20 am
by sapaul
I read TMW forum and decided none of those things applied to me.
Re: What things did you do to store you bike this winter?
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:32 pm
by pchast
changed the oil and took the seat for reupholstery. Battery tender and sheet to cover.
Re: What things did you do to store you bike this winter?
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 3:59 am
by Cassiebet
Spray non painted areas with a light coat of fogging oil. pay special attention to your wheels and spokes. They love to rust.
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