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Nov 1, 2020 | 05:14 AM

#11

bobg03

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Joined: Apr 2012

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From: On 2 rails...

Nice bike, if you can't afford to pay storage you don't deserve it...LOL SMDH

Nov 1, 2020 | 08:40 AM

#12

nightsterept

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Joined: Jun 2016

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From: Cary, NC

Here’s my take....even if you cover the bike and leave it outside you are surely going to get some form of cosmetic damage. The cover moving in the wind is going to rash your paint, ice storms and heavy snow will probably put a hole in the cover and condensation is going to eat away at your aluminum parts and rust out any bolts that may have had the zinc coating rubbed off. Those things will happen, plain and simple.

Here’s something logic to think about: if you store your bike outside even if fully covered you’re going to have to spend money cleaning it up, or replacing parts that were damaged over the winter. Just pay for a storage .....it’s a no brainer. Don’t bother thinking a bike cover is going to fully protect your bike, it’s not. Get a storage unit.

Nov 1, 2020 | 08:46 AM

#13

BCinCC

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Joined: Feb 2020

Posts: 42

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From: Canon City, Colorado

As has already been said, either contact your local dealer for winter storage (best route), or rent a storage unit to store the bike. If you go the storage unit route, pull the battery, take it home, and plug it into a battery tender. Also, put Stabil Gas Treatment in the fuel tank to preserve the fuel over the winter.

Nov 1, 2020 | 10:01 AM

#14

Dan89FLSTC

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Joined: May 2008

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From: South Carolina

Storage unit.
Leaving it outside with turn it into an ugly pos, fast.

Nov 4, 2020 | 08:27 PM

#15

Herrick

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Joined: Aug 2019

Posts: 617

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From: Munchkinland

My bike was outside all last winter (Long Island New York). Fortunately, there wasn't much snow so I rode a lot. I had a Nelson Rigg All Season Deluxe cover on it. A few bolts got rusty but overall, my bike still looks and runs well. I had a Nelson Rigg All Season Deluxe cover on it. I'd like to get a Cycle Shell for it one day.