Outdoor Winter Storage
Cruiser
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From: South Texas
If you have to keep it out side I recommend the green Irish spring soap. It sounds weird but it works. I use it when I store my RV and it will keep rodents from crawling in and chewing wires. I told my friend about it when he was having mice come into the engine bay of his daily driver and it has kept them out for years now. He lives on a ranch down here away from town. My RV has not been chewed up by critters either. As for cats you will probably need to wrap it up good.
I hope this helps.
I hope this helps.
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From: North Dakota
If you have to keep it out side I recommend the green Irish spring soap. It sounds weird but it works. I use it when I store my RV and it will keep rodents from crawling in and chewing wires. I told my friend about it when he was having mice come into the engine bay of his daily driver and it has kept them out for years now. He lives on a ranch down here away from town. My RV has not been chewed up by critters either. As for cats you will probably need to wrap it up good.
I hope this helps.
I hope this helps.
I have also used WD-40 when having had to store motorcycles outside in the past. I used to buy a gallon can of it and pour in into their WD-40 spray bottle. Everything other than the tank and fenders were liberally doused in it. WD-40 is a water dis-placer not a lubricant and will completely evaporate around the time you take it out of storage.
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Joined: Nov 2015
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From: MN
As stated in post above, moth *****, Irish Spring (new one to me) anything perfume(y)...I use scented drier sheets in my boat ( rod locker, battery wells, catch all cubby...) when in storage and haven't had any issues.
Anything super scented will throw their delicate sense of smell and keep them at bay. Steel wool in the pipes..awesome. Good luck man.
Anything super scented will throw their delicate sense of smell and keep them at bay. Steel wool in the pipes..awesome. Good luck man.
Tourer
Joined: Sep 2015
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From: Eton, GA
If you have the ability, go out and crank it up and let it idle for a lil while. May be cheaper option, just a lil time consuming for ya. I try to ride mine when I had it all year. When it was too cold to ride, I would go out and let it warm up weekly to keep the fluids running through it. Seemed to keep everything but spiders off it. But, I was not REAL far in the country. You may have more critters to worry about than i had to.
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Thanks for all the replies, definitely going to throw a bar of Green Irish spring in there, my bro called his bug guy today, he's going to put some bait stations under the deck to lure them away from the bike. Grabbing steel wool for the pipes.
Buckmaster, I pulled the battery so I can put it on the trickle charger. Great ideas, Thanks again guys, it pains me to see her under there but my next place will have storage.
Buckmaster, I pulled the battery so I can put it on the trickle charger. Great ideas, Thanks again guys, it pains me to see her under there but my next place will have storage.
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Had to move this fall and lost my shed, I'm storing the bike under the deck at my bros place, she's covered and well out of the weather and the deck has siding all around it, so she's somewhat out of the elements. There's always an abundant of lil critters looking to get out of the cold, and to build a winter palace......anyone have any tips or tricks I could do to keep them away?
Seat, saddlebags and battery have been removed.
Thanks from dreary ole New England.
Seat, saddlebags and battery have been removed.
Thanks from dreary ole New England.
Critters are an issue. Steel wool packed into the exhaust is what I used when I lived in Maine. But you risk, rodent damage to wires and electrical corrosion.
Ask the lady next door if she has room in here garage to park your bike. Find some summer tourist business that is closed to let you park your bike inside. Under a deck would be my very last choice.
I'd go down the street knocking on every door until I found someone who would let me park my bike inside, even at 70, I'd volunteer to help shovel snow, clean the gutters, bring them venison, something.
added: I forgot, when I lived in Maine and stored my bike in an old chicken shed, I also used naphtha (naphthalene) moth *****. Now I use rodent poisons and have less mice.
Last edited by son of the hounds; Dec 2, 2015 at 09:55 AM.
