Winter/Cold Storage
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Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 5,258
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From: AZ
With 'cool' weather bearing down on us, it is getting that time of the year to prep for winter storage or lay up.
Ya'll make sure you change that air...hear???
Road Master
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 1,223
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From: Birmingham, AL
It is also the time when we in the southwest get to tease all you snowbound bikers with bike fever for months while we in the south are riding every day, day in day out, with the sun shining, and a perfect cool temp to keep her cool for the long rides.
Ya'll make sure you change that air...hear???
Ya'll make sure you change that air...hear???
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Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Nevada
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Joined: Sep 2008
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From: Land of the Free, Home of Jack Daniel's
I would really like to know who does this?
I do and the OL hates it. I don't have a garage,
I'm not leaving it out all winter, and it gives me
a warm place to do the work I want to do to
my bike ie: rebuilds. Just wondering.
I do and the OL hates it. I don't have a garage,
I'm not leaving it out all winter, and it gives me
a warm place to do the work I want to do to
my bike ie: rebuilds. Just wondering.
Road Master
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 1,189
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From: la grange, il (near chicago)
i like the idea -
would like to know stuff like:
- minimum things to do
- what happens if you don't do something
- what should be done depending on length of time or lowest temp
last year for any number of reason i stored my bike at the dealer. the kept it in a climate controlled, did required maint on it, filled with gas, trickle charged it, washed it, and picked it up all for one price. also reduced the priced based on dollar amount of work. i like the idea, only disadvantage was no in/out priveleges. once you removed the bike that was it. so basically here in chicago you are pretty certain not to ride it for nov, dec, jan, and feb. oct still has some good days, and depending on the spring you have nice days in mar. but during those other 4 months you could probably find a weekend a month where a ride would be doable and/or even enjoyable. so i am basically going to leave it in the (unattached, unheated) garage. so knowing the bare minimum i should do would be good as well as what would also be good to do, etc.
would like to know stuff like:
- minimum things to do
- what happens if you don't do something
- what should be done depending on length of time or lowest temp
last year for any number of reason i stored my bike at the dealer. the kept it in a climate controlled, did required maint on it, filled with gas, trickle charged it, washed it, and picked it up all for one price. also reduced the priced based on dollar amount of work. i like the idea, only disadvantage was no in/out priveleges. once you removed the bike that was it. so basically here in chicago you are pretty certain not to ride it for nov, dec, jan, and feb. oct still has some good days, and depending on the spring you have nice days in mar. but during those other 4 months you could probably find a weekend a month where a ride would be doable and/or even enjoyable. so i am basically going to leave it in the (unattached, unheated) garage. so knowing the bare minimum i should do would be good as well as what would also be good to do, etc.
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From: Forest Lake, Mn
It is also the time when we in the southwest get to tease all you snowbound bikers with bike fever for months while we in the south are riding every day, day in day out, with the sun shining, and a perfect cool temp to keep her cool for the long rides.
Ya'll make sure you change that air...hear???
Ya'll make sure you change that air...hear???
Heerz yur sine:
