Winter Storage in Ohio.
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Winter Storage in Ohio.
After looking at a lot of posts about storage, I have a question that has not been answered. I'm going to be storing the bike in a 8x10 or 10x10 outside wood shed. This will be only thing in here and only used for the winter. I plan on adding fuel stablizer in it and the oil was changed about a month ago so not worried about that. The battery will be out of the bike stored inside the house and not i'm not sure of jack stands yet. Security will not be an issue since my alarm company will be installing an alarm sensor in the shed. Will the lower temps we get in ohio cause any issues with the bike? example paint issues, chrome and mainly any engine issues. I'm probably overracting but I'm allowed to.
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It's pretty cheap to stoare a bike in a warm shop.
If not,
http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/maint...terstorage.htm
I'm in Cleveland, and no one I know has ever had a problem come spring.
If not,
http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/maint...terstorage.htm
I'm in Cleveland, and no one I know has ever had a problem come spring.
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Yep, fog the motor. I'm another boat motor fogger. My boat has an inboard Chevy engine. It's an '85 and gets laid up about 6 months outta the year. It still runs like a top.
The paint ain't gonna go bad and doesn't need anything special on it. If it makes you feel better, put some kind of corrosion protectant on the chrome parts and then just put a cover on the bike.
I don't see the need to keep a motor vehicle in heated storage. My garage is colder than a meat locker at times and has been storing some pretty nice vehicles for years with no ill effects on them.
The paint ain't gonna go bad and doesn't need anything special on it. If it makes you feel better, put some kind of corrosion protectant on the chrome parts and then just put a cover on the bike.
I don't see the need to keep a motor vehicle in heated storage. My garage is colder than a meat locker at times and has been storing some pretty nice vehicles for years with no ill effects on them.
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If you have electric in the shed leave the battery in it and hook up a battery tender.
Standard procedure to fog an inboard , can't say if its recommended on a bike only
because first thing next season a boat will run like absolute **** until the fogging is burnt
out ( several minutes).
Not sure how the flywheels would like it on a harley.
One things for sure is you won't have the salty atmosphere in the shed that your garage will
have from your cage tracking it in from the winter roads.
Standard procedure to fog an inboard , can't say if its recommended on a bike only
because first thing next season a boat will run like absolute **** until the fogging is burnt
out ( several minutes).
Not sure how the flywheels would like it on a harley.
One things for sure is you won't have the salty atmosphere in the shed that your garage will
have from your cage tracking it in from the winter roads.
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+1 on the WD 40 It would also be a good idea to roll the scoot up on some wood, helps with tire rot. I would also tape the ends of your exhaust up, critters sometimes like a nice place such as those to build a nest. Finally throw a breathable cover over the scoot, something like a white sheet, to help keep the dust off of it and will not trap any moisture.
Last edited by wescoot2; Sep 6, 2009 at 11:23 PM.
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