Should I be concerned with Rust while stored?

Closed Thread Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Oct 28, 2012 | 03:48 PM

#11

Uncle G.

Seasoned HDF Member

Joined: Jun 2010

Posts: 9,332

Likes: 3,873

From: Upstate New York

For the past 19 winters, I've kept my bike in the garage using the "Cycle Shield" storage system. I have no rust on my bike at all, not even the head bolts. It's a heavy gage plastic bag into which you put your bike, with desicant bags you put inside with the bike to maintain dry air inside.

I don't know if posting a link to the website is against the rules here, but I have no affiliation with the company other than being a satisfied customer.

Oct 29, 2012 | 03:08 AM

#12

Dual-Linkerts

Tourer

Joined: Jun 2012

Posts: 393

Likes: 1

From: Southern Indiana

Post a link so we can see this contraption. I found one of my bikes wet with condensation last week after opening the garage door I was thinking about a brooding lamp with a light bulb under the bike to keep this from happening.

Oct 29, 2012 | 05:55 AM

#13

ja57

Seasoned HDF Member

Joined: Jul 2009

Posts: 5,444

Likes: 104

From: Near Joliet, Illinois

Wash and wax it before you store it. That should help minimize any rust problem you may have.

Oct 29, 2012 | 06:21 AM

#14

Sling Blade 14

Extreme HDF Member

Joined: May 2010

Posts: 11,166

Likes: 1,801

From: Puget Sound, WA.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheDukester

Probably sounds like a stupid question but in the early 80's I had a GL1100 that I rode in a salt water environment and kept outdoors in front of the barracks and do not recall problems with rust. I lived on an Island in Puget Sound.

Whidbey Island-

Nah, the air is much dryer now...global warming and all that.

Oct 29, 2012 | 06:26 AM

#15

TheDukester

Thread Starter

Cruiser

Joined: Jul 2012

Posts: 107

Likes: 0

From: Peoria, IL

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sling Blade NSAA

Whidbey Island-

Nah, the air is much dryer now...global warming and all that.

Yes, Whidbey Island, a.k.a. "The Rock". Never had any problems with surface rust on my Goldwing. Hand tools not so much.

Oct 29, 2012 | 06:31 AM

#16

Notgrownup

Seasoned HDF Member

Joined: Mar 2009

Posts: 24,709

Likes: 9,209

From: Snow Hill, NC

WD40 on parts you think might get rust...Wash it off in the spring...

Oct 29, 2012 | 06:31 AM

#17

Sling Blade 14

Extreme HDF Member

Joined: May 2010

Posts: 11,166

Likes: 1,801

From: Puget Sound, WA.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheDukester

Yes, Whidbey Island, a.k.a. "The Rock". Never had any problems with surface rust on my Goldwing. Hand tools not so much.

Weather is still the same...

Light Rain
Temp: 52°F°F = °C
Enter temp. to convert.Humidity:88%Wind Speed:E 5 mphBarometer:29.71 in. Dewpoint:48°FHeat Index:52°FWind Chill:51°F

Oct 29, 2012 | 07:31 AM

#18

kzoo

Road Master

Joined: Feb 2011

Posts: 818

Likes: 0

From: Battle Creek, MI

I wash and wax mine, put it on my lift to keep critters away, open the far garage window for air circulation and temp consistency with outside. No rust yet.