Prepping bike for extended storage
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Prepping bike for extended storage
Long story short, I'm beginning research for storing my bike for an extended time. Living in the northeast I'm already familiar with winter storage. However next year I plan to be putting my bike onto storage for probably about 2 years. Maybe more maybe less. Before the rumors and jokes start to fly, I'm not going to jail. lol. The wife and I are planning to transition to fulltime RV life.
The end goal is to get a toy hauler to bring the motorcycle with us. However until we're ready to make a move on that financial disaster, we will be getting a trailer that cannot house the bike. Therefor I will be putting the bike into storage.
My question is basically What should I do to the bike? Use fuel stabilizer? Run it completely empty? anything to do to the oils? Battery I will pull. Its a 2010 Fat Boy. If I have somebody start it and let it idle for a while once a month will that do more harm than good?
The end goal is to get a toy hauler to bring the motorcycle with us. However until we're ready to make a move on that financial disaster, we will be getting a trailer that cannot house the bike. Therefor I will be putting the bike into storage.
My question is basically What should I do to the bike? Use fuel stabilizer? Run it completely empty? anything to do to the oils? Battery I will pull. Its a 2010 Fat Boy. If I have somebody start it and let it idle for a while once a month will that do more harm than good?
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I would drain all the fuel and keep a battery tender on it. The oils will be okay.
Occasionally starting it is bad, since the oil doesn't get up to operating temperature to burn off condensation.
Occasionally starting it is bad, since the oil doesn't get up to operating temperature to burn off condensation.
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