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Old Nov 12, 2019 | 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Oilhed
So what does the jack do for you other than take the tires off the ground?
Absolutely nothing more than that. It gets shoved in a spot against the back wall of my garage, in the corner, that I could NOT get it into on its own wheels. This is the spot I will be tearing down the engine, and working on it all winter, so being up in the air will be great for building the engine.

I should have elaborated.
 
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Old Nov 13, 2019 | 05:12 PM
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Guess putting it on the roll away rail wouldn't help much

 
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Old Nov 14, 2019 | 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by sectime
Most important is to visit bike a few times in dead of winter, pop a beer, sit on it, if a touring model listen to radio, will make winter past more quickly.
And set up a fan so you have some wind in your face while you make BBBRRAAAAPPP noises.
 
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Old Nov 14, 2019 | 11:33 AM
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I just pat her on the rear now and then as I walk by - let her know I still love her.

Did the same thing with my wife...
 
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I winterize my 2017 Roadking by cruising down the PCH.

 
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Old Nov 18, 2019 | 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Oilhed
So what does the jack do for you other than take the tires off the ground?
Some people put their bikes up in the air to prevent the tires from "flat-spotting" on the bottom from sitting in one spot over the winter months...
 
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Old Nov 21, 2019 | 10:26 AM
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Some people put their bikes up in the air to prevent the tires from "flat-spotting" on the bottom from sitting in one spot over the winter months...
Which by the way, is a total myth. Might happen to a tire been sitting 15 years or more but cracking of the sidewalls will happen before a "flat spot" occurs
 
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Old Nov 21, 2019 | 10:26 AM
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I winterize my 2017 Roadking by cruising down the PCH.
Hate the politics, love the weather.
 
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