Will a FLSTC fit through my front door?
Tourer
Joined: Mar 2010
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From: Edmond, OK
It'd be less hassle to just re-weather strip the garage and put some styrofoam inside your garage door. I did styrofoam inserts in to my door, and it's 10-15 degrees cooler in the summer, and warmer in the winter, in the garage. best 20 bux I spent on the garage.
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Road Warrior
Joined: Oct 2009
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From: P.E.I. Canada
Yeah right, keep your hands off my bike! lol
Road Master
Joined: May 2009
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From: Long Island,New York
Get a "heat stick" Plug it right into an outlet. It heats up...draws the moisture away from the bike. I cover my bike and leave the heat stick underneath the bike. I have a 2010 Heritage Softail and I leave it in my Rubbermaid Shed all winter. Looks just as good when I take her as...when I put her in.......and no rust!
The question is when you get the bike in the house...will YOU fit through the door whan your girl throws you out! LOL
The question is when you get the bike in the house...will YOU fit through the door whan your girl throws you out! LOL
Last edited by hogowner69; Mar 14, 2011 at 02:58 PM.
Road Master
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The condensation both inside the motor and outside will burn right off once you properly warm the bike up to temperature in the spring. It will not rust the bike. It's OK if you want to bring it in the house, but as a firefighter, storing gasoline inside a house is not a good idea. And a DRY garage will not hurt the bike, even if its 40 below. A cheap way to control condensation in a unheated garage is to put the bike on top of an old **** carpet and even put some of the carpet on the walls around the bike.
Road Captain
Joined: Mar 2009
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From: Johnstown, PA
Ok, I need my baby back home. It's been in storage all winter, but with a few weeks of cold night still ahead, I don't want it sitting in my unheated garage. So I don't use my kitchen table anyways... Someone with a '09+ Heritage, could you measure the widest part for me. Also, can someone distract my GF while I pull the bike into the kitchen?
Intermediate
Joined: Apr 2010
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From: Alabama
Keeping it dry
Our normal rainfall is 55 inches a year, one year it was 90. I keep my Heritage in an unheated storage building I built. I also have another metal building with machine tools, it is normally very hard to keep flash rust from forming on the bare surfaces. I discovered this trick from old timers who have garage machine shops. Year round keep a small fan running day and night, not sure exactly how it works but, it stops moisture from condensing on metal.
My lathes, mill and my Harley all stay dry. Just keep a spare fan on hand, the small cheap ones usually last 12 to 18 months.
Mike
West Central Alabama
My lathes, mill and my Harley all stay dry. Just keep a spare fan on hand, the small cheap ones usually last 12 to 18 months.
Mike
West Central Alabama
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Joined: Sep 2006
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From: San Ramon, Ca
Get a de-humidifier for the garage.
I have one. It rarely goes into the 40's in there,
but it does get damp. W/that thing running it never
goes over 60 % humidity in the garage.
Can't cost much to run
I have one. It rarely goes into the 40's in there,
but it does get damp. W/that thing running it never
goes over 60 % humidity in the garage.
Can't cost much to run
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Joe Kucinski
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Joined: Sep 2009
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From: Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri
Yeah, I don't understand your concern either. Missouri is famous for going from temps in the teens to over 40 in just a day. Never had a problem with condensation and my garage is detached and unheated. It is insulated in the ceilings though. Would that make the difference?