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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 07:50 AM
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How many keep their bike on a jack during your winter storage? I put mine up just far enough to take the weight off the tires. Is this a good idea?
 
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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 08:04 AM
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That's how I do it.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 08:25 AM
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I haven't done that yet. I just park it and put the battery tender on it. But then it only sits for a few weeks at a time between rides and not stored for months.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 08:27 AM
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I would probably do that but it would become a pain in the a$$lowering it every other day to go riding

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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 08:35 AM
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yeh yeh yeh. you southern boys don't know how good you got it. or maybe you do. it's been an unusually long and cold winter here in the midwest. usually i am able to get the bike out every few weeks or so but not this year. it's been brutal.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 08:38 AM
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This just floors me, this storing thing you guys talk so much about. Isnt a store a place to go to buy things. Move to South Texas and you will forget the meaning of store your bike
 
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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 08:39 AM
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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 08:44 AM
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yeh yeh yeh. you southern boys don't know how good you got it. or maybe you do. it's been an unusually long and cold winter here in the midwest. usually i am able to get the bike out every few weeks or so but not this year. it's been brutal.
I lived my first 30 years in Michigan so I can feel your pain. I remember those long midwest winters all too well. Good luck up there hopefully the weather will break soon. If you want to make a move let me know www.scottscarolinahomes.com
 
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I put mine on a lift every year. Then can't resist tearing it apart.

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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 04:38 PM
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Yes it's an excellent idea. When I was keeping my past bikes inthe shedduring the winter they wereoff the ground on a mcl. jack. My RK is storedatthe mechanics shop this winter, not on a jack, but he moves it around from time to time so as not to flatsplot the tires and whatever.
 
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