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Winter Storage

Discussion in 'Hangout Lounge' started by jhtr7, Oct 17, 2007.

  1. jhtr7

    jhtr7 New Member

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    Up here in the north woods I have to store my bike for about 5-6 months. I was hoping some of you could who store your bikes for the winter could enlighten us on some of the things you do.

    One thing I always do is remove the plugs and shoot some marvel mystery oil into each cylinder and then loosly replace the plugs and crank the bike over with the plug wired off. This helps lube the cylinders for the long winter.

    What do you do?
     
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    Remove the Battery and bring it inside on-the-shelf and on a tender.
    Remove the Petcock Vacuum line. Plug the Intake Port and run the Bike until its out of Gas.
    Remove all four Carb Drain Screws and shoot Carb Cleaner in the Bowl ... then, put the Drain Screws on a lottle case until I need them again.
    Over inflate the tires.
    All this after washing and having an Armoral Festival on everything rubber and plastic.
     
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    Really? I always heard to leave stored tires at 1/2 pressure... At least that's what I was told to do when storing the summer tires off my car.
     
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    It's what I do.
    I have to move the bike a lot to get the snow blower out past it. With soft tires I'd risk dumping the bike right in my garage.

    Done that.
    Hate that.
    The only blem on the bike came from trying to move it with tires that went flat because of the extreme cold.
     
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    Yes... I suppose that would make the bike much more mobile. Something to think about as I am planning on doing some work on it over the winter that will likely mean it'll need to moved around the garage a bit.
     
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    Another advantage of over inflating is that it helps prevent the tire taking a "set". If it sits for a long time with weight on it and not moving the shape will change around the contact patch. Having them well pumped up reduces the tendency. Since I'm on the centerstand the rear real is unloaded and the front is light enough I can just grab the wheel and lift up giving it a partial turn. I do that pretty much every time I go by it.

    I put Sta-bil in the tank and run it until it's into the carbs rather than draining them.

    I don't pull the battery but I do keep it on a tender. That has always worked well with the other seasonal items.
     
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    I use either Stabil or5 Seafoam in my gas tank. (seafoam lays one up well)
    I pull the battery and put it in my well house with the other deep cycle batteries from my trailer and boat and put them all on a tender.

    I dont wash mine before I lay it up because it lives on my carport under a cover and it is usually plenty dirty when I uncover it several months later.
    I also shoot some Marvel oil into the cylinders, just for giggles.

    Then I get the story book out and read a real nice bedtime story...... ooops I digress
     
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    I do all of the above, but a also spray a bit of rust check up my pipes, its what my dad always did t his, so I do it to - I guess the theory is that it prevents the pipes rusting form the inside out
     
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    I like this idea. I wonder how to get the oil up to the crossover where it is needed. I just might open mine up and fog it.
     
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    You could try pulling the EGA Bolts and shooting a little Fog in those Probe Ports.

    I'd be careful if the Fog stuff is flammable!
     

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