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Motorcycle storage? |
Buying a shed from home depot to store bike. Besides security issues....Will a shed protect from heat, cold...Anything I should know about storing a bike with alot of chrome? How and what should I put into the shed to help keep my bike "fresh". Should I insulate? Climate control? exhasut fan? rubber floor? help me out! buying a shed for your bike is a very good thing. I would assume you don't have a garage and you can't put the bike in your house. There is one thing you should do to keep your bike from getting sick - start it once a week and let it run for 10 minutes for the duration of its storage time. If possible get it out of the shed once a week and ride it for 10 to 20 minutes. A dehumidifier to keep the moisture out. not sure about the shed.. the bike on the other hand..go here. http://www.dansmc.com/winterize.htm... Depending on where you live, the heat shouldn't be a problem. Most manufactures spend hours testing high and low temperature extremes. Security may be an issue because some of the sheds are made from plastic. While climate control and dehumidifer all sound good, probably a little impractical for most people. What most people have to do is, put some gas stabilizer in the gas tank and make sure to run it so that the gas in the carbs has the gas stabilizer too. Then you can either remove the battery, or have a way to charge it on the bike. Run a motorcycle trickle charger on the battery once or twice a month (most creative thing I heard was to put the charger on a timer, like a light, and let it charge one hour a day). Oil change before you put in storage will get rid of the nasty stuff from running the bike. Changing the oil when it gets out of storage, will eliminate any water that may have condensed in the oil during storage. Draining the fuel tank wouldn't hurt either to get rid of any water from condensation, alot of old bikes have rusted tanks from sitting too long. Unless it's insulated and cooled/heated, it won't protect from heat and cold. It will protect from sun, wind, snow, rain. etc.. And it will protect from theft, also. Most issues have been addressed but one thing that I do may be helpful to you too. I live in virginia. We have all sorts of temps. For the really cold nights I just ran an extension cord out to the shed and used a basic little ceramis heater. The new ones are very safe now days and you dont really have to worry about fires. Mine has an auto shutoff timer that can be set between 2 and 14 hours, a tip over alarm that automatically cuts it off, and as long as you go ceramic, they are still fairly cool to the touch. I bought mine for only 30 bux last summer. I am in the same exact boat as you keeping it in the shed. |
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