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Old 12-22-2008, 05:55 PM
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Default Winter storage?

If your not one of the lucky ones in Cali or Florida. How or where do you store your bike?
I don't have a garage. I have an old barn with a lean to built on the side with a concrete floor. It has four walls a roof and a solid floor. It's not heated and the dust is bad and some moisture is still present.
Does anyone rent heated storage or garages for their bikes? I would love to leave it in a friends or neighbors garage but I just can't trust it.
Anyone have the same problem as me?
What kind of storage do you have and what does it cost monthly?
Thanks,
Tim
 
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Old 12-22-2008, 06:06 PM
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I store mine in a 12 by 12 shed out back,no heat but have batt.hooked to a tender,also covered to help stay clean.Been doing it this way for years with no problems.
 
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Old 12-22-2008, 06:14 PM
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Have you thought about getting an HD bubble?All it requires is 4 walls a roof and a solid floor.Im lucky enough to have a heated garage or Id be looking at that myself.
 
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Bat pluged in and in the garage.
 
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Put some plastic on the floor then a sheet of plywood to keep the moisture from coming up through the floor. park your bike on the plywood,plug in the battery tender an cover with a breathable cover.
 
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Sitting in an attached garage, plugged into battery tender. Garage isn't heated, but it rarely gets below freezing in there.
Every now and then, we'll get a day good enough for riding.
Only in the teens here now though, so not today.
 
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Old 12-22-2008, 08:25 PM
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mines in a heated garage but not stored as we ride sometimes in the winter here, if theres no snow on the road its good.
 
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I've seen that Harley Bubble in the catalog... Always wondered if it's a gimmick or if it works well or not.
 
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My new 08 FLHR is in my un-heated garage for her first winter. Bike is up on jack stand off ground, oil was changed, all fluids checked, fuel stabilizer added to fresh full tank, washed & waxed, tire pressure to spec, battery tender hooked up, and covered with HD approved storage cover.

Currently 3 degrees out and could care less. She'll be ready come March/April.
 
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Call your local HD Dealer as many store bikes. Mine charges $40/month for inside heated storage and they start the bike once a month and keep the battery on a tender.
 


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