I normally would not cover my bike, but I travel for long periods of time for work and the bike sits for a month at a time. That still would not make me cover it, but I bought an older house and the previous own vented the clothes dryer into the garage, which means over time, a nice layer of lint particles settles over the floor and of course on the bike. I used a king size fitted sheet to go over the apes. It does the job, but I don't really like covering it at all. Anyway, anyone else cover your bike in the garage? If so, why?

 

Same as you, only in the winter when it sits for a long time. Keeps the dust off. I do have a cloth motorcycle cover but a sheet works just as well.

 

I recently bought a cover from a member on here. Used to think I didn't need one at all. I have a detached, heated garage, with epoxied floor. Concrete driveway, with no gravel or bare dirt anywhere near it. I keep the garage immaculately clean, not becaues I don't work in it, I build a lot of stuff in there.

You just can't keep dust out of a garage, that the overhead doors open daily. Dust is dirt, and dirt is little rocks. Don't need that laying on paint anymore than necessary. Do yourself a favor and cover the bike.

 

I have a cloth cover that I use in my garage just to keep the dust off if I'm not going to be riding it for a while.

 

I have an HD indoor/outdoor cover for my Heritage. I use it in the garage to keep the sawdust and greasy fingerprints off of it

 

I may have to get another sheet to cut and have my wife sew two together. That way it fits better over my apesl Its good for now though.

 

Hey Warg check out Exigent Bike Covers. They make a dust cover for Apes. I just received mine last week and its Awesome. I have 18 inch apes and its goes over the apes and has elastic bands on the bottom to go all the way over your tires also. I bought one because My bike is in a basement now, so theres alot of dust. I got tired of wiping it off, but now the cover eliminates that. I paid $60 for the cover with shipping. Well made and very Soft, wont scratch your sled either. They also make a Rain cover, but since mine is indoors, the dust cover was perfect. You wont be disappointed

 

Warg

My suggestion is to vent the dryer to the outside. I know in most municipalities venting into the garage doesn't comply code.
Cheers!

 

Yeah, I'm working on that, but its in a weird spot, so I haven't quite figured it out yet. I'm finding a lot of stuff that is not up to code, LOL.

 

Thanks, that sounds great.