Put a cover over your bike and get a battery tender and you will be fine. -2$en#e-
Just bring the battery inside. I would do a full winterization. My bike has always been stored in a cold garage, as millions other have too.Dan Smith said:Put a cover over your bike and get a battery tender and you will be fine. -2$en#e-
Mine is stored in a cold outside under a cover...I do bring the battery in when it gets real cold...berserker said:Just bring the battery inside. I would do a full winterization. My bike has always been stored in a cold garage, as millions other have too.
But doesn't it smell like gas in the house?Easy Ed said:Winter Parking in Mansfield, OH
The lights look really cool flashing on the chrome :brows:
long as that battery has a full chrage you dont need to pull it out of bike like the other guy said throw a batt tender on itberserker said:Just bring the battery inside. I would do a full winterization. My bike has always been stored in a cold garage, as millions other have too.
I've let batteries sit in the cold for weeks too. Probably best to either pull it or put tender on. I don't use tenders. I just bring it in. To me it doesn' take long to bring, so I do that. Some people don't like to take the time, so they use tenders. Both are good.ciginia1972 said:long as that battery has a full chrage you dont need to pull it out of bike like the other guy said throw a batt tender on it
Only when he starts it up to circulate the oil. :hystria:Rock_Steady said:But doesn't it smell like gas in the house?
Don't do that. That will just cause condensation to happen inside the engine. The bike shouldn't be ridden in winter weather unless you ride long enough to bring the engine temps up to full operating temperature to blow out the condensation through the breather.Originally posted by Lawhogg
can I just start and run it for a while once a week. Ideas?
Wow, if I did that I'd be a dead man. The wife would kick my azz each day it sat there. But then if your single or have an understanding wife that a good thing. I see alot of good ideas, I store mine with a full tank of stabilized gas under a nice soft cover in a heated garage on a battery tender. The garage is sequestered to the point that the only thing it is used for is storing my bike, my dads bike and my blazer, kind of nice having a dad thats into bikes and has a large garage. :thumbsup:Easy Ed said:Winter Parking in Mansfield, OH
The lights look really cool flashing on the chrome :brows:
Nahhh. I have three in the house. Two in the living room and one in the kitchen. Never know they are there.Rock_Steady said:But doesn't it smell like gas in the house?
You know I make sure the bike gets up to operating temps, having read/heard about the condensation warnings, but FWIW, I know many who just start it up in the garage, let it idle for a few moments, have done this for years and yet they have no problems. :hmmm:MadCity said:Don't do that. That will just cause condensation to happen inside the engine. The bike shouldn't be ridden in winter weather unless you ride long enough to bring the engine temps up to full operating temperature to blow out the condensation through the breather.