Thu, 3 Dec 1998 18:16:10 -0000
- Message No. 4542
From: VIPER-1@universal.nl (Fels R. Th.B.)
Subject: AW: Laying the bike up.
Hello Chris
Does anyone have any good hints on storing motorbikes in the winter? I'd
normally be riding mine, but I've got a 10-week business trip coming up
so the bike is going to be unused, and outside (but under a good cover).
Obviously, I'll take the battery out, but what I'm most concerned about
is corrosion on the alloy in the wheels and the passenger footpeg
supports. Can I put anything on there (oil, grease?) to stop it
happening?
Last year my bike was verry dirty and it suddenly was below zero. It was only November. I didn't want to wash the bike before the winterstop and did following:
I putted the bike on a large piece of plastic.
I sprayed a can of oil onto the bike. I sprayed it not only on the alloy, but al over the bike. The spray is called 6 in 1 spray and is from bell-ray.
Lett the bike stay for about an hour so the oil can drip of. Putt the bike away for as long as necessary.
The bike stood onder a roof but the wind and sometimes rain could reach the bike, (so it's not in a garage).
The only thing happened was that in Februari the bike was completely covered with sand that sticked onto the oil.
In the winter you have to rotate the wheels a little a couple of times and recharge the battery when necessary.
In Februari I sprayed Moto-wash onto the bike. Lett it work for about 15 minutes. And put the hose on it. After that the bike was as new and nothing happened.
I did this before almost every winter, but this was the first time with a dirty bike. But because the bike is that greasy, nothing can happen.
AND watch out the first 100 Km because the grease also makes the tires slippery and the brakes a don't work that fine either the first kilometers.........
Greetings from The Netherlands,
Raymond Fels.
www@atic.org