Storing bike for winter

[Philly]

Have done search for winterising bikes but can’t find answer so here goes
I was told by a friend to store the H2b over the winter months I need to buy a greenhouse heater and cotton sheet and place heater below the bike
Does anyone else do this ?
I’ve had an rd lc for 6 years and never did this to that but then again there’s not much chrome on the Elsie so asking your advice
I don’t wanna mothball h2b because will still be riding her on dry days
Thanks

[Wolfie]

What extent you go to really depends on the conditions where she will be stored..

Worst case= Concrete floor and uninsulated roof then yes. By all means cover and put something warm underneath, even an Incandescent light bulb will help. But also try and insulate the bike from the Concrete. Wood is good, carpets are not.

If your storage place is already insulated, dry and/or warm then you'll need to do very little maybe just a dust cover.

House is best!

E10 Petrol will absorb any moisture so the tank should be drained and it's more important if the storage is cold and damp. I must admit here that I never do, my shed is well insulated but not heated.

Like yourself, if the weather allows, I'll have a ride out, and we have a Rally up here in Feb!! ...

[husson73]

easy job: just ride it also in winter and so job done

[Wolfie]

Meanwhile in Gay Pareee..

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[skub]

My garage suffers from occasional condensation since the oil burner was moved outside,so I run a tubular heater on the floor under the bikes and a dehumidifier when necessary.

I too like a run out if the roads are salt free,so none of the vacuum bag stuff works for me. Strokers love a cold,crisp day!

The dehumidifier has been the best solution,it keeps the air moving and pulls an amazing load of water from the air,thus the bikes remain dry.

[Ralph]

I was thinking of a tubular heater for this winter, although the garage is dry I live on the island where everything is damp. We have dehumidifiers throughout the house.

Could you recommend a good one and what to look for? There are hundreds on ebay but I don't really know what I'm looking at.

[skub]

I was thinking of a tubular heater for this winter, although the garage is dry I live on the island where everything is damp. We have dehumidifiers throughout the house.

Could you recommend a good one and what to look for? There are hundreds on ebay but I don't really know what I'm looking at.

You need a desiccant type for garages and outbuildings,as they can take the lower temperatures. I bought the one in the link,recommended by a chap who had used the same for a couple of years.

https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/meac ... E2EALw_wcB

[Olde Coney]

I used to have as many as 8-9 bikes in my garage at one time ....I noticed one day that the chrome on a Suzuki GT 750 Kettle that I owned at the time was dripping with condensation, my other bikes (mainly Triples) didn't look too bad

I used 5 greenhouse heaters much like this underneath the bikes, furthermore I draped some old cotton sheets over the bikes, perhaps more importantly I introduced a de-humidifier into the garage.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tubular-Heater ... 54272&th=1

The garage was very substantially built and had a concrete floor plus roof insulation....I never saw any more condensation

[husson73]

same day that the picture above
arrived in my garage:
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/kawasak ... 49#p121149

[Ralph]

Thanks guys, I'll be ordering the dehumidifier and heater.

[Tilly H2C]

I have a double garage, a quarter of it has a 2x1 wooden framework covered in see through builders visqueen with a roll up 'door on one end, I get all 4 bikes in there over the winter together with a dehumidifier and combined temperature/humidity gauge,

Metal start to rust above about 60% humidity, so I aim to keep the humidity below that.

On the fuel I add Millers VSPE, it claims to stop the corrosive effect of any Ethanol in your fuel

Dont forget the bad habit of H2 oil line check valves leaking over a period of time, I suck oil out of the oil tank until the level is within the oil window, you can then either take a photo or mark the level, beware not to use masking tape or you will have a mare of a job removing it after a month or so

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