Kawasaki Triples Club

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

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

Meanwhile in Gay Pareee..

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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.

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.

Ralph wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 10:28 am 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

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

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

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

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