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How to Store Your Motorcycle for the Winter

You wouldn’t guess we’re approaching winter where I live (it’s been in the 80s the last few days), but I guess the recent Southern California fires have counteracted any jealousy…

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7 Responses to “How to Store Your Motorcycle for the Winter”

  1. when storing a motorcycle over the winter months, what is the best way to keep your battery from going bad?

  2. Keep the battery on an automatic battery charger commonly known as a trickle charger. Don't get a cheap one that doesn't have the automatic function or you will quickly "boil" the battery dry.
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  3. After buying battery after battery I started just taking them out, storing them in the heat and charging once a month. A dead small battery that freezes is just the end for some reason.
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  4. There are "trickle" chargers available quite cheaply that are designed to "Maintian the battrery", Disconnect the battery on one cable, or put it on wooden workbench (wise to use plastic container underneath it in case any acid should get spilled)! Then nothing will be flowing through the "bike" to cause any possible problems!

    It is more important to put fuel satablizer in gas tank, so gas does not "rot and ruin your carb(s) and fill gas tank with "gunk" — so that it all has to be disassembled (when you take it back out)— so that you can use it again! Use STABIL- or some gas stabilizer mixed with gas to keep it preserved! Modern "ecologically friendly" gas is "garbage", – it starts to "rot" in about 3 months, – has ruined millions of carbs on lawnmowers and chainsaws – and other machinery — they generally end up in "scrap", because the carbs (only) are bad, and they won't run! Then they are melted down and new stuff is made – and this makes pollution too, – so I don't really know how much total pollution it is saving us!
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  5. buy a battery tender. you should use one year round.
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  6. One of these:

    http://www.jpcycles.com/productgroup.aspx?GID=82D3AEFF-3F5A-434E-8D79-895AC80B9DF6&search=battery+tender&store=All&page=1
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  7. Battery Tenders are great and inexpensive. You should also not store your bike on cement for an extended period of time as it can flatten your tires. I store my bike parked on a large piece of plywood.
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