Baby is now tucked away for the winter

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Highlanduke

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I am sure i am not the only one around that has tucked there baby tucked away for the winter.
It has had a good polish and is now under cover in corner of my office at work so it stays warm (SAD or What) nice and warm.
Had it out last week but back end is slipping all over the place out of corners so decided that i want to keep it the same shape as i got it so it was that time.

Any good ideas about winter storage to keep it in good nick for next year.
 
Highlanduke said:
I am sure i am not the only one around that has tucked there baby tucked away for the winter.
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Me too, but the idea is to strip naked and have a good clean.
The bike, I mean.

Before
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During
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After.....Need to Wait until January
 
Its a bugger getting the 848 & Superlight up the stairs in the apartments.:D
Knocks @@@@ out of the stair carpets.:eek:
 
Any good ideas about winter storage to keep it in good nick for next year.[/QUOTE]

aye, sell it and get another one later
 
Chiz said:
Its a bugger getting the 848 & Superlight up the stairs in the apartments.:D
Knocks @@@@ out of the stair carpets.:eek:
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Minds me of many years ago when I lived in a 3rd floor flat on the Blackie. I bought an SL125 Honda in bits and built it up in the kitchen. Being a lightweight trailie it wasn't too hard to get down the stairs :)
After that I did the same thing with an Ariel NH350. But getting that out was an altogether different affair! I hadn't considered that it must have been about twice the weight and when I'd reached the point of no return half way between the 3rd and 2nd floor I was seriously worried that it was going to end going right out the window, the sill of which was level with the corner step, and probably me with it :eek: Fortunately I made it, just.
Petrol wasn't an issue, the tanks were bone dry. No oil in the engines either at that point.
 
Upstairs rebuilds

My first Italian bike was a neglected Moto Guzzi 850 T3. After various attempts at getting shed space in Edinburgh, I rebuilt it in my bedsit. It took 5 of us to lift it down the twisting stair. Couple of weeks later bike got blown over....
 
I also have had a Blond moment, not with a bike but along time back i bought a nice new 8x6 shed and proceeded to build a 3.5 V8 engine in it for my TR7 all nice and chromed polished hedders and all the bits, then one day it struck me it would not fit through the door so the side of the shed had to come away shed was never the same again. not my best idea.
 
Highlanduke said:
I am sure i am not the only one around that has tucked there baby tucked away for the winter.
It has had a good polish and is now under cover in corner of my office at work so it stays warm (SAD or What) nice and warm.
Had it out last week but back end is slipping all over the place out of corners so decided that i want to keep it the same shape as i got it so it was that time.

Any good ideas about winter storage to keep it in good nick for next year.
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Not available to everone I know but how about in the corner of a nice dry/warm bottle beer store?
 
zvez said:
curious do you guys put fuel stabilizer in the tank for the winter? IN the US it's called stabil, not sure if same there. Everyone here that lives in a climate where the bike won't be run all winter swears by it.
http://www.goldeagle.com/brands/stabil/default.aspx

Chris
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Hi Chris,

Thre was a recent thread on here about Ethanol and potential problems with plastic tanks rotting and steel tanks rusting as Ethanol absorbs water, sinks to the bottom of the tank and rusts it plus when you start the bike after the winter it sucks through pure H2O which knackers the carbs and fuel injectors and bike won't start etc.
I have just bought some Stabilizer to add to the fuel as I normally leave the tank full to stop condensation forming.
This weekend's job is to add it to the various tanks and lay them up properly. Should have done it a few weeks ago.:o
 
Stewart,

Does your govt. mandate a percentage of Ethanol in gas? I've heard anecdotal info from auto repair people as well as bike people, that the ethanol is leading to premature failure of seals and such and of course the tank issues.

Unfortunately almost all our gas stations now have 10% ethanol in all gas. The Govt. just recently upped the acceptable level to 15%. This will make the corn farmers very happy campers and probably lead to even more problems.
Chris
 
European Commitment

I believe EU has a commitment to 10% biofuels by 2020. Europe tends to set emission limits rather than fuel targets.. I understand that much of the ethanol in the States is created from the waste produced in corn (maize) production. Therefore setting targets for ethanol helps domestic agri-industry deal with waste issue and helps US fuel security. Europe a bit wary of supplanting food crops for fuel crops (see Tortilla riots in Mexico).
 
Highlanduke said:
I am sure i am not the only one around that has tucked there baby tucked away for the winter.
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Thats my bike now back in the garage from the conservatory.:confused:

Heard a loud crack this morning at 7am.:mad:
Went downstairs to notice the conservatory roof partly collapsed under the weight of overnight snow and the walls buckled outwards.:mad::mad:
Spent the next 4 hours clearing snow off the roof and digging a path to get the bike back up to the garage.:mad::mad::mad:

Snow so bad here no one can get out to look at a temporary repair until at least tomorrow.:mad::mad::mad::mad:


:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
 
RobbieT said:
Thats my bike now back in the garage from the conservatory.:confused:
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What's wrong with the living room? ;)


We learnt from last year up here with damage weight of snow can do.

Hope it is a quick fix and at least it's not Xmas eve.
 
239desmo said:
at least it's not Xmas eve.
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One midsummers night, the worse for drink, and on private (farm) property, myself and two pals found ourselves in a 5 foot ditch which had 2 feet of water in it with a Jawa 350 sidecar outfit on top of us sideways. First comment to be heard after dusting ourselves down and marvelling that the now underwater headlight was still on.... "at least no-one is shooting at us"

There's always a bright side :D
 
Pict said:
One midsummers night, the worse for drink, and on private (farm) property, myself and two pals found ourselves in a 5 foot ditch which had 2 feet of water in it with a Jawa 350 sidecar outfit on top of us sideways. First comment to be heard after dusting ourselves down and marvelling that the now underwater headlight was still on.... "at least no-one is shooting at us"

There's always a bright side :D
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If you had any sense you would have left the Jawa in the ditch! :lol2:
 
239desmo said:
What's wrong with the living room? ;)
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That was my first thought, but the bike wouldnt get throught the kitchen doors past the units, awkward angles.

Not saying the snow is worse here than anywhere else
BUT
just to give an idea the owner of this car outside my house cleared it of snow yesterday afternoon. So you can appreciate how bad/deep it is in areas that hav'nt been cleared since friday!
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