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How do you prepare your bikes for storage?

PostPosted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:08 pm
by redbug2
I have too many bikes now... I can't keep them running. I was storing many of them with full tanks but that seems to be an issue. I had one full tank that rusted at the base because water must have gotten in somehow. I'm thinking about removing all gas and putting a rag coated with WD40.

Maybe I should spray the bike with WD40 on the metal pieces. Perhaps wax the paint, and even leave the wax on without buffing?

What about the tires?

Re: How do you prepare your bikes for storage?

PostPosted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:03 pm
by blipp
On a two-stroke, is there a tank mixture which would preserve the inside of the tank? And that next spring could still fire the engine? And not send the plugs to their death?

The British have been suspending their tyres for a long time. It would be nice to design the cheapest possible pit stand to put under stored machines. Something that will not allow the bikes to get knocked over too easily. Unfortunately, I think that one size would not fit all.

Re: How do you prepare your bikes for storage?

PostPosted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 9:18 am
by redbug2
Watched a lot of TV, velocity channel. Most high $$$ cars are being stored with Aviation Fuel. Never spoils. Never used it... I've been draining my tanks and carbs and fogging them with WD40.