Simplest way to store the motorbike

[jellywrestler]

I am aware of one of our southern sidecar brothers that had a race bike head crack from freezing in his internal access garage when it went minus 5 degrees & he hadn't drained the cooling system.

should have run glycol...

[husaberg]

should have run glycol...

Propylene glycol is not slippery or toxic plus its not dyed green like ethylene glycol is....just saying......
https://www.torpedo7.co.nz/products/.../coolant-1-89l

[Coldrider]

What a load of codswallop. Fuel goes off, battery needs maintaining. Bikes sit in the showroom for longer.

[Daffyd]

When/if you fill your tank, add 1/3 cup approx of Methylated Spirits. It will dissolve any water that gets there through condensation.

[MarkH]

From what I gathered from George for oil guru from the duc forums old oil ends up getting acidic. You won't want that to be sitting in an around the engine for long periods of time as it will slowly corrode things. Whether 6 months is long enough to worry about (for anything other than a duc) for how ever old the current oil is?? Fuck knows.

Oil changes should be done at least once per year for those that don't run enough kms. I would apply that to a bike that has been sitting for 6 months, doing an oil change 12 months after the previous one even it it hasn't done the specified amount of kilometres.

I would also disconnect one of the battery leads before leaving a bike for 6 months.

I personally wouldn't worry about anything else, I don't think that 6 months is all that long. Plenty of bikes in NZ sit for 6 months throughout winter, rego on hold, waiting for the warm weather.

[Akzle]

Stop being a fucking homo for a start.
Pull it in to the garage and put the side stand down then leave. Job done.

Six months? That's hardly storage, it's just how long it takes to get around to riding the entire fleet.
I wouldn't call it storage, just a short period of inactivity.

rbcidjip .

[Old Steve]

I am aware of one of our southern sidecar brothers that had a race bike head crack from freezing in his internal access garage when it went minus 5 degrees & he hadn't drained the cooling system.
Fuck that, I'd just move a bit further north. He's nice, but clearly not too smart.

Serves him right, bloody fool for not using a proper antifreeze, bet he just had water in his cooling system if it froze and cracked a head at only - 5 deg C. The use of a 50/50 antifreeze concentrate and water mix or a pre-mix antifreeze will also ensure there is the right level of anti-corrosion additives in the coolant fluid, and corrosion protection is one of the major reasons why you should use a proper antifreeze mix.

There's no need to drain the cooling system if storing a bike over winter, a 50/50 antifreeze mix will give freezing protection down to about -55 deg C.

Your sidecar mate is an F**wit.