Winter Storage Harley Evo Sportster Discuss Winter Storage in the Harley Sportster & Buell forums; You are a fortunate man.......... My brother lives in Ft. Myers and get to hear about his Christmas rides and New Years Day rides.... cooking out at the beach on ...

[street bob]

You are a fortunate man..........
My brother lives in Ft. Myers and get to hear about his Christmas rides and New Years Day rides.... cooking out at the beach on Christmas Eve.
My wife and I are considering retirement in the Carolinas... or somewhere down that way. Enjoy your winter.

[evoKENevo]

Originally Posted by JCourneyaP

Well Ken what can I say. Store it for 4 to 6 months out of the year if its too cold for you.

"No different than being on a snow-mobile ?
Might wanna take another look at those machines !"

I was talking about dressing for the cold. People ask how I can ride in the cold. I say its no different then being on a sled if you dress for it.


You ever look at the side of the road when its below zero??? Seems the colder it gets the more cars you see crapped out. My bike dosent run its best but it has not crapped out do to the cold.

Yo,JC
In case you did'nt notice my previous post started with a ------------>

Could'nt care less if some guys wanna dress-up like the Michelin Man...winters !!
Hell..could'nt care less if some wanna snorkel their int & exh,etc, and don SCUBA stuff...summers !!

Jus' pull'n y'er chains an' have'n sum fun...knowhutImean ?

[JCourneyaP]

Course I do......I wonder though. If you had a snorkel comin out of the intake...would it breath better?

[evoKENevo]

It would underwater....I bet !!!

[tommyglide]

I've been lucky up here, we got our first snowfall last night. I know Wrightturn will say "you call that lucky?" Yes, lucky because the snowfall was a month late. Well, 2 weeks late anyway.

[Wrightturn]

Hey Tommy,

After being here for 23 years I freeze at room temperature. I will put on a heavy T shirt when I ride tomorrow.

[Crimsonaro]

About 9-10 years ago I was fairly broke. About all I could afford to get to work was an 80something Kawi GPZ550. Rode that old scoot to work all Winter. Granted it was Missouri and the Winters were warmer and my ride was short, but if you dress right and don't have to ride interstate speeds, it's not bad at all.

I've never seen it, but I've heard of guys that ride their Wings all winter coating the whole bike with WD-40 on a regular basis to keep the salt from rusting it. Supposedly was a little messy, but effective. I sprayed that on the engine of my Sabre because it kept the black coating black, but I can't bring myself to spray it everywhere on a clean bike.

[tommyglide]

Originally Posted by Wrightturn

Hey Tommy,

After being here for 23 years I freeze at room temperature. I will put on a heavy T shirt when I ride tomorrow.

Wrightturn, I would love to experience your pain

[Beartooth]

Originally Posted by tommyglide

Wrightturn, I would love to experience your pain

Hi, I'm pretty weird, I suppose, reading, then replying to old posts, but I can't help it. My first bike, a new (year-old model) '63 Triumph 650 took me straight through the winter here in Chicago. I was absolutely, insanely in love with motorcycling. I cancelled my car insurance, put on a full fairing, and enjoyed the adventure, snowstorms and ice, 11 miles to work, with a very rare trip on public transportation. Several times, I'd be sitting stock still at a stop sign on ice, and the bike would just flip out from under me! Once, the cage in front of me couldn't make it over the RR tracks, and so I shoved it over, with bike power. That bike was so corroded by Spring, that I sold it and started over with a similar '65 TR6. But after that, I conserved my resources, and put the bike up for the winters. I can't imabine taking my Sporty out in icy conditions. Too much iron, too high off the ground. Not to mention, very expensive crashing and bone-crunching noises. Cold hands, freezing feet are bad, but the worst problem I had was fogging/freezing glasses and face shield. I devised a leather bib for my 3/4 helmet, plus a modified rubber dust mask, that sucked air in from within the bib, then exhaled through a tube through the bib. It worked great.
Jim