A definitive winter storage thread? - Page 2 - SV650.org

muzikill · 04-12-11, 07:13 AM

Thats all fine giving it the occasional run but my prep involves cleaning it down in places where most dont know about and ive got repairs and new parts to fit. Ive come to realise i actually enjoy doing stuff to the bike just as much as going out on it. Its takes the edge off it being mothballed and a bigger smile when i get back on the road when my works done.

BanannaMan · 05-12-11, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by muzikill

Thats all fine giving it the occasional run but my prep involves cleaning it down in places where most dont know about and ive got repairs and new parts to fit. Ive come to realise i actually enjoy doing stuff to the bike just as much as going out on it. Its takes the edge off it being mothballed and a bigger smile when i get back on the road when my works done.

Although somewhat limited, I ride through the winter and do all that early spring.
Partly due to not having a heated building to store/work on the bike.

Kirkybhoy · 05-12-11, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by muzikill

Ive come to realise i actually enjoy doing stuff to the bike just as much as going out on it.

wana do mine as well ?

muzikill · 05-12-11, 09:01 PM

Well having a garage for your bike helps...... Youve got an engineering background you can easily learn.

05-12-11, 09:48 PM

Why the tyres up to 40psi if the bike is off the ground?

I thought you had to increase the pressures if you were leaving the bike on the ground to prevent the tyre deforming as much under the bikes weight and hence prevent egg shaping, but if you were lifting the bike off the ground, then let down the tyre pressures (not sure what the latter achieves though).

Tyres could be a year or more between manufacture and being fitted to a bike, so what harm would low pressures do if the bike is lifted?

andrewsmith · 05-12-11, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Why the tyres up to 40psi if the bike is off the ground?

I thought you had to increase the pressures if you were leaving the bike on the ground to prevent the tyre deforming as much under the bikes weight and hence prevent egg shaping, but if you were lifting the bike off the ground, then let down the tyre pressures (not sure what the latter achieves though).

Tyres could be a year or more between manufacture and being fitted to a bike, so what harm would low pressures do if the bike is lifted?

I do it incase it need to be moved in a hurry during bad snow (It stuck outside near the worst bit of the roof) and avoids having to pump the tyres up. Last winter mine lost around 8 PSI over 12 weeks.

05-12-11, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by andrewsmith

I do it incase it need to be moved in a hurry during bad snow (It stuck outside near the worst bit of the roof) and avoids having to pump the tyres up. Last winter mine lost around 8 PSI over 12 weeks.

OK, I think I'll leave mine off the ground and at 10 psi, my garage is not going to collapse due to snow

andrewsmith · 05-12-11, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by -Ralph-

OK, I think I'll leave mine off the ground and at 10 psi, my garage is not going to collapse due to snow

Good point

2 ton of snow accelerates quite impressively off a slate roof.

TamSV · 06-12-11, 11:52 AM

Muzikill, you know what you need to do.

Take bike to bits. Put bits in boxes. Stack boxes in wardrobe. Rebuild in Spring.

Simple.

muzikill · 06-12-11, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by TamSV

Muzikill, you know what you need to do.

Take bike to bits. Put bits in boxes. Stack boxes in wardrobe. Rebuild in Spring.

Simple.

Never again!............ hopefully.

EDIT: but if i needed to i would! ..... after rebuilding the engine ive got the bug to 'fix' everything now.

04-12-11, 07:13 AM	#11
muzikill Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Dunfermline Posts: 1,712	Thats all fine giving it the occasional run but my prep involves cleaning it down in places where most dont know about and ive got repairs and new parts to fit. Ive come to realise i actually enjoy doing stuff to the bike just as much as going out on it. Its takes the edge off it being mothballed and a bigger smile when i get back on the road when my works done. __________________ Learn to maintain your bike, take it apart, rebuild the engine & more (using better bolts ), drop it & fix it again! K3 Job c.v: Engine:remove/split/rebuild/refit. Replace:Gearbox,Fuel pump,Gaskets. Piston clean,rings. Overhaul:Throttle body,Injectors,Brakes,Forks. Remove/refit:Exhaust,Radiator,Oil cooler,Throttle,Air filter,Tank. Replace: Oil,Coolant,grease,brake hoses & bleed. Last edited by muzikill; 04-12-11 at 07:17 AM.

05-12-11, 09:01 PM	#14
muzikill Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Dunfermline Posts: 1,712	Well having a garage for your bike helps...... Youve got an engineering background you can easily learn. __________________ Learn to maintain your bike, take it apart, rebuild the engine & more (using better bolts ), drop it & fix it again! K3 Job c.v: Engine:remove/split/rebuild/refit. Replace:Gearbox,Fuel pump,Gaskets. Piston clean,rings. Overhaul:Throttle body,Injectors,Brakes,Forks. Remove/refit:Exhaust,Radiator,Oil cooler,Throttle,Air filter,Tank. Replace: Oil,Coolant,grease,brake hoses & bleed.

05-12-11, 09:48 PM	#15
-Ralph- Guest Posts: n/a	Re: A definitive winter storage thread? Why the tyres up to 40psi if the bike is off the ground? I thought you had to increase the pressures if you were leaving the bike on the ground to prevent the tyre deforming as much under the bikes weight and hence prevent egg shaping, but if you were lifting the bike off the ground, then let down the tyre pressures (not sure what the latter achieves though). Tyres could be a year or more between manufacture and being fitted to a bike, so what harm would low pressures do if the bike is lifted?

06-12-11, 11:52 AM	#19
TamSV Member Mega Poster Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Troon, Ayrshire Posts: 1,812	Re: A definitive winter storage thread? Muzikill, you know what you need to do. Take bike to bits. Put bits in boxes. Stack boxes in wardrobe. Rebuild in Spring. Simple.

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