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Motorcycle cover recommendation (v7 Classic)?

Austin Rothbard

Austin Rothbard

Just got it firing!
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Chicago, IL
I live in Chicago and just bought a 2010 v7 Classic. Now it's time to store it. Any recommendations on great motorcycle covers?

The bike will be in an unheated garage during the Chicago winters.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks!
 
Hi Austin, congrats on the V7, and welcome to the GT Forum and Famiglia. Hope you'll add your info to the Registry page. Try a Google search on Winterizing your bike... I'm sure it's been well covered. Be sure to bring the battery inside and put on a timed battery tender, and fill the fuel tank and add some stay-dry additive. A good coat of wax and plastic protectant under a cover goes a long way. Hope that helps.
 
One good thing I learn living back east and it worked very well, good wax job and then spray all the metal parts down with WD-40. It will dry, but leaves a film behind that fights corrosion. Lot of folks don't know this..... WD-40 was developed to spray down ballistic missiles to prevent corrosion inside the missile housings. Look it up. there is no product out there that can do this better then WD-40. Believe it or not the contents still closely guarded secret by the company. Lot of speculation as to what is really in the stuff. The company actually had trouble releasing the product into the private sector because the government had some hold on the product since government money had been used to develop the product. The 40 number was the 40th try to get it right. Not sure what WD stands for. (Water Displacement or something like that). It was used by NASA along with Velcro (the later) when they needed something to prevent pens and gloves from flying around inside the capsules. John Glen lost a pen during his flight and that led to Velcro. Nobody knew where that pen end up and it was feared it got into something. Sure enough it was later found up against a switch housing that deployed the drag chutes. Close call.
 
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elkgrichard said:
One good thing I learn living back east and it worked very well, good wax job and then spray all the metal parts down with WD-40. It will dry, but leaves a film behind that fights corrosion. Lot of folks don't know this..... WD-40 was developed to spray down ballistic missiles to prevent corrosion inside the missile housings. Look it up. there is no product out there that can do this better then WD-40. Believe it or not the contents still closely guarded secret by the company. Lot of speculation as to what is really in the stuff. The company actually had trouble releasing the product into the private sector because the government had some hold on the product since government money had been used to develop the product. The 40 number was the 40th try to get it right. Not sure what WD stands for. (Water Displacement or something like that). It was used by NASA along with Velcro (the later) when they needed something to prevent pens and gloves from flying around inside the capsules. John Glen lost a pen during his flight and that led to Velcro. Nobody knew where that pen end up and it was feared it got into something. Sure enough it was later found up against a switch housing that deployed the drag chutes. Close call.
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Thanks. I did exactly that this weekend. Waxed it a few weeks ago, but then sprayed WD-40 over all metal parts. It is now under wraps until 2016. I appreciate your help..

Austin
 
A cover is a perfect invitation for mice to move in and do damage,
It's inside so leave it uncovered and leave a light on; it dissuades nocturnal creatures like mice.
 
Cover with a sheet........then a 60 watt light bulb under the bike drives out moisture, keeps mice away. BB gun by the door always helps.
 
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