Keeping a motorcycle in a storage unit..tips?

BadBrad · 05-03-2007, 12:27 PM

I recently began renting a storage unit to keep my new CBR in. I only plan to use it for bike nights and weekend rides.

I was wondering if you guys have any tips.

My first thought was that it gets pretty hot inside the unit but I can't think of anything that it might damage. One of the guys I ride with said I could keep the gas cap unhooked so the fumes could vent but I thought that was a bad idea. I wouldn't want to fill up the 5'x10' unit with gas fumes?!?! It seems like the ideal combustion situation to me.

Any other thoughts? Insurance? Fairings?

Does anybody else keep their bike in a storage rental unit?

SamoanzRR · 05-03-2007, 12:29 PM

buy a cover....thats all I got to say bout that.....

BadBrad · 05-03-2007, 12:35 PM

what do you mean? cover it up while it's in the storage unit too? or nevermind with the storage and just cover it up in the parking lot at my condo?

Italgirl1971 · 05-03-2007, 12:43 PM

what about a climate controlled storage unit??

SamoanzRR · 05-03-2007, 12:47 PM

cover it in the storage unit to keep dust off it, or get a good cover and alarm if you cover it at the condo...

BadBrad · 05-03-2007, 12:54 PM

yeah, good idea.

i have a sweet alarm on it and i will keep a cover on it too.

climate controlled units are almost double the cost here in AZ. good thought though. i might move to a cc unit if i have any problems.

Italgirl1971 · 05-03-2007, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by BadBrad

yeah, good idea.

i have a sweet alarm on it and i will keep a cover on it too.

climate controlled units are almost double the cost here in AZ. good thought though. i might move to a cc unit if i have any problems.

I have no idea what a typical unit would cost, but if you're really that concerned about something happening to it stored in the lot, it is probably worth the extra cost for a climate controlled unit. Just a thought.

BadBrad · 05-03-2007, 12:59 PM

yeah, you're right. i pay $55 a month now. and i could get a bigger and cc'd unit for $105 a month. next month i will probably move to it.

thanks a lot...now i gotta spend more $$$ haha

Italgirl1971 · 05-03-2007, 1:01 PM

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Originally Posted by BadBrad

yeah, you're right. i pay $55 a month now. and i could get a bigger and cc'd unit for $105 a month. next month i will probably move to it.

thanks a lot...now i gotta spend more $$$ haha

anytime! i'm here to help you drain your wallet! Isn't your baby worth it? now just throw some this way, would ya?

*JeepinJeff* · 05-03-2007, 1:02 PM

typical woman. Just when you think you got it figured out, they make you spend more money.

BadBrad · 05-03-2007, 1:07 PM

careful...she seems Italian...

Italgirl1971 · 05-03-2007, 1:08 PM

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careful...she seems Italian...

Atreyu · 05-03-2007, 1:10 PM

I always thought the Italian ones had the money and were suppose to spoil american men,

Italgirl1971 · 05-03-2007, 1:11 PM

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I always thought the Italian ones had the money and were suppose to spoil american men,

i'm as american as you are, Atreyu.

*JeepinJeff* · 05-03-2007, 1:18 PM

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i'm as american as you are, Atreyu.

he's Polish

Atreyu · 05-03-2007, 1:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Italgirl1971

i'm as american as you are, Atreyu.

I don't know about that one

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he's Polish

yep, big pole

Italgirl1971 · 05-03-2007, 1:21 PM

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I don't know about that one

yep, big pole

you all are too damn funny

*sinfuldragon* · 05-03-2007, 1:23 PM

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you all are too damn funny

I see you decided to pony up so that 14 year old boys in mens bodies could insult you... good call

edp · 05-03-2007, 1:23 PM

In a hot climate it is more than worth the extra rent for a climate controlled unit. The hotter it is, the faster things will degrade (read - rubber hoses, tires, gas in the tank etc). the previous owner of my 929 kept it in the air conditioned showroom of the Ford/Mazda dealership where he was the workshop manager. Bike still looks new.

*sinfuldragon* · 05-03-2007, 1:24 PM

on and as far as moving it to a cc building... I would do it so that one you have less to worry about and two - you can bring the swingarm stand to the unit and work on it in the AC!!!!

SamoanzRR · 05-03-2007, 1:24 PM

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Originally Posted by JeepinJeff

typical woman. Just when you think you got it figured out, they make you spend more money.

Atreyu · 05-03-2007, 1:25 PM

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Originally Posted by sinfuldragon

I see you decided to pony up so that 14 year old boys in mens bodies could insult you... good call

no she's proving she's got money and she's willing to take care of american men

*Quick 26* · 05-03-2007, 1:27 PM

ac is def a good thing

SamoanzRR · 05-03-2007, 1:28 PM

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on and as far as moving it to a cc building... I would do it so that one you have less to worry about and two - you can bring the swingarm stand to the unit and work on it in the AC!!!!

thats a great point....

Atreyu · 05-03-2007, 1:30 PM

gotta make sure your tool box is there

*JeepinJeff* · 05-03-2007, 1:31 PM

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thats a great point....

he doesn't get many, thus making it easy to point them out.

Italgirl1971 · 05-03-2007, 1:31 PM

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Originally Posted by sinfuldragon

I see you decided to pony up so that 14 year old boys in mens bodies could insult you... good call

lol i figure the giggles i get out of watching you boys make idiots of yourselves is worth the pennies a day it will cost me.