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Offline medic09

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Bike Covers
« on: June 15, 2008, 02:35:02 PM »
Who's using a bike cover on their 750Four?  I'd like a durable, long-term cover since my bike lives in the driveway now.  The last one I bought barely made it through *most* of the winter.

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Re: Bike Covers
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2008, 06:35:36 PM »
Try Dowco...it has a life time warranty and is made in WI.  Do a search and you should find it.  I have 4 of them and my oldest is from 2001.  Mine are kept in the garage though.
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Re: Bike Covers
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2008, 07:54:36 PM »
I couldn't use a cover at all.  It may have been the place in my driveway, or the placement of the driveway between my house and the one next door.  The cover wouldn't stay on the bike.  I was constantly retrieving it from the neighbors yard.  Then I thought I would get smart and use the security grommets and solve that problem.  I stopped using it altogether the second time the wind blew the bike over.  I now have the bike in a shed in the back yard.

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Re: Bike Covers
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2008, 04:53:51 AM »
I bought a cover last year for $20.00 from Target....3rd time I used it was windy out.
Next day when I started up the bike I noticed a plastic melting smell, yep, it melted onto my header!!! >:(
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Re: Bike Covers
« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2008, 08:30:03 AM »
Those Dowco covers have the non-melting material on the bottom.  But I do let it cool down before I put them on anyway.
1970 CB750K0 - Candy Ruby Red
1973 CB750K3 - Candy Bacchus Olive or Sunflake Orange
1970 Chevy Chevelle SS396 - Cortez Silver
1976 GL1000 Sulphur Yellow

Oshkosh, WI  USA