Topic: winter storage Q?s

[Don R]

 This is the first time since 73' I had a stock exhaust on my bike going into winter in the midwest.  What's everyones favorite way to preserve the chrome exhaust, wheels and paint?
 

[flybox1]

For your perfectly painted parts, a good carnauba paste wax is best, with second application NOT buffed off until spring.


This is all you'll need for your metal bits. 

http://www.s100.com/s100_cp.htm

[Don R]

 I noticed WD40 has a protectant coating now. At the estate sale where I got it the bike it looked horrible, all pitted and corroded, when I got it home all of that wiped off to reveal perfect chrome. What everyone was seeing was WD and dirt. I still haven't gotten all the blue coral paste wax out of the cracks.
 The po's son said his dad oiled and waxed it when it went in for the winter.

[RevDoc]

I noticed WD40 has a protectant coating now. At the estate sale where I got it the bike it looked horrible, all pitted and corroded, when I got it home all of that wiped off to reveal perfect chrome. What everyone was seeing was WD and dirt. I still haven't gotten all the blue coral paste wax out of the cracks.
 The po's son said his dad oiled and waxed it when it went in for the winter.

Sweet! Always nice to have a happy discovery like that.

[strynboen]

most cbx 1000 ovners take the exhost off the bike..to dry them aut..
dont start the bike over Winter..a lot of Water kondensate inside the exh system..or run it long to get all damp aut..if it needs to be run

[Don R]

 I filled the tank with no alky gas/stabil 360 and  an oz. of synthetic 2 stroke oil. I polished and waxed the chrome, wheels, spokes and engine covers Next I'll drain the carbs into an oil jug cut down the side. Or not.