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newbie has to lay the bike up for a MONTH!
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Oh no! I have to hit the road for a MONTH and can't take the '74 Honda
CB360.
Can anyone help me with smart things to do before leaving?
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Get a trailer and take it with you. Or, that bike is small enough, it
might fit on a trailer hitch rack.
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Unhook the battery? Drain anything? Add anything?
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Just leave the keys in it and mail me directions to your house. I'll
make sure the battery keeps it's charge and the gas gets changed
regularly.
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To unhook the battery might be good, but just one month in summer shouldn't
be a storage problem with any of the systems.
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It'll be fine for a month. Don't give it another thought...
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the bike sitting periodically, but otherwise don't worry about it.
Enjoy your trip.
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Put the kickstand down and park it someplace out of the weather.
Ride it when you get home.
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Park it here, leave me the key, I'll keep an eye on it for
you ;-)
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Leave the keys in it and hope it's stolen.....
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Top off the gas tank and make sure the petcock is off. Double check the
water level in the battery. A month is nothing.
On return from the gas station having topped the tank off you might cut
the petcock off so as to drain most of the gas from the carburetors
before you park it.
For fun you might see how far you can go before it sputters to a stop
with the gas turned off. And practice running out of gas just as you hit
your own driveway. Don't do this for too many hours else you'll have to
go back to the gas station and start over.
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If you are going to own a motorcycle, you should have a Battery Tender
type of charger hooked up to the battery at all times. It keeps the
battery charged while in storage.
I use the Yuasa one for about $27.95 on the page below. It did a great
job all Winter for my battery.
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