| newbie has to lay the bike up for a MONTH! [message #777680] |
Do, 13 Juli 2006 06:08 |
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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?
Unhook the battery? Drain anything? Add anything?
Thanks
kc
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| Re: newbie has to lay the bike up for a MONTH! [message #777681 ] |
Do, 13 Juli 2006 06:10 |
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mr topaz wrote:
> 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?
> Unhook the battery? Drain anything? Add anything?
>
> Thanks
> kc
It'll be fine for a month. Don't give it another thought...
--
Rayvan
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| Re: newbie has to lay the bike up for a MONTH! [message #777686 ] |
Do, 13 Juli 2006 14:00 |
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mr topaz wrote:
> 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?
> Unhook the battery? Drain anything? Add anything?
>
Leave the keys in it and hope it's stolen.....
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| Re: newbie has to lay the bike up for a MONTH! [message #777689 ] |
Do, 13 Juli 2006 14:26 |
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| Re: newbie has to lay the bike up for a MONTH! [message #777690 ] |
Do, 13 Juli 2006 14:29 |
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chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com writes
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>mr topaz wrote:
>> 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?
>> Unhook the battery? Drain anything? Add anything?
>>
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>Leave the keys in it and hope it's stolen.....
>
Some bugger would just nick the keyring.
At least that's what happened when I left my CB9 outside the house and
went away for a long weekend. Full tank of gas, fully charged battery &
key in the ignition - I came home to find it still sat there but some
sod had half-inched the key ring.
Talk about adding insult to injury :-(
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Bob Scott
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| Re: newbie has to lay the bike up for a MONTH! [message #777691 ] |
Do, 13 Juli 2006 17:39 |
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mr topaz wrote:
> 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?
> Unhook the battery? Drain anything? Add anything?
>
> Thanks
> kc
Get a Battery Tender ( http://batterytender.com/ ) if you have to leave
the bike sitting periodically, but otherwise don't worry about it.
Enjoy your trip.
--PirateJohn--
www.PirateJohn.com
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| Re: newbie has to lay the bike up for a MONTH! [message #777695 ] |
Do, 13 Juli 2006 20:15 |
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"mr topaz" <thekevincline [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1152763718.606995.160640 [at] 35g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
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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?
> Unhook the battery? Drain anything? Add anything?
>
> Thanks
> kc
>
Put the kickstand down and park it someplace out of the weather.
Ride it when you get home.
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| Re: newbie has to lay the bike up for a MONTH! [message #777696 ] |
Do, 13 Juli 2006 20:43 |
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On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:15:38 -0400, "Steve L" <srl1215 [at] comcast.net>
wrote:
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>"mr topaz" <thekevincline [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:1152763718.606995.160640 [at] 35g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
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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?
>> Unhook the battery? Drain anything? Add anything?
>>
>> Thanks
>> kc
>>
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>Put the kickstand down and park it someplace out of the weather.
>
>Ride it when you get home.
>
Park it here, leave me the key, I'll keep an eye on it for
you ;-)
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| Re: newbie has to lay the bike up for a MONTH! [message #777723 ] |
So, 16 Juli 2006 01:30 |
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In article <1152763718.606995.160640 [at] 35g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
"mr topaz" <thekevincline [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?
> Unhook the battery? Drain anything? Add anything?
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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| Re: newbie has to lay the bike up for a MONTH! [message #777726 ] |
So, 16 Juli 2006 02:22 |
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| Re: newbie has to lay the bike up for a MONTH! [message #777729 ] |
So, 16 Juli 2006 17:03 |
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On 12 Jul 2006 21:08:38 -0700, in message
<1152763718.606995.160640 [at] 35g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>, "mr topaz"
<thekevincline [at] gmail.com> scribed:
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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?
Get a trailer and take it with you. Or, that bike is small enough, it
might fit on a trailer hitch rack.
>Unhook the battery? Drain anything? Add anything?
To unhook the battery might be good, but just one month in summer shouldn't
be a storage problem with any of the systems.
--
If life seems jolly rotten, there's something you've forgotten,
and that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing!
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