What precautions to take when storing fuel-injected bikes?

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Viffer · #16 Post by **Viffer** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:16 am

Gio · #17 Post by **Gio** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:38 am

What was my Falco ( F9's before that) was last winter off the road for 5 months, I started it up and ran it for about 10 minutes each month, had no trouble with it come the spring.

HowardQ · #18 Post by **HowardQ** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:58 am

D-Rider wrote:
HowardQ wrote: the wife has a Punto, (both have been very reliable).
I'm sure she will be very pleased to hear that you speak so highly of her

Yeh luv her to bits !!

#19 Post by **mangocrazy** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 2:16 pm

HowardQ wrote:With the Beta Spyder it not so much the fuel tank rusting, it's keeping the car from rusting around it, great car though.

Spoken as one who clearly knows... I was fortunate with mine in that the first owner was a Waxoyl obsessive. He drenched it with Waxoyl absolutely everywhere. Consequently it's in very good condition. I've tried to avoid using it on salty roads, and now it's in a place where they never, ever salt the roads (South of France), so it should last a bit longer. The Targa top and convertible back are perfect for those conditions.

I think modern Italian cars are as good as any others corrosion-wise, but bad reputations last a long time...