BIKE COVERS

[gaza]

Hi all,
As my bike lives out side thought i'd treat it to a new cover.
Wot do you use & how do you rate it.

Cheers GAZA

[TLS-Moose]

My bike cover is concrete & fibre cement, approx. 14' x 24'


In the past I used an Oxford one that was pretty good. You have to watch plastic covers though, as on windy days they can pick up grit and scratch your paintwork

[Funky]

My mother made my covers with the stuff they use to cover posh and becks princess yacht. It works a treat and has a wolly thermal lining that keeps the warmth in.

[thelastsuperpower]

Does snow count as a cover?

I used to use a oxford one which was fine except i got peed off with putting it on and taking it off all the time,and putting it on a soaking wet bike kinda defeated the point of having a cover.

It also got burnt by the exhaust.

[Johnnyb]

I have two oxford ones, one is the Stormex and is lined with cotton stuff seems to work ok, i get a bit of mould on occasion but it seems to work fine apart from the bottom seems to collect the water, but 10 minutes in the tumble dryer when the missus is out soon dries it the other one is an Oxford Aquatex with no lining, it seemd ok initially but after some heavy rain a month ago the bike was wet through and the cover is only a couple of months old so i cant really recommend that one. I also got the medium version for sports bikes and its a little snug on my Daytona but if i'm honest the large would be too big and flappy in the wind. Hope it helps m8.

PS the cheapest i found it was at Bridge Exeter at only £45 elsewhere was £50 or so

[steve-d]

I've got an aquatex as well, as said on its own its not great, but I put one of those 10 quid argos ones over the top of that one as well, and bike stays bone dry.

[tman]

Hi
I used to use the Oxford one. It gave good protection but on two occasions one of the straps got snagged when taking it off and sprung onto the bodywork leaving slight marks. Could be me being stupid though!!

Also good as they can be put on when the bike is still hot.

Depending on where you live the spiders and snails LOVE to live in there too!

[Blue]

Gotta go with Moose, Bricks and morter are always best.

Mine's even got it's own turntable

I always found that dosen't matter which cover you use they all end up collecting water and soaking you when you try to take them off.

[Mark-Blade]

All useless long term, if they move a bit in the wind,they take your paint off...and every one i've had fades in sun and eventually tears...

[Funky]

got to reiterate, the ones my mum made me are great. My k4 has been out under cover in this horrible snow, take the cover off this morning after being laid up for over a week and no problem despite all the cold.

[Johnnyb]

Gotta go with Moose, Bricks and morter are always best.

Nice if you have that option but if your asking about covers you probably don't

[gaza]

Gotta go with Moose, Bricks and morter are always best.

Nice if you have that option but if your asking about covers you probably don't

Dont think my landlord would be to impressed if i built a shed in his 8x4 yard so a cover it gota be.
Cheers for the advice so far(anybody use anything other than the oxford covers)
GAZA