It was brought to my attention that storing a motorcycle on a cement floor was not good for the tires...

Well in researching the topic I found that cement is supposed to suck the oils out of the tires....

Cement dust of coarse is present in new concrete and we know it has a very drying effect on yer skin... painting a new cement floor is not recommended for few years until the cement dust has gone and then etch the concrete...

A garage floor 10 plus years old should be pretty well free of any harmful stuff...

Any way ....has any body heard of this ....as it was something I had never heard about...

I would think it would be of little concern..especially considering the small foot print except maybe on a new cement floor


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Could be true..I guess. If it is a concern, cut a couple old pieces of carpet out to sit under your tires. BB

or better yet Carpet the garage floor

Lot of bad tires rolling around

Depending on the length of time the weight of the bike sits on that 4 inch patch of rubber, could create a temporary flat spot... (It usually works its way out once you start running and heating up the tires again...)



A lot of guys I know, who store their antique cars on their concrete garage floors, usually insist on jacking them up off the floor. (Their theory is two fold...)
First, they usually have OEM rubber (non-radial tires) with polyester chords and don't want to create the flat spot from the weight, and don't want their tires sticking the the floor.
Second, they also paint the floor with an epoxy enamel to seal the concrete. (Which always remains porous.)
But as far as “sucking” out the oils… look for a stain in the concrete when you move your bike…

BTW: It’s been a long time since I was “up north”, but I remember when I worked for the Sears Tire center (about 3 million years ago) they always told customers not to store or charge batteries directly on concrete during the winter…)

I've always just put cardboard under my tires over the winter just in case. Never had any trouble but can't say it helps.

Pop Rivet wrote:
or better yet Carpet the garage floor



Well hell yea ahh and Docs love for building cabinets inspired me as well ...Coug

or ......Just don't let them sit still to long

You can't store you battery on a concrete floor...

So SC about 100 years since you worked at sears??


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And in that vein..maybe new motorcycle tires are cement resistant....

Hmmmmmm lmao lets see the battery is filled with acid and the concrete is a base ...so if you let it sit long enough and enough people shuffled by to kick up he dust you might ruin a battery if it digested the dust drifting into the overflow tube... ...5 years maybe.... ....Coug