Quote Originally Posted by seadog View Post
With the cold of winter and the fluctuations of the temperatures, moisture will show up for sure and try to corrode and rust metal and aluminum parts. It more of a preventative thing to keep moisture away in an unheated garage. My old bike I miss part of the rotor with the WD40 and found rust in the spring and so I got the heat bar under it every year and never had a problem after that. So I have just continued the practice with the B.
Is that "heater bar" electric or propane.

I would guess your being surrounded by the Great Lakes you see more moisture in the winter than I do here in lower New England. Although I like the "heater bar" idea, I am lucky enough to have a Gable Vent fan on a timer that runs twice a day for a half hour take care of any moisture and keep my unattached unheated garage dry and my motorcycles in good shape.