I have two motorcycles, one in Canada and one in Europe. Each one gets stored over the winter every year. I have access to the Canadian one (at my home), but not to the European one, which I store at a motorcycle dealer in Europe. One is fuel injected and one is carbureted.

For the last 20 years, all I have done is ensured that the battery in each motorcycle is hooked up to a battery tender for one day once a month. This has been sufficient to enable me to get a 5 to 7 year life out of each battery, which I consider to be reasonable. I don't do anything else to prepare them for storage - no fooling around with fuel stabilizers, no draining carbs or fuel systems, etc.

Between April 2020 and October 2021 I had to leave the carbureted one in Tunisia with no preparation at all, this due to the COVID pandemic. I knew before I returned to get it that the battery would be toast, so, I bought a new battery and installed it. The 20 year old bike started up right away without any problems... just had to apply the choke and crank it for about 20 seconds.

So, for "short term" storage - what I would define as 6 months or less - I think all you need to do is ensure that a battery tender is connected to the battery. It doesn't need to be connected all the time - charging it up once a month or more is sufficient.

Expect that tires will lose a fair amount of pressure over a 6 month period, and be prepared to re-inflate the tires before riding the motorcycle. A $50 pump such as a "Stop & Go" pump that you can hook up to the motorcycle's battery with clips is sufficient for this purpose.

Michael