bike garage / shed / cover

[birdseye]

At the moment I can get my bike in the garage attached to the house but I want to change the toy car that goes in there for something bigger and more expensive. And then the bike wont fit. mNor will it fit in the garden shed, and there is no room for a bigger shed

I'm not a detailer or even much of a bike washer but I don like to keep a decent bike (2012 twin cam) in decent rust and corrosion free nick. What alternatives have others found that keep the bike protected ? I could create a sort of bike port to one side of the house.

Or maybe the best approach is to sell the bike and buy an older cheaper one to leave outside unprotected.

What have you found works best - I have been lucky enough so far to have always had a heated garage for my bikes so I have never tried things like bike covers.

 

[Smug]

I have a friend who keeps his Goldwing on an Easyrizer Big Blue bike lift in the raised position. His wife can then get her car into the garage as well.

 

[Fanum]

Plenty of this sort of thing on Ebay......GS sized around 130 quid.
I'd put some concrete bolts with loops into the ground and padlock it down, but they look like they'd work well

edit.......The one above is only an example which I, coincidentally, went out to measure up against my own bike and available space.......Do as much research into the different makes as you can, there are shit ones and galvanised ones and all sorts

 

[birdseye]

what did you decide in the end?

 

[birdseye]

I have a friend who keeps his Goldwing on an Easyrizer Big Blue bike lift in the raised position. His wife can then get her car into the garage as well.

Is this with the bike raised so that she can get the nose of the car underneath and thus get the car in the garage?

 

[Smug]

Is this with the bike raised so that she can get the nose of the car underneath and thus get the car in the garage?

Yes. Exactly.

He must have it down to a fine art because he has used this system for a couple of years now.

 

[haditlowered]

http://easypmotorbike.com/parking-system/bike-shuttle-free-wl/

i had mine under the Oxford Cover for a year outside before i built my garage and she was perfect, i happen to have two such covers for sale - one is a GS size, the other a sports bike size..
http://www.oxford-shop.co.uk/item3713.htm

 

[Tallguy]

I have an aluminium framed folding bike house like Fanum showed. But I built a U-shaped raised wooden frame to bolt it to, as my GSA has a tall screen I leave it out all the time under this cover and even in terrible weather it stays protected and clean and dry. Make sure it's bolted down.

 

[haditlowered]

Make sure it's bolted down.

Make sure the bike and the cover are bolted down

 

[mpgscott]

ACF50 twice a year, the last bike (2011 GS) looked as good as the day i bought it and in 17months never once had it inside...

 

[Bendy toy]

I have a friend who keeps his Goldwing on an Easyrizer Big Blue bike lift in the raised position. His wife can then get her car into the garage as well.

Alternatively, put another bike under the lifted bike.

I have an Eazy Rizer standard bike lift with the foot rest and sump lifting points. Its a faff to fit the bike but it's very stable and gives great access for maintenance work. The wheel hoops would be a breeze to use and then it would simply need some heavy duty castors and you have a sort of miniature fork lift truck.

 

[Tallguy]

Make sure the bike and the cover are bolted down

This is a pic of my setup.
http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php/25919-quot-Show-us-quot-the-inside-of-your-garage-then?p=3411170&viewfull=1#post3411170

 

[Tallguy]

This is a pic of my setup.
http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php/25919-quot-Show-us-quot-the-inside-of-your-garage-then?p=3411170&viewfull=1#post3411170

...which fully survived last year's storms and mini tornadoes, probably due to me being over-cautious with the bolts and framework, and leaving the lower part open beneath the wooden frame. No paragliding here...!