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Title: for those with no garage
Post by: jserio on September 29, 2008, 07:04:59 PM
where do yo u keep your bke and lawn equipment? as most of you here know, i'm looking to spring for my bike purchase. but alas, i have no garage. and i'd like to have a place i can store the bike(and lawn equipment as well) during bad weather. i'm thinking i could just buy a 10'x12' or so shed and use that.  :dunno_white: ideas? opinions?
Title: Re: for those with no garage
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on September 29, 2008, 07:31:12 PM
a shed as stated, a covered porch, an unused room, ( where i kept my HD ) many choices. the bedroom, if her majesty doesnt object , the list goes on O0
Title: Re: for those with no garage
Post by: makenzie71 on September 29, 2008, 07:42:46 PM
My TL spent her first months in the living room.

A 10' X 12' shed would be so fricken pimp for me and my wife...I do so much work on other people's bikes that she can't park her car in the garage and I feel shitty over it.  I'm not really interested in building a 12' shed.
Title: Re: for those with no garage
Post by: cafeboy on September 29, 2008, 07:45:45 PM
Spare bed room or any room.
Title: Re: for those with no garage
Post by: shiznizbiz on September 29, 2008, 09:54:19 PM
pole contruction shed.  easy as shaZam! to build.  rather cheap too.  Right now mine sits under the back room of the split level house im at.  It use to be a back porch until we converted it. 
Title: Re: for those with no garage
Post by: SteveM on September 30, 2008, 06:04:26 AM
I too do not have a garage and instead use an 8x12 cedar shed to store my bike. I prep my bike before storing and give all metal parts a light mist of WD40. I also usually bring the tank and set indoors as well for safe keeping.
Title: Re: for those with no garage
Post by: Big Lou on September 30, 2008, 07:24:29 AM
if you build or purchase a shed, make sure you install a good foundation.  Buddy of mine bought a shed not too long ago and figured a dirt floor would be okay :cookoo:.  Needless to say, it flooded, his bikes fell over, and his shed shifted about 4 feet.  It's been up about 3 weeks, and looks like one of those things you see behind the old farmhouses, all run down and shaZam!