Single Garage - Storage?
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Having both, you can build a small shed for a lot less than a trailer with wheels and have a small work bench with enough room for a lift.
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If you choose to "store" a bike inside of a trailer, remove the tires and wheels and set the trailer on blocks and use a tongue lock and/or chain it to the ground.
Thieves will get most anything they no matter what you do to protect is but you don't want to make it too easy for them.
Last edited by 2AMGuy; Sep 15, 2020 at 08:02 PM.
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New house. With a truck, car, and a bike or two, you have at least $100,000 sitting outside. For an additional $50 grand you can protect all your assets.
I would never leave that much money sitting as a target to get stolen, or to rot in order to save $200 extra on a montage payment.
I would never leave that much money sitting as a target to get stolen, or to rot in order to save $200 extra on a montage payment.
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Well, sounds like you only have 6 possible directions to go:
Up over, down below, to the side, the front, or to the rear of your vehicle, or as some have mentioned, leaving your vehicle outside
If your garage is long (or deep) enough a good motorcycle swivel jack can serve as both a lift jack and a storage jack, provided that is has "locking tabs"
that will allow the pressure to be take off of he jack itself and then swiveled fla against the rear wall of the garage will enough room to also get your can inside of the garage.
If this works I'd suggest that you place a "block" on the garage floor that will let you know when you have went as far towards the rear wall as possible WITHOUT touching your bike.
EVEN with this, anything is possible when wheels and humans are operaing in close proximity.
Personally, I have car lifts along with three mezzanines where I can store two vehicles, multiple motorcycles and a trike and I still have two storage bays just to make life (and storage) easier.
If you have outdoor space, a shed or a small enclosed trailer might be an option that you want to consider but it may not be as convenient accessing your bike as it would be if you stored it in your garage and only had to move the vehicle in order to get it out.
Up over, down below, to the side, the front, or to the rear of your vehicle, or as some have mentioned, leaving your vehicle outside
If your garage is long (or deep) enough a good motorcycle swivel jack can serve as both a lift jack and a storage jack, provided that is has "locking tabs"
that will allow the pressure to be take off of he jack itself and then swiveled fla against the rear wall of the garage will enough room to also get your can inside of the garage.
If this works I'd suggest that you place a "block" on the garage floor that will let you know when you have went as far towards the rear wall as possible WITHOUT touching your bike.
EVEN with this, anything is possible when wheels and humans are operaing in close proximity.
Personally, I have car lifts along with three mezzanines where I can store two vehicles, multiple motorcycles and a trike and I still have two storage bays just to make life (and storage) easier.
If you have outdoor space, a shed or a small enclosed trailer might be an option that you want to consider but it may not be as convenient accessing your bike as it would be if you stored it in your garage and only had to move the vehicle in order to get it out.
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The shortcoming in this method of storage is that you give a theif the means to steal both your trailer and your motorcycle at the same time!
If you choose to "store" a bike inside of a trailer, remove the tires and wheels and set the trailer on blocks and use a tongue lock and/or chain it to the ground.
Theives will get most anything they no matter what you do to protect is but you don;t want to make it too easy for them.
If you choose to "store" a bike inside of a trailer, remove the tires and wheels and set the trailer on blocks and use a tongue lock and/or chain it to the ground.
Theives will get most anything they no matter what you do to protect is but you don;t want to make it too easy for them.
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I'm in the park the cages in the driveway group. My street glide and the ol's road king get the garage.
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