Making a Shed - is it big enough
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From: Conifer, CO
I stored my 07 Streetglide in a 5 x 10 rental for a while and I could get it in and out ok, but there wasn't a lot of spare room. If all you're planning is storage for the bike that should
be fine.
be fine.
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Hey neighbor - Sorry, I can't help you on the dimensions but I wanted to chime in about you asking if you are crazy for doing this - funny, because I was just telling my brother that this summer I am thinking about building a shed in my garage on my side since I don't park the Jeep in there anyways - so, ha-no, I don't think you are crazy! My necessity comes from wanting to build a unit that is off the concrete floor and has a barrier underneath to protect from the spring frost-melt that comes up through the floor and I will put an exhaust fan to help keep it dry too. Just rambling, but I thought maybe instead I would make a wall between the 2 halves of the garage and fix my half up to be a nice little bike workshop...I dunno
Good luck
Good luck
I have a bigger shed on our property but there's no way I'm putting my bike in there. Mice, birds, stray cats and every kind of animal you can think of end up in there.
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Hey Dan, thanks. That's a great idea. I know what I'll be doing to tomorrow.
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Here's what what I would do;
Go outside and find the smallest chip or scratch in the paint on your bike.
You know there is one, no matter how careful you have been some where there is a blemish.
Then go back inside the house, and grab the first kid you can get your hands on, and drag them back to where your bike is, show them the imperfection in the paint, and then beat them to the point where they can just barely remember why it was that you beat them so bad.
No matter what any of your kids ever does in the future, nothing will ever happen to your bike.
Some would say I'm crazy though too, whatever.
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From: Minnesota
Yes, your crazy.
Here's what what I would do;
Go outside and find the smallest chip or scratch in the paint on your bike.
You know there is one, no matter how careful you have been some where there is a blemish.
Then go back inside the house, and grab the first kid you can get your hands on, and drag them back to where your bike is, show them the imperfection in the paint, and then beat them to the point where they can just barely remember why it was that you beat them so bad.
No matter what any of your kids ever does in the future, nothing will ever happen to your bike.
Some would say I'm crazy though too, whatever.
Here's what what I would do;
Go outside and find the smallest chip or scratch in the paint on your bike.
You know there is one, no matter how careful you have been some where there is a blemish.
Then go back inside the house, and grab the first kid you can get your hands on, and drag them back to where your bike is, show them the imperfection in the paint, and then beat them to the point where they can just barely remember why it was that you beat them so bad.
No matter what any of your kids ever does in the future, nothing will ever happen to your bike.
Some would say I'm crazy though too, whatever.
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I park mine in the master bedroom. Moved the wife to the couch, traded our king size bed for a double. Plenty of room for me and the scoot now. Makes a little racket when I fire it up to ride out in the morning but the wife should already be up cleaning or cooking me breakfast, right? I kid, I kid!
Seriously though: +1 for the bike shelter in the garage. If you're concerned about the thaw, build a wood floor to mount the shelter on.
Drew
Seriously though: +1 for the bike shelter in the garage. If you're concerned about the thaw, build a wood floor to mount the shelter on.
Drew
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So I just get a new Street Glide and I want to park it in my garage. The problem is I have two cats that live outside and I have two kids that throw things with kids.
So I wanted to build a small shed in my garage that I would put the bike in every day. I was going to make it 60" x 120" by 8' tall. Do you think 60" wide is going to be wide enough? I'm going to need enough space to drive in and out without hitting the sides. Also there will some doors to close it.
Think I'm crazy for doing this???
So I wanted to build a small shed in my garage that I would put the bike in every day. I was going to make it 60" x 120" by 8' tall. Do you think 60" wide is going to be wide enough? I'm going to need enough space to drive in and out without hitting the sides. Also there will some doors to close it.
Think I'm crazy for doing this???
Hey neighbor - Sorry, I can't help you on the dimensions but I wanted to chime in about you asking if you are crazy for doing this - funny, because I was just telling my brother that this summer I am thinking about building a shed in my garage on my side since I don't park the Jeep in there anyways - so, ha-no, I don't think you are crazy! My necessity comes from wanting to build a unit that is off the concrete floor and has a barrier underneath to protect from the spring frost-melt that comes up through the floor and I will put an exhaust fan to help keep it dry too. Just rambling, but I thought maybe instead I would make a wall between the 2 halves of the garage and fix my half up to be a nice little bike workshop...I dunno
Good luck
Good luck
You are both crazy. It is a bike not a painting by Leonardo Da Vinci. Build a room and lock you kids and pets in there, if you wife gives you any lip, lock her in there too. Then build a dome over your city. Better make it a tinted dome, wouldn't want to let the sunshine hit the bike, it might melt. Do you guys actually ride your bikes or just have them for show, do you trade them in every year or two so the new never wears off? Are you guys for real? Did I just stumble into the joke forum?