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motorcycle storage , limited space - red98 - 17-06-18
Like a lot of people I have too many toys and not enough room , even the small jobs like adjusting the chain or servicing the exup becomes a pain working in the garage sandwiched between my classic car and the garage wall, banging head and elbows on everything that gets in the way , a single garage with 3 bikes , a car ,2 kayaks , tools and various household items that shouldn't be in there anyway :rolleyes Is never going to work......
time to sort things out , I have a brick built shed with concrete floor roughly 7ft square , easily takes 2 bikes but very little else , the two bikes I have in there are projects that I do a bit on every now and then so I camd up with a crazy idea of a stacking system , using scaffold tube , box section steel tube , 2 winches and some decking boards , it took me a while and it is a bit tight length wise but it works
Couple of small jobs to finish off but its in use , just need to tidy the garage now
Re: motorcycle storage , limited space - red98 - 17-06-18
Sorry about the poor quality picture had to take it whilst standing outside the shed , lack of room you see :lol
ill have a go at turning that piccie later aswell :rolleyes
Re: motorcycle storage , limited space - Hugh Mungus - 17-06-18
X7?
Nice idea.
Re: motorcycle storage , limited space - red98 - 17-06-18
Cheers HM.......yes X7....passed my test on one of these so had to buy another :lol the other bikes a honda cb 250 rs a very underated bike at the time , sister bike to the wet dream but a hell of a lot better , single cylinder with a four valve head at the time was the fastest four stroke 250 , the x7 being the fastest 2 stroke until the LC came out.........my brother had a RS, i had the X7........happy days....
Re: motorcycle storage , limited space - Hugh Mungus - 17-06-18
I had an X7 with full fairing, Allspeed expansion pipes and Stage 3 tuned by a Mr Beckett - got through pistons on a fortnightly basis but I was warned of that before I had the tuning work done. Great bike.
My girlfriend of many years ago had the CB250RS and I thought it was a great bike and yes it was far far better than the Wetdream.
Re: motorcycle storage , limited space - chris.biker - 17-06-18
Great bit of engineering, have you got some sort of mechanical locks so it is off the winch when in place?
Re: motorcycle storage , limited space - caretaker - 20-06-18
clever idea that! do you need a haynes manual for the 250RS?
Re: motorcycle storage , limited space - red98 - 24-06-18
Hi chris biker , yes ,I use the two winches too get it to right height and then supported on 4 x 12mm steel rods slotted through the four uprights , just like an axle stand , bored three holes in all 4 uprights to give me a choice of heights , theres a substantial box section metal frame below the decking that takes all the weight sungly fitting around the uprights , if the worst was to happen and a winch failed it would jam before causing any damage , tried and tested brfore putting a bike on , happy with the way its turned out and has made room for 3 bikes in the shed freeing up room in the garage...
hi caretaker.....already have one buddy but thanks for the offer........have you tried ebay, theres still a few of these bikes about and very popular with the bobber boys now......
Re: motorcycle storage , limited space - HarryHornby - 24-06-18
Crikey Mr Red, that's a good bit of engineering! good work. :thumbup
Re: motorcycle storage , limited space - red98 - 24-06-18
Well thank you mr hornby..........iam no engineer but I do know how to make a strong frame , woodworker by trade in the furniture industry , taught myself to weld ,still basic stuff but learning all the time , cutting the scaffold was straight forward with a angle grinder , its tight against the end walls so accurate measurement was the most crucial part of the job...
been repairing the solid concrete slab of a roof this weekend , stripped the corragated cement board sheets I put up there a few years ago , filled all the holes and gaps and yesterday gave it a good coating of PVA , let dry overnight and ive just finished giving it its first coat of bitumen paint , ill leave it a week and give it another coat.......
spent less than £100 on the project but has eaten into my riding time.....going to put that right this afternoon while the footies on
