Bike in the house

Martay · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 May 2009 Karma :

Hi,
looking for a way to work on the bike, in the warm and dry. I dont have a garage or shed big enough.
Then, a brainwave. Il stick it in my room!! Theres an old wardrobe and shelf thing i dont need so they are going out the window! The plan is to partially restore the bike. The engine is quite rough, wheel bearings could do with renewing and the whole thing generally needs cleaning up.
So, rebuilding a bike in the house, yay or nay? Its not the worst ive done, i think turning the kitchen into a spray booth went down worse!
Photos if you've done it before.
EDIT: BTW, its got to get up the stairs, which have a 180 degree bent in them Laughing

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Wafer_Thin_Ham · Super Spammer Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Karma :

Have fun with that.

Plenty of people work on bikes indoors.

I'd be keeping my bike in my flat if I could, but I think a second floor flat is a bit too ambitious (although my MTB is in the living room Laughing

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weasley · World Chat Champion Joined: 16 Oct 2010 Karma :

Just a word to the wise - your house insurers will not like it one bit; you may have to prove the fluids are all drained etc if ever there's a need to be investigated for a claim.
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JoeDougieDoug... · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Oct 2011 Karma :

A friend of mine has built many-a-bike in his house. Not really a problem, except maybe getting it up those stairs Razz

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Villers · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Karma :

Anyone else remember the thread where the blokes mrs was away for the week and he decided he would sneak the bike into the house while she was away so he could work on it and 'she'd never know'?

I think it was titled something like 'Getting petrol out of a carpet' or something. Poor fool had managed to empty his entire fuel tank over the living room shag-pile and it was essentially uninhabitable lol.

Ive considered bringing mine in to use as a seat in my 'man room', I think its doable lol. Just got to avoid getting lashed and firing it up at 3AM! Twisted Evil

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naughty rxs,in the kitchen

must be female
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Rebel · Banned Joined: 23 Jan 2011 Karma :

Last hols I had the road bike in the porch and the enduro in the hallway, but thats as far as they got, strictly storage. But upstairs? round a 180deg. corner? Laughing

You'll need 4 people to carry it.

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pepperami · Super Spammer Joined: 17 Jan 2010 Karma :

When your Mum or your Missus finds out what you`re upto, let us know Thumbs Up

Then we can come and visit you in hospital Smile

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Suntan Sid · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 May 2009 Karma :

Used to keep my DR600 in the hall, although I must admit it was only temporary accomodation, with no floor covering at the time.
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Thelostone · Nova Slayer Joined: 03 Oct 2011 Karma :

Go for it. Rebuilding a bike in a flat/house/bedsit should be a rite of passage for all bikers.

Many, many moons ago I was in a similar position; bike needed a rebuild, living in 2nd floor bedsit, middle of winter and no garage.

And so I partially stripped the bike down and took it into my room. A few days later I come out of the bathroom and see the landlord standing at my door looking into my room.

Oh swearwords, now I'm going to have to find a new place to live.

But no, turns out he was an ex grass track British champ and had done the same thing several times. He then showed me how to remove stubborn bearings by putting the crank cases into the oven (hint - thoroughly de-grease first).

crazymotorbik... · Nearly there... Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Karma :

Hey,
My CG125 is currently living in my utility room. I couldn't stand seeing it left out in the cold any longer so brought it in to the warm.

I do plan to strip a lot of the metal parts off and have them powder coated and also fix the minor but very annoying oil leak.

I'm lucky to have a non nagging misses (Seems quite a rarity). She doesn't care if its inside, mainly because she will be using it also Thumbs Up

As for the house insurance people; What they don't know won't hurt them.

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multijoy · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Oct 2008 Karma :

I've keep my cub 90 in the front room, if that's any help!
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Beamexican · Borekit Bruiser Joined: 09 May 2009 Karma :

Rebuilt my kmx 125 from scratch in the living room recently much better than doing it in the freezing cold garage, think i only swang it with the misses as we were having a new carpet put down though!!(have to be in the dining room from now on Very Happy

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and this in the bedroom:

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thx1138 · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Karma :

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thx1138 · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Karma :

dratted double post, sorry

edit: here is a post of the lean-to shed

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Fisty · Super Spammer Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Karma :

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Mine lives in the hallway, dining room when Im working on it. I just put a plastic tarp on the carpet. Best of all it was the landlords idea!
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Worth a reminder I think:

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Whiles i went on Hoilday my SP did abit of House Sitting Laughing

Cant get it round the Back into the Shed its a Misssion just to get the CRF Round the back into the Shed lol

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