Motorbike Airport Parking...

[Maccydee]

Particularly at East Midlands, anyone done it? I know some airports offer free parking for bikes and since I'm only going for a couple of days it could save me a small fortune instead of taking the car.

[hellkat]

Dunno about east midlands, but I parked overnight at Stansted once, when flying up to Glasgow for the weekend, it was okay.

Got to be careful where/how you park, though: in case of being boxed in by someone else, though. Bloody tricky to manoeuvre yourself out of a space that someone has flown off to fuck-knows-where, and left you squished in behind their bike
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[MG]

This site (updated 08) says there is no free parking for bikes at East Midlands.
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[pinkyfloyd]

Your best bet is find someone who lives close to the airport who will store their bike for a small fee and a few beers. It'll work out cheaper than paying the extortionate airport parking fee's and you might even get yourself a lift to and from the airport.
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[Jamey]

I'm going away for two days at the end of the month, flying out of Gatwick.

I hadn't thought about going down on the Motorbike but this thread made me think about it so I just checked their website. It's free but there are no anchor points.

What do you guys reckon? Would you risk it?

• Bike would be left there from Friday morning to Sunday afternoon.
  
• Car park is multi-storey, presume it's reasonably well lit they have security but probably doesn't mean much.
  
• Bike is a 2010 Versys 650, yellow, if that makes much difference.
  

Thoughts?

[.....]

I've parked my bike for long weekends in Gatwick. IIRC there's no MC bays - you just tuck it away in a corner somewhere. Take a lock and an alarmed disc lock and hope for the best.

[.Bishbash.]

[Jamey]

Oh really, no bays at all? Gatwick's own website explicitly states that you must park in bays and that any bikes park other than in designated bays will be removed.

Could it be a recent development? When was the last time you guys parked there?

[MG]

My biggest issue with biking anywhere for onward travel (airport, train station etc.) would be what to do with helmet/jacket/gloves/boots. What do you guys do?
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[Jamey]

I've got a huge topbox (removable, obviously) so will put that on and store the helmet and gloves in there.

I prob won't wear boots, will just wear whatever I'm taking abroad. And I don't actually have bike-specific jackets and trousers (shock, horror) so will just wear stuff for the flight.

[.Bishbash.]