Where to store bike? Shed/garage?

[Snorty]

I'm sick of leaving my bikes out in the open, but I have no garage or any sort of storage.

I'm trying to save a bit of money up at the moment. What do you guys use for your bikes? I've seen the metal sheds and I was also looking at maybe getting a garage built but not sure on cost.
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Current: Yamaha FZ1 '07 | GSXR 750 SRAD

Past: CB125TDC | TZR125 | GPZ500 | CBR600F3 | ZX9-R | GSXR1000 K4

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When I ran out of room in the garage I ended up getting one of those plastic Keter sheds. It's 8ft X 8ft and will easily store 3 bikes.

They are bone dry inside as they have a built in plastic floor and plenty of ventilation at the ridge of the roof.

https://www.keter.com/products/apollo-8x8

They're about £600 at Argos at the moment, but what we did was waited for one of those B&Q 25% off everything days and ordered it online. At the time, about 4 years ago it worked out about £450.

I'd buy another if I had room.

[stickybackbob]

Don't buy a metal shed. It's better than nothing but really not worth buying one as they gather condensation which drips on your bike and rusts it.

Not sure if plastic ones do the same but there's a recommendation for one above.

I have a concrete garage for my bikes (which isn't the best storage either)

The best place for a bike (apart from being ridden) is in a water-tight, wooden building. The wood soaks up any moisture in the air leaving a dry storage environment

[yampug]

if i lived on the ground floor i'd park my bike in the lounge. luckily i've got a garage so i stick it in there. i have wondered if it would be hoist it up to my lounge but 3 stories is a bit high.

[Walloper]

[_mjs_]

Got room in my garage for one more Snorty, if you want to get a bike out of the weather
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[G]

How much space do you have?

I know of a portacabin that would make a lovely bike workshop etc, just needs a bit of waterproofing on the roof for a VERY reasonable price.

It is a little 'large' however, so probably not suitable .

Me, I'd just make a basic shed presuming space is limited - OCB sheets, paint them up and some beams for the corners to hold it all together.

[ws4936]

[-Matt-]

If you have ground space a metal-box style shed is probably cheapest and easiest to get set up and install. Can add additional security with bolt or even interior frames to lock the bike up to also.

They do normally gather conendsation, but then a bike left outside in the middle of winter is dripping with moisture on your average night, so its certainly not going to break it nor be any worse off - just don't leave gear in it and the bike should be fine.

You can buy them for a hefty price if you're incredibly lazy or well off
https://www.asgardsss.co.uk/motorcycle-storage

Otherwise fairly straight forward to build using some sheet-metal, brackets and the like.

[Moo.]

i recently bought a 8x6 double door wooden shed for £300 from b&q, cheapest I could find. Woods not the best quality, but very easy to beef up with extra wood and you can add shelves etc where you want. I've also added those cheap giant polystyrene boards you can get in b&q for £3 inside as insulation. Nice little man cave now. Will add that the plastic windows are aweful! You could easily poke the windows out. But some cheap horticultural glass and a metal shed over sorted that out.

Don't forget to add coach bolts for security!
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[ninja_butler]

I bought a small plastic shed similar to the Apollo one (single door rather than double door) but I paid the grand total of £79.
I bought mine from B&Q as a shop-soiled unit with a couple of small cracks in the door - easily fixed. Keep your eyes open for a secondhand one, they are dead easy to disassemble and reassemble so all you need is a large van to or trailer to transport it.

You will however need to spend a little time leveling the ground unless you have a paved area already: You can't really put the shed directly on grass, you might need to lay down some sacks of hardcore (try Freecycle or local ads if you don't want to pay money for it) and then lay some sand on top of that. Use a plank of wood to check the level and keep adding sand until the depth is equalized. You could get away with putting a plastic shed direct onto sand but I'd lay some cheap paving slabs.
https://www.tigersheds.com/buildabase.asp

The job is a pain in the ass but if you don't want a wobbly shed you've got to get the ground perfectly level. Tip: use silicone sealant on the apex of the shed roof to "glue" the joins together, it'll make the roof more resistant to high winds.

[bezzabsa]

Brought a metal shed from argos few years back £99...same one now is close on £500 .
where I am now, I have 16x8 space down the side of the house that i'm going to Box in with plastic roofing...should make a decent store for the bike..

[Walloper]

[Snorty]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/1525659_10153580389400332_177843769_n.jpg

Just had this built. £1280 erected.

Room for 6 bikes with space left!
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Past: CB125TDC | TZR125 | GPZ500 | CBR600F3 | ZX9-R | GSXR1000 K4

[Dan87]

Can I ask what size is it and who supplied it...IMO that's a bargain!

[Snorty]

16ft4 x 9ft.

Supplied by a local company called HK Sinclair in Leeds.

Pretty happy with it!
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[Chalky.]

I have an underground garage which is pretty handy, occasionally when the water table is high there is a small puddle in the corner but it's not too much of an issue.

[kawakid]

[Clutchy]

[arry]

Built a double garage out of lightweight block, timber deck roof with rubber roof.

Cost me near 20k so hardly a cheap option

[Walloper]

[Codemonkey]

You can stop the condensation problems in the metal sheds by glueing sheets of polystyrene to the roof. I have one (not for the bike, just garden stuff) and just got some of B&Q's cheapest insulation sheets that I stuck to the roof, no condensation problems.

I too have a concrete prefab garage, I'm planning on insulating it when I can afford it, but will use plywood instead of plasterboard to cover it. I sprayed the outside of mine in brick sealant to stop any moisture soaking through. I didn't get a vapour barrier laid in the base when it was cast, but fortunately its all about 6" higher than the surrounding ground so don't seem to have any problems with damp floor, also the floor paint helps with that. That together with the moisture absorbent coating that's on the inside of the roof sheeting seems to stop any condensation. It is well ventilated mind. I seem to recall I paid about £1500 for mine and I'm well pleased with it.
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[Walloper]

[Snorty]

Now I just need to alarm it! It's got a four point locking system, which I suspect doesn't mean anything with a determined thief, but as my bikes are cheap, they're only the target of scrotes.

Scrotes like an easy nick, so they can rag it around the field, innit.
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Current: Yamaha FZ1 '07 | GSXR 750 SRAD

Past: CB125TDC | TZR125 | GPZ500 | CBR600F3 | ZX9-R | GSXR1000 K4