Where do you keep your bike(s)?

[andrea]

I have to move out of my house within the next 6 weeks as my landlord is selling. I have a garage at the moment which is where i keep my bike when not in use.

There aren't any houses within this vicinity to let at the moment with a garage, some have a shed, and one (the one that would be best for me to live in) has no access to the shed as its terraced

How do you store your bikes? Mine is immaculate and worth around £5k, what would you do? Would it invalidate my home insurance and tenancy agreement if i kept it in the kitchen?

[NSR Mick]

Mines in the garage, it was a stipulation when we bought the house we are in now as the one before didnt have one and even though it was a sleepy village I wasnt keen on leaving the bike on the road.
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[T1z3R]

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my YZF is currently in a mates garage in bits, my Kymco's round the back of my house on private land in bits and the Honda Rebel is at another guys house cos i havent arranged transport to collect it after buying it.

oh and my CRM is who-the-f*ck-knows-where since it was stolen
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[8316]

mine is round the back of the house-which means going down the driveway and behind a locked fence where its parked-where its completely out of site.
i regard that as garaged, both for this thread and when getting insurance!
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[SoulRider]

I keep mine in my garage, have an extra lock on the door, disc brake lock on front wheel, data tool python padlock and chain (the biggest one) through a ground hog 3 ground anchor and the bike is allarmed and allways has steering lock on. Gives me a piece of mind.

Garage is best bet as it offers weather protection but indoors would be fine if you could put up with the smell. Dont know about insurance though
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[NSR Mick]

[T1z3R]

[SoulRider]

[8316]

[virus]

My bike is currently in my back garden with a chain through the back wheel and swingarm, a chain through the front wheel and a gazeebo withrough the poles covering it up, Ill be sorting out a ground anchor as soon as I can.
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[andrea]

So no one keeps it in the house then? My dad had a ground floor flat many years ago and kept it in the bedroom. I suppose if the worse came to the worse i could use my mom's garage, but i like it to be at home where i can keep an eye on it

[Mudskipper]

I can relate to the rental property difficulties, I only have a driveway at my current place, but she's chained to the fence with a chunky chain and disc lock too, and I always keep her covered.

When I move from this place I'll be trying to find a place to rent with garage, shed or back yard access but circumstances may mean she's even relegated to the road!

Jo
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[Misc]

It's unsafe to keep a bike in the house because of the fumes & i really would hate to get it in & out everyday.

I keep mine outside, even leave my keys in it sometimes (I forget)

[ZZR Girl]

Mine is garaged - with the steering lock on, disc lock on front wheel, and chained. Think I'm a bit paranoid.

I wouldn't want to keep a bike in the house.
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[feef]

normally the FJR and 2 others live in the garage (depending which i'm using when) the FZR lives on thwe drive with a disklock and a big f'off chain, and the one that didn't fit in the garage lives in the back garden.

at the moment, the Firestorm is chained to the FZR, as the FJR rebuild means I've got no space in the garage atm.

I'm picking up this GPZ tomorrow.. god knows where I'll put it

a
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[Captain Caveman]

Round the back of the flat out of site from the road where my washing should be, anchord, chanied & disc locked. But most importantly it is covered with a proper cover

The bottom line is no bike is unstealable, you just want to make it as hard as you can for them.
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[Mark_petty]

Mine is in a carpark with cover over it. In about a month we are moving house so I will have my own driveway and shed so it will stay in there.
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[krebsy]

Gonna pick up a ground Anchor this week. The bike is in a locked garage with a big chain through the front and my toolbx, immobolised, alarmed and steering lock on. There's also a car parked up against the door so you can't get in (or out) without moving it. The back of the garage has another full garage door do I can drive a car right through, onto the garden and right into my kitchen if I so felt the need...

K.
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[instigator]

In a 'locked' garage.

Not going to go into the details of security devices I have or lack of, that's jsut asking to get your bikes nicked.

[Cillit-BANG]

Andrea as much as you love your new bike are you sure it's worth £5K You can buy brand new 600's on interest free for that money.

But thats besides the point...

FFIW, mines in a garage, with 2 ground anchors, Almax chain to one and Kryponite chain to the other. With Datatool S3 Alarm. I still feel relieved when I open the door every morning to see its still there.

[trevoriv]

Garages aren't all that safe if it's attached to the house. In the house through a window, internal door between house and garage isn't gonna stop anyone and if they can lift your keys from somewhere in the house they just start it up and kick the garage door in from the inside (far easier than from the outside) and off they toddle.

Pneumatic bolt cutters will go through any hardened steel chain in a second with no noise at all.

My bike is in the back yard blocked in by two cars, we also have infra-red cctv, 3 movement lights and a rottweiler

Even that didnt stop someone taking the cover off and having a look at what was underneath, least we got it recorded though.

[Handsome]

Mines is in the Kitchen, pisses the missus off at times but the room is big enough to take it.....

Also makes it handy for changing light bulbs.....
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[ram_doom]

I use to keep my 400 in the hall was no longer an option when it blew and leaked oil everywhere... and all my other bikes are physically too big but if you can fit it in your home, then thats the best place for it
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[andrea]