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Title: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: Kiwi_Roy on January 19, 2016, 04:16:19 PM
 Apparently Guzzis self combust if you get too many together


Dear Mr. Matson,,
 
We are writing at the direction of the Council of Owners at LMS 284 Gatehouse Place.
 
The Council would like to thank you for your attendance at the Council meeting held on January 12th, 2016 regarding the parking of your 4 motorcycles in one parking stall.
The Council considered the matter regarding the motorcycles and while they have the proper insurance and are not being stored they still pose a fire risk to the building. Therefore the Council must uphold the following Strata Corporation Rule:
 
H.        PARKING RULES
 
Not more than two motorcycles at a time shall be parked in a single parking space of the Strata Corporation parkade.
 
Council kindly asks that you have the 2 extra motorcycles removed from your parking stall within fourteen (14) days from the date of this letter.
 
Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: Gliderjohn on January 19, 2016, 04:23:25 PM
Lets see, even when all are fully fueled you still have less fuel than the average SUV. I don't get it. Sorry.
GliderJohn
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: oldbike54 on January 19, 2016, 04:25:20 PM
 Damn Roy , thought maybe this had worked itself out .

  Dusty
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: canuguzzi on January 19, 2016, 04:32:30 PM
Your solution is a can of paint and a brush.

Explain it is a

[ + ]

move forward in compliance.
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: Kiwi Dave on January 19, 2016, 04:36:30 PM
Perhaps you can sub-lease another carpark that isn't being utilized?  Ideally, it should be the adjacent carpark.   :evil:
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: fotoguzzi on January 19, 2016, 04:42:22 PM
they still pose a fire risk to the building.

by who's judgement? did you ever talk to the fire marshal?
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: canuguzzi on January 19, 2016, 04:53:15 PM
Oh heck, throw it up on YouTube and they'll get a few hundred thousand emails in protest.
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: Kiwi_Roy on January 19, 2016, 04:53:31 PM
Perhaps you can sub-lease another carpark that isn't being utilized?  Ideally, it should be the adjacent carpark.   :evil:
I'm acting very conciliatory at the moment. It wasn't about fire risk at all, the Fire Inspector told me 3 bikes seemed reasonable, they lied  just being nasty, AGM coming up in July, I am putting a positive spin on it, sell my EV to fund the NZ trip.
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: lucian on January 19, 2016, 05:57:16 PM
Ridiculous.. I'd be looking for a Corvair to park there if they want a real fire hazard.
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: JeffOlson on January 19, 2016, 06:03:20 PM
Is there any possible way you could park two of your bikes inside your unit?

Here's what I did with my wife's Vespa last winter:

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Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: steven c on January 19, 2016, 06:04:20 PM
 I'd recomend a Fiat X-19. my friends caught fire just sitting in his driveway.
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: rboe on January 19, 2016, 06:08:45 PM
You should replace yourself with the worst Harley anti-social type you can find. Maybe they will think you weren't so bad after all.
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: fotoguzzi on January 19, 2016, 07:26:43 PM
You should replace yourself with the worst Harley anti-social type you can find. Maybe they will think you weren't so bad after all.
That's pretty good..
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: old head on January 19, 2016, 08:32:53 PM
Ridiculous.. I'd be looking for a Corvair to park there if they want a real fire hazard.

Let us not forget the Fiero.....saw a couple of these on the side of the road, reduced to burn out hulk.

Old head
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: Gliderjohn on January 19, 2016, 09:18:12 PM
Quote from rboe:
Quote
You should replace yourself with the worst Harley anti-social type you can find. Maybe they will think you weren't so bad after all.

With straight pipes and be sure it is an AMF era one so you leave enough oil on the ground for that to be a hazard.
GliderJohn
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: MotoG5 on January 19, 2016, 09:47:26 PM
I knew it! Its true! My 2012 rollerized NTX can just bust into flames! Oh the humanity!  :shocked:
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: LowRyter on January 19, 2016, 10:08:31 PM
Let us not forget the Fiero.....saw a couple of these on the side of the road, reduced to burn out hulk.

Old head

winner
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: Vasco DG on January 19, 2016, 10:56:34 PM
Can't you just leave a burning paper bag full of crap on this idiot's doorstep at 3.00AM and ring his doorbell? He'll get the message.....
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: krglorioso on January 19, 2016, 11:15:18 PM
Here, Roy, I think I've got it!

Buy the largest, cheapest van that will fit in your parking space, even if it has to be towed there.  Park the bikes inside.  An aluminum ramp will let you roll in and out easily.  You can put the two bikes least used toward the front and the frequent use bikes at the rear. 

Ralph
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: Penderic on January 19, 2016, 11:48:15 PM
Want to piss em off?

I was thinking....... maybe parking a pickup full of propane cylinders would scare the crap out everyone. :shocked:

or parking a fried electrical bike with dozens of hi voltage warning stickers would work too - also using a burned up charger that stinks is a nice added touch. Make it sound like the "Mouse that Roared" (Tick.. Tick. Buzzzt!)  :grin:

or stick on bullet holes on your bikes and with the right accessories.....
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic047/army_guzzi_poster_zpspexjx6g7.jpg)

Respect!  :popcorn:
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: Zoom Zoom on January 20, 2016, 05:19:08 AM
By their definition, two in a space are ok. Sounds to me as if they want you to pay for two spaces. As I see it, there would be no difference except to their pocket. $$$ Seems unreasonable to me on their part. Driven by greed. The total amount of combustibles in your four bikes are probably no more than a car or truck that would occupy the same amount of space. (Gas, oil, etc.)

I don't recall how many years ago, but one of the nearby municipalities decided that you could not park more than one motorcycle in each parking spot along the street. Per their directive, a bunch of bikes came in early one day and legally occupied every single spot. Since the parking meters were kept fed, they could not be made to leave. The town rethought their decision shortly afterward.

I hope things work out in your favor. :popcorn:

John Henry 
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: Old Jock on January 20, 2016, 05:42:12 AM
Roy Flog Em and put these 2 in their place

(http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad355/Old_Jock/Guzzi/DSC00058_zpsxfqjagbj.jpg)

(http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad355/Old_Jock/Guzzi/DSC00045_zpswpef4lns.jpg)
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: twhitaker on January 20, 2016, 06:22:13 AM
There was a similar thread a couple weeks ago. IIRC, the OP spoke to the fire marshal who called it BS. Seems the person offended was some kind of camp Nazi.

I would suggest finding out if this is lawful and sue if necess
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: tris on January 20, 2016, 06:26:21 AM
Find out who dobbed you in and take a contract out on them  :evil:

Does sound like some jobs-worth/motorcycle hater sticking their oar in and the council isn't prepared to go outside the statute that they have in place
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: oldbike54 on January 20, 2016, 11:38:47 AM
There was a similar thread a couple weeks ago. IIRC, the OP spoke to the fire marshal who called it BS. Seems the person offended was some kind of camp Nazi.

I would suggest finding out if this is lawful and sue if necess

 Same incident .

 Dusty
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: JeffOlson on January 20, 2016, 11:53:06 AM
Here, Roy, I think I've got it!

Buy the largest, cheapest van that will fit in your parking space, even if it has to be towed there.  Park the bikes inside.  An aluminum ramp will let you roll in and out easily.  You can put the two bikes least used toward the front and the frequent use bikes at the rear. 

Ralph

This is actually a great idea!

Or you could park an enclosed trailer there, with the bikes inside.
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: malik on January 20, 2016, 02:44:27 PM

Or you could park an enclosed trailer there, with the bikes inside.

That might actually work - the nazis seem to object to anything that is "untidy", or not "usual" (I, too, have experience with such people - have one in my block), although their desire to control how others live their lives is unpredictable. Unnecessarily unpleasant. It also seems to help if if other residents with motorcycles move in. Keep up the fight anyway - hope you can get it straightened out.

Mal
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: SteveAZ on January 20, 2016, 02:56:22 PM
Perhaps you can sub-lease another carpark that isn't being utilized?  Ideally, it should be the adjacent carpark.   :evil:

Ha!  :evil: Now that wold be funny.
       
I know you're being smart and taking the high road on this, but I can't help but imagine two carpark spots, each with two bikes and you sitting between the two of them in a chair handing out free smiles to all who pass by.

Best of luck with all this. I've been down this road with a homeowners association. Here in the US they exist in a quasi governmental space that lets them get out of control really quickly but leaves them exempt from the checks to which most government agencies are held accountable.


Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: POP0404 on January 20, 2016, 03:22:56 PM
So if I park next to 3 other Guzzi's it may solve my flat tappet worries?
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: leroysch on January 20, 2016, 09:57:46 PM
Might give the AMA a shout...they display some level of interest in this kind of stuff, legally speaking.
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: bigbikerrick on January 21, 2016, 03:00:47 AM
Ridiculous.. I'd be looking for a Corvair to park there if they want a real fire hazard.

Oh Hell yes! my first car was a forest green  , 1963 corvair that had a heater that burned gasoline from the fuel tank to heat the interior of the car! It worked well, as far as heat output, but would stink up the car interior. talk about a fire hazard!!
Sorry about the thread drift...... :grin:
Rick
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: Kiwi_Roy on January 21, 2016, 11:01:51 AM
Just to be clear, none of the residents in my building complained, I get on well with them. It as the parking Nazzi who lives in a different building. I have a friend on strata who keeps me informed and has deflected a few before, like the time I parked in one of the other buildings instead of leaving the bikes out in the weather while they washed the garage, that drove him nuts. He's a control freak of questionable orientation if you know what I mean.
He'll keep.

They old guard have effectively kept me out of the Hobby room for 12 years, I took a bike in there once to change the wheels, they slapped a lock on it pretty quick.
Title: Re: Juat When we thought Flat tappets Were all we Had to worry About
Post by: Kev m on January 21, 2016, 11:10:43 AM
This whole thing would have me seeing red.

They old guard have effectively kept me out of the Hobby room for 12 years, I took a bike in there once to change the wheels, they slapped a lock on it pretty quick.

What's the "Hobby Room"?

And out of curiosity are there specific covenants/regulations regarding performing repairs in your parking area?