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Title: Bike barrier * updated with something nice inside *
Post by: Pisano on September 15, 2016, 11:00:39 PM: My house garage is a busy place... Kids come in and out grabbing toys. I keep a bunch of gardening tools in there. It's usually a staging area for any renovations I'm doing on the house... You get the picture.

Any suggestions on keeping a motorbike out of harms way?

I was thinking on building some kind of barrier / small storage area in the garage.

Any thoughts? If your garage is a high traffic area and want to keep your Guzzi dent / nick free what do you do?
Title: Re: Bike barrier
Post by: rodekyll on September 15, 2016, 11:29:53 PM: Hoist it above the maddening crowd.
Title: Re: Bike barrier
Post by: bigbikerrick on September 15, 2016, 11:34:58 PM: throw some terrycloth towels over the tank and fenders, and then place a nice fitting, good quality bike cover on top. a top quality bike cover itself will prevent alot of "accidents" especially when you have small kids bringing bicycles, and scooters and such in and out of the garage, where your Italian beauty is parked.
Rick.
Title: Re: Bike barrier
Post by: webmost on September 16, 2016, 05:46:17 AM: Any time you are out on the road your bike will not be subject to damage in the garage.
Title: Re: Bike barrier
Post by: smdl on September 16, 2016, 06:46:56 AM: It depends upon what you are willing to invest. Years ago, I used one of these in a similar circumstance, and was very happy with the result:

http://www.thebikebarn.net/model_standard.html

I had it left over from previously storing my bike outside. Worked great at keeping the bike protected from just about anything.

Cheers,
Shaun
Title: Re: Bike barrier
Post by: Two Checks on September 16, 2016, 06:55:13 AM: Build a new storage area for the bikes...
Title: Re: Bike barrier
Post by: rtbickel on September 16, 2016, 08:01:16 AM: Electric barbed wire fence and Rottweiler ought to do it :evil:
Title: Re: Bike barrier
Post by: Caffeineo on September 16, 2016, 10:11:41 AM: Reroute the traffic. Put the things that are frequently used someplace else. That and severe punishment for violating the sacred space. :violent1:
Title: Re: Bike barrier
Post by: atavar on September 16, 2016, 10:43:01 AM: yep.. use a loud voice and say "Stay the eff away from my motorcycle stuff!!" followed by reminders of where allowances and privileges come from.
Title: Re: Bike barrier
Post by: Rusnak_322 on September 16, 2016, 02:58:20 PM: (http://st.hzcdn.com/simgs/e181704602151042_4-6974/contemporary-shed.jpg)

(http://www.garagecargolift.com/Lifttires1300.JPG)
Title: Re: Bike barrier
Post by: Sasquatch Jim on September 16, 2016, 03:07:11 PM: Hang it from the rafters.
Title: Re: Bike barrier
Post by: swooshdave on September 16, 2016, 03:11:04 PM: Quote from: Sasquatch Jim on September 16, 2016, 03:07:11 PM
Hang it from the rafters.

Bike or offspring? :evil:
Title: Re: Bike barrier
Post by: fotoguzzi on September 16, 2016, 05:00:58 PM: pallets? get from Craigs list "free" catagory

(http://www.backyardchickens.com/content/type/61/id/5064514/width/600/height/450)

or a used dog kennel?

(http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQwEdklhufzMd8jrjFSLR48U9BU_RvL9rwnGhnmibWxRUs5XP4Lb1GaxT4)
Title: Re: Bike barrier
Post by: Sasquatch Jim on September 16, 2016, 08:30:06 PM: Quote from: swooshdave on September 16, 2016, 03:11:04 PM
Bike or offspring? :evil:

Yes, either.
Title: Re: Bike barrier * updated with something nice inside *
Post by: Pisano on April 30, 2017, 05:52:32 PM: So I finally got around to building that bike barrier to ward off things that go bump in my garage....

(http://thumb.ibb.co/e9mg5k/barrier_1.jpg) (http://ibb.co/e9mg5k)

and after a long winters wait I put something nice inside it!!

(http://thumb.ibb.co/j4Jdkk/Slide1.jpg) (http://ibb.co/j4Jdkk)

I can also open it up to have room to work on the bike.
(http://thumb.ibb.co/jcbaWQ/Slide2.jpg) (http://ibb.co/jcbaWQ)

Norm F.
Title: Re: Bike barrier * updated with something nice inside *
Post by: Moto on April 30, 2017, 06:15:18 PM: Nice design! Well thought out.
Title: Re: Bike barrier * updated with something nice inside *
Post by: webmost on April 30, 2017, 06:26:22 PM: Quote from: Pisano on September 15, 2016, 11:00:39 PM
My house garage is a busy place... Kids come in and out grabbing toys. I keep a bunch of gardening tools in there. It's usually a staging area for any renovations I'm doing on the house... You get the picture.

Any suggestions on keeping a motorbike out of harms way?

I was thinking on building some kind of barrier / small storage area in the garage.

Any thoughts? If your garage is a high traffic area and want to keep your Guzzi dent / nick free what do you do?

That's easy.

When Nana was raising her grandsprats, I always set one bike on its centerstand in the garage, and told the midgets: "This one is for you to climb on", and "Soon as you're big enough to reach the pegs, you can climb up behind me and we'll go for a ride." Did not want to discourage them from enjoying motorcycles. Many's the time, passing thru the garage, I found one or two perched on the seat, like as not vrooming; frequently with a helmet flopping round on their little heads and gloves they could fit their forearm in. I got pics around here somewheres, of the grandson on the CX500, with his baby sister behind him. She has the gloves on, he has the helmet. I can't remember a time one ever climbed on mine.

One spunky little granddaughter came over one day with some sneakers that had three inch heels on them. I have no idea where she got 'em or how she convinced her mom to buy 'em. Climbs up and says "Look, Grampa, my feet reach the pegs." A deals a deal... we went for a ride.

Get them a beater; not a barrier.