Bike barrier * updated with something nice inside *

[Pisano]

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? 

[rodekyll]

Hoist it above the maddening crowd.

[bigbikerrick]

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.

[webmost]

Any time you are out on the road your bike will not be subject to damage in the garage.

[smdl]

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

[Two Checks]

Build a new storage area for the bikes...

[rtbickel]

Electric barbed wire fence and Rottweiler ought to do it 

[Caffeineo]

Reroute the traffic. Put the things that are frequently used someplace else. That and severe punishment for violating the sacred space. 

[atavar]

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. 

[Rusnak_322]

[Sasquatch Jim]

Hang it from the rafters.

[swooshdave]

Hang it from the rafters.

Bike or offspring? 

[fotoguzzi]

pallets? get from Craigs list "free" catagory



or a used dog kennel?

[Sasquatch Jim]

Bike or offspring? 

 Yes, either.

[Pisano]

So I finally got around to building that bike barrier to ward off things that go bump in my garage....




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





I can also open it up to have room to work on the bike.



Norm F.

[Moto]

Nice design! Well thought out.

[webmost]

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.