Motorcycle "garage"?

[dkampmann]

I have got a cover for my motorcycle, but I can't put it on when it's hot and it's a bit tight. Therefor i've been looking for a "garage", which can be folded, like this one http://www.thebikebarn.net/
I have'nt been able to find one in NZ though.
Do any of my fellow riders know where to go to get a similar one (preferrably around Auckland)

Cheers,
Daniel

[Str8 Jacket]

Probably not much help to you but we have a tin-shed (garden shed thing) that fits 3 of our bikes + tools, stands race gear into it. Tight squeeze but if we need to work on one of the bikes then we move 2 out and it becomes a 'workshop'....

[redangel]

What a great idea. Why don't you build your own, or send me the measurements of your bike, and I'll draw it up for you, the steel can be bought and folded localy, the main piece to house the folders wont take too much, I can get it moulded in Alloy, then the cover can be bought from a supplier, and an upholsterer could sew it up for you.
I've done designing for 30 odd years, I dont mind costing it out for you.

OR buy an old fashioned style tent

[dkampmann]

The thing is that I live in a small rental home, and I'm not too sure that my lanlord will appriciate a shed in the back yard. That is what I would prefer though!
The good thing about the foldable garages is that they are mobile so I would be able to move them, end it's fairly easy to set up.
Nobody knows where to get 'em?

http://www.thebikebarn.net/images/tourer_new2.jpg

[Str8 Jacket]

The thing is that I live in a small rental home, and I'm not too sure that my lanlord will appriciate a shed in the back yard. That is what I would prefer though!


We live in a one bedroom flat in a block of 6 others. You never know till you try! ;)

[Hopeful Bastard]

My suggestion?? Build a Folding wooden one. Some ply suitable for continual outdoor use, some 4 x 2's, screws and Hinges.. :)

[AllanB]

The 'garden' shed is a good idea - lots of sizes and styles available and portable in that you can strap them on a trailer or disassemble. You also built a timber base and screw them into it.

Ask the landlord - tell them it is totally removable.

[Ratti]

pm me. I sew all sorts of things including 4wd softtops and tonneau covers. It wouldnt be cheap tho. If Im too far away, then approach a local motorvehicle trimmer or boat upholsterer. Its straight forward enough to do.

[Jizah]

The 'garden' shed is a good idea - lots of sizes and styles available and portable in that you can strap them on a trailer or disassemble. You also built a timber base and screw them into it.

Ask the landlord - tell them it is totally removable.

With all the sizes and styles available I couldn't actually find a suitable one. As it was for storage of only one bike the ones I could find were either too big, or the door was too small.

[bert_is_evil]

I costed up the "bikebarn" idea a few years back as I was in a rental, to my surprise it worked out cheaper to build myself a shed out of 12mm ply and 4x2 fence railing with cheap semi-transparent corrugated roofing. I asked the landlord if I could put a "small bike shed" on the property in a way that implied I meant a push bike shed, they said no worries. If you build the walls in sections then bolt them together with coach bolts you can take it apart and take it with you when you move. It was quite a fun project too.

[blackdog]

heres what we did, all thats needed are some basic welding/cutting skills

get in touch with a carparts importer. alot of them bring their stuff in to the country in steel crates which are useless to them/disposable once they are emptied.

get 2 of them, turn 1 upside down on the other and weld together. maybe some angle iron lengths for corner bracing and voila! instant shed

you can be as simple or as complicated as you like when designing a door (bit more angle iron for a frame) and all it will cost you is some beers for the importer, the petrol to trailor it home, and a couple of hinges or maybe a track and rollers to hang the door on if you want to go that way:)

number 8 wire approach, and immensly satisfying when finished :clap:

[Waxxa]

check out this company Shelterstation.co.nz, based in Ellerslie AKL.

you can get a portable garage called 'the Ute' approx $450 and can be delivered anywhere in the country. Can be erected on concrete or grass.

I've had one for two years now it is bloody good. easy to assemble and dis-assemble.

[The Pastor]

check out this company Shelterstation.co.nz, based in Ellerslie AKL.

you can get a portable garage called 'the Ute' approx $450 and can be delivered anywhere in the country. Can be erected on concrete or grass.

I've had one for two years now it is bloody good. easy to assemble and dis-assemble.

its not lockable tho aye?

[Waxxa]

its not lockable tho aye?

The doors aren't, no.

I have my 'garage' bolted into concrete and you can wrap a cable around the frame (of the garage that bolts down, it's how it's welded together) and lock the bike to that.

It keeps the bike out of the weather and is big enough that you can work on your bike inside it too.

[acidmax]

check out this company Shelterstation.co.nz, based in Ellerslie AKL.

you can get a portable garage called 'the Ute' approx $450 and can be delivered anywhere in the country. Can be erected on concrete or grass.

I've had one for two years now it is bloody good. easy to assemble and dis-assemble.

Hey there - hows that ute these days? has it lasted the wrath of time? looking at getting similar to this if not this ... but thought i might ask how its lasting? easy to errect and seems plenty of space in it for a bike. looking forward to hearing back.. cheers

[BuzzardNZ]

You have a bike cover, so can I ask what it is that the 'bike barn' has that the cover doesn't?

Both do the same thing.

I'm interested as I have a good bike cover and just can't see the need for one of these, other than getting inside it and being able to work on the bike and not get soaked if it's raining or something.

[nzmikey]

check out this company Shelterstation.co.nz, based in Ellerslie AKL.

you can get a portable garage called 'the Ute' approx $450 and can be delivered anywhere in the country. Can be erected on concrete or grass.

I've had one for two years now it is bloody good. easy to assemble and dis-assemble.

ha exactly what I was about to say ... except we are now on the North Shore @ 26e William Pickering Drive :shifty:

[rustyrobot]

I've been thinking about this sort of thing myself. Hate not having a space to work on the bike - especially with the crappy spring weather we've been having. "The Ute" looks great for Auckland but it would be shredded by the wind in Wellington, or blown across the Cook Strait. I'd be really keen to see pictures of the sheds/shelters that others have fabricated. I also looked at pre-fab garden sheds and they either had tiny doors or were too big to be landlord-approved.

[nzmikey]

I've been thinking about this sort of thing myself. Hate not having a space to work on the bike - especially with the crappy spring weather we've been having. "The Ute" looks great for Auckland but it would be shredded by the wind in Wellington, or blown across the Cook Strait. I'd be really keen to see pictures of the sheds/shelters that others have fabricated. I also looked at pre-fab garden sheds and they either had tiny doors or were too big to be landlord-approved.

If it is going to be on concrete use dyna bolts to hold it down, the cover is a 410gm PVC & they do take a fair smack ... yeah ok if it is going to be on the Welly coast in a direct 140kmh+ wind then yeah I would be a little nervous