so who else keeps their bike in the lounge?

[marty]

this guy does

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Classic-vintage/auction-12645130.htm

[FROSTY]

surely its a better question--who doesn't park their bike in the house?
I dont--only cos I cant get it up the stairs

[Motu]

Not any more,but I used to - well,not keep them in the lounge...the house was where I built bikes,the double garage was too cluttered to build up a bike.I built a sidecar in the lounge,had to take the chair off to get the thing down the steps and outside.One day we had my wifes uncle around for dinner and we tried to make a good impression,y'know,being young and all that.We sat around the table,me on the bike - he thought it was a bit strange,but we wondered why he would think that?

[Bleck K6]

surely its a better question--who doesn't park their bike in the house?
I dont--only cos I cant get it up the stairs
When I was in auckland 6mths ago my TLR lived inside,In our entry next to the kitchen.
We had no shed & no way it was goin to live outside,My partner wasnt keen but she understood.

[k14]

That would be the best place for it, then i could fix my bike while i was watching tv, lol.

[Kickaha]

Didn't used to keep it in the lounge but I did a rebuild on my GT550J in my bedroom,it was a lot warmer than in the garage.


In the house I lived in with 3 other guys we had my GT550 in my bedroom,a RZ250 in my brothers room undergoing a engine rebuild and a XS650 chopper being built up in one of the other guys bedrooms

[Jackrat]

I live in a caravan so I can't anyway.
Only just enough room for the Mrs,me, three dogs an two cats.
May be moving back to Tokoroa next year,buy another house ect,ect,But it's gonn'a have a real good shed fer sure.

[shandawg]

surely its a better question--who doesn't park their bike in the house?
I dont--only cos I cant get it up the stairs

Same here - would if I could :)

[FzerozeroT]

My parents wouldn't let me bring bikes into the house, so I moved into the shed.

Now i'm in my own place I feel my garage is adequate for my bikes. I'd rather be outside anyway, the walls muffle the nagging. :D

[Zed]

this guy does

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Classic-vintage/auction-12645130.htmHe should put in a caption on his add - "has been lounged" rather than "has been garaged." Kept nice and warm in front of the fireplace out of the rain, lol. :o

There was a pic floating around here of a guy that had his bike next to him in his bed, I think he had his leg over it while sleeping?

[White trash]

Mine lives in the lounge.

Not that the landlord knows.......

[Stormer]

Back in my flatting days I did up an XR500 in the spare bedroom, and an RD400 in my room.
Remember selling the RD but the XR lived in the hallway for a while.
Going to work in the morning you`d open the front door, fire up the bike and ride out of the flat leaving my good flatmate to close the door.
No go nowadays though, the VTR lives out in the garage and helmet and riding gear in the house.

[wkid_one]

Mine lives in the lounge.


Somehow - that doesn;t surprise me.

[White trash]

Somehow - that doesn;t surprise me.

You KNOW it!

The kids have got to have something to play on when they come to stay.

[Ms Piggy]

surely its a better question--who doesn't park their bike in the house?
I dont--only cos I cant get it up the stairs
Yeah same here too, we have a nice big lounge too but a nasty set of steps down to our place.

[James Deuce]

Yeah same here too, we have a nice big lounge too but a nasty set of steps down to our place.

It's not the down that's nasty - its the UP!

Next time I come to your place I'm riding the bike up the steps.

[k14]

You KNOW it!

The kids have got to have something to play on when they come to stay.

Sure that would amuse them for a while. Lots of button to push.

[Ms Piggy]

It's not the down that's nasty - its the UP!

Next time I come to your place I'm riding the bike up the steps.

Oh yeah that too...but there is a horrid dirt track you can go up but I don't tell many people about it cos it has big ruts & dips.

Those steps down are nasty though, I think all of us have tripped & fallen on them :argh:

[maybe]

Be a problem for me to as to many steps. :beer:

[Magua]

Mine stays in the garage. The guy who I bought it from kept it in his lounge.

[wkid_one]

surely its a better question--who doesn't park their bike in the house?
I dont--only cos I cant get it up the stairs
I think a better question would be - who would LIKE to park their bike in their living room

[Busted]

Ah the joys of living in a one room flat with a ranch slider and at ground level. Had to fix the Gixer one time so did it in the lunge / dining / bedroom. Was deffinitly warmer than outside and I got to watch TV as well :2thumbsup Not that I keep it in there ... its just easier than working on it out side ... must get a shed :brick:

Now if I could fit an auto door opener to the ranch slider then I could ride straight in ... :whistle:

Have found from past flatting experiences though that rubber is very hard to clean off lino after you attempt 2 steps at pace from the kitchen out the back door ... :beer:

[bungbung]

I used my (huge) bedroom in a flat to fix my GSX400X coz the only other place available was the footpath, which didn't have a stereo.

[vifferman]

Nah, but I had one bike in the garage and one on the deck for (too short) a while.
I wonder if the wife would mind if there was a door from the back of the garage through into the lounge? Then I could watch TV while cleaning the chain, balancing the carbs, and the like..... hmmmmm...
I used to know a guy who kept his Paso in the lounge (only had a carport, and it wasn't secure enough).
At school I knew this guy who did up his bike while his parents were away. He wanted to paint the frame, and it was too dusty outside or in the carport, so he spraypainted it in the lounge. :eek5: Must've been an interesting colour scheme afterwards, but his folks weren't impressed. (Reminds me of the time he turned up pissed for his School C exams...)

Did you see that guy on "Top Gear" who built the race car in his kitchen? He had to demolish the wall to get it out.
And there was an amusing story in one of my bike mags about a guy who used to do a lot of work on his bikes in the kitchen. That was, until he had a wee fire after soem of the parts he was cleaning caught alight....

[jrandom]

Well, I know a chappie who slept in his lounge for a week after he got his ZX-7R new in '97, just so that he could lie on the couch and watch it through the open garage door until he fell asleep.

[Zed]

Well, I know a chappie who slept in his lounge for a week after he got his ZX-7R new in '97, just so that he could lie on the couch and watch it through the open garage door until he fell asleep.
Hehe, now that is extreme. I know the feeling when you get a "new" bike and how you want to drool over it continuously, but sacrificing a good nights sleep on my sleephead bed for the couch is just out of the question!

Wonder what you'll be like when you upgrade to a new bike soon Mr Random? :not:


Zed

[Two Smoker]

I keep my bike in the spare bedroom occasionally, but at the moment all the racing fairing is in there...... i would put it in the lounge, but there is a problem tht my house is 3 stories high :doh: The guy i bought the bike of had it in his lounge though hehehe....

[jrandom]

Wonder what you'll be like when you upgrade to a new bike soon Mr Random? :not:

Hmmm. Soon? We'll see. TBH logic may carry the day yet, and see the FXR being kept for commuting duties for a wee while past my full license date.

Even though there's a sub-10K '99 R1 at Red Baron going for $9500 right now.

And RB are doing five year no-deposit finance on Yamahas.

Oh, dear. Be still, my beating heart.

[Wenier]

my bikes lived in the garage which is built onto the house so its been nice and warm and secure, but at one stage for a week it lived next to the pool table in the rumpus room