Bike storage idea???

[braymond52]

Originally Posted by reficul

What about one of those cheap plastic outdoor sheds from home depot?

I have a plastic storage shed, which I think is a RubberMaid brand. I keep my lawn mower and some other crap in there, not my bike. I'm really please with it. It seems to be pretty well sealed up and has been very durable. If I needed storage for my bike, that's what I would use.

[Bluefilhd]

I haven't ever used one of these but I have seen them. I did some work on a guys house and the garage was converted to a room when he bought the place so he needed to do something with his bike. I don't know what brand his was but he was pretty pleased with it and said it holds up pretty well. He said he'd been using it for about two years. Not a bad option I guess.

[Johnzz1420]

I think I'm gonna go with the majority and pull trigger soon with the Cycle Shelter instead. Seems like it's built alittle sturdier and I believe cheaper than the Bike Barn.

[frankp81]

I bought a cycle shell 8 years ago for my 97 Fxstc before I had a garage and it has stood up to every Massachusetts winter since. When I bought mine they were being made in the company owners home garage. All I can say is they are well worth the money. Just remember during heavy snow storms head out and give it a little shake to knock the snow off. My old man still uses it for his snowblower and BBQ grill.

[Mike U]

Has anyone used the Speedway Cycle Shelter. I'm on the fence on which way to go. CycleShell or Speedway. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mike U.

[Easyryder01]

Speedway.....buddy of mine put one up for his brother on the side of the house. He invites me to step inside with the bike in there and show me how much room there was inside. I was impressed.

[Oldman47]

Shelter? What the heck would I do with a shelter? I ride almost 365 days each year because I don't much care what the high or low temperature of the day is expected to be. As long as there is no snow or ice on the road, I am ready to ride. I do use a cover that helps by keeping rain or snow off the bike itself while I have it parked, but giving up riding for several days in a row strikes me as ludicrous. Last year, with the strangely warm winter, I found 20 days in January that I actually rode my bike. February was almost every day. Some locals have called me hard core but let's get real. If you enjoy riding, you do not let little things like cold weather get in the way. Get some good riding gear and enjoy the ride. I have a nice set of the FXRG line that would keep me warm at around 20F at highway speeds. Instead you look at the forecast and decide whether or not the roads will be clear when you are headed home. If they will be clear, you take the chance and ride. About one in 20 times I will guess wrong after reviewing the radar for the last hour and a half, but even that gives me an excuse to ride on that day. Unless you are willing to ride during the cold of the morning, you never get to enjoy the 40+ weather in the afternoon when you should be headed home. Everything is a trade off, including the slight discomfort of the morning and the joy of the afternoon ride when you are the only bike on the road that gets to enjoy it. I travel about 12000 miles each year and my cage sometimes goes 2 years between oil changes because it simply does not get enough mileage to warrant an oil change any sooner in central Illinois. That is what I mean by me being an all weather rider.

[Ranger75]

Originally Posted by Oldman47

Shelter? What the heck would I do with a shelter? I ride almost 365 days each year because I don't much care what the high or low temperature of the day is expected to be. As long as there is no snow or ice on the road, I am ready to ride. I do use a cover that helps by keeping rain or snow off the bike itself while I have it parked, but giving up riding for several days in a row strikes me as ludicrous. Last year, with the strangely warm winter, I found 20 days in January that I actually rode my bike. February was almost every day. Some locals have called me hard core but let's get real. If you enjoy riding, you do not let little things like cold weather get in the way. Get some good riding gear and enjoy the ride. I have a nice set of the FXRG line that would keep me warm at around 20F at highway speeds. Instead you look at the forecast and decide whether or not the roads will be clear when you are headed home. If they will be clear, you take the chance and ride. About one in 20 times I will guess wrong after reviewing the radar for the last hour and a half, but even that gives me an excuse to ride on that day. Unless you are willing to ride during the cold of the morning, you never get to enjoy the 40+ weather in the afternoon when you should be headed home. Everything is a trade off, including the slight discomfort of the morning and the joy of the afternoon ride when you are the only bike on the road that gets to enjoy it. I travel about 12000 miles each year and my cage sometimes goes 2 years between oil changes because it simply does not get enough mileage to warrant an oil change any sooner in central Illinois. That is what I mean by me being an all weather rider.

And how does this extended diatribe help the original poster? Assuming you may be retired (based on your handle) or you don't have to travel due to work. Some of us aren't lucky enough to ride 365 days a year. Some of us must park it due to lengthy work trips, long deployments overseas, insert reason here... Better to give an expensive machine shelter than let it set out in the elements for a week, month, year, etc.

[BossEddy]

Originally Posted by Ranger75

And how does this extended diatribe help the original poster? Assuming you may be retired (based on your handle) or you don't have to travel due to work. Some of us aren't lucky enough to ride 365 days a year. Some of us must park it due to lengthy work trips, long deployments overseas, insert reason here... Better to give an expensive machine shelter than let it set out in the elements for a week, month, year, etc.

Gotta agree, must be nice to be able to scan radar for a hour and a half before deciding to ride........I am so looking forward to retirement. Btw...get off my lawn and turn down that music...just practicing


'12 rg chrome yellow
Wind vest, JM rockers, SE mufflers

[Oldman47]

Ranger 75 and BossEddy, you are absolutely right and also totally wrong. I have finally retired just this year but my criteria for deciding on riding has not changed. When I was riding to work daily for about 25 miles each way I looked at things this way. There is no way to get that nice ride home unless I ride to work. If it is over 20F and there is no ice on the roads, ride to work in order to enjoy that 35F ride home. If it is not at least 20F in the morning, maybe that ride home is not worth it. Using that criterion, I would not have changed the decision at all in January this year. The 35F day for riding was about 2/3 of the available days last January, or about 20 days.