My mini “Triumph Garageâ€
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[quote author=Dilligaf link=topic=1241.msg9162#msg9162 date=1219717305]
You did a great job. Is it a kit or did you build it?
[/quote]Is an ordered kit: You give the measures and layout you want (doors, windows, shelves, lights etc.) and they build the kit for you. Any garden shop does that.
You did a great job. Is it a kit or did you build it?
[/quote]Is an ordered kit: You give the measures and layout you want (doors, windows, shelves, lights etc.) and they build the kit for you. Any garden shop does that.
[quote author=Dilligaf link=topic=1241.msg9162#msg9162 date=1219717305]
...The space allows a 12X16 slab[/quote]That will make it a far much better size. :y115:
I also had a lot of space available but unfortunately the County rules for this neighbourhood only allow a building of maximum nine square meters in the gardens.
Belgium bureaucracy!!!
...The space allows a 12X16 slab[/quote]That will make it a far much better size. :y115:
I also had a lot of space available but unfortunately the County rules for this neighbourhood only allow a building of maximum nine square meters in the gardens.
Belgium bureaucracy!!!
I'll let Joao speak for himself of course, but but the looks of his new Sprint, new shed all the riding he's doing and the custom paint mods to his '06 Bonneville, I would say things are going very well 
[quote author=shyguy344 link=topic=1241.msg9390#msg9390 date=1219917194]
It looks great, Joao. I think you are having entirely too much fun with this thing....LOL.
I have been out of the loop for a while. How are things going for you over all?
[/quote]Thanks Bob! :y18:
Things are going OK. In fact I cannot complain!
As Rocky noticed, this being on pension thing is getting too expensive, though.
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It looks great, Joao. I think you are having entirely too much fun with this thing....LOL.
I have been out of the loop for a while. How are things going for you over all?
[/quote]Thanks Bob! :y18:
Things are going OK. In fact I cannot complain!
As Rocky noticed, this being on pension thing is getting too expensive, though.
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That is such a perfect little nooky. Brilliant idea especially the hooks and things for jackets and helmets. I never have anywhere to throw our stuff and half the wardrobe is taken up with bike kit. Hey if I stick the boots in the shed I'll have space in my wardrobe for shoes :y115:
[quote author=Lioness link=topic=1241.msg9397#msg9397 date=1219932328]
That is such a perfect little nooky. Brilliant idea especially the hooks and things for jackets and helmets...[/quote]To give credit where credit is due all this was my wife’s idea. She just didn’t want any of my motorbike stuff in the house anymore.
For me the three bikes should be where they belong: In the living!
That is such a perfect little nooky. Brilliant idea especially the hooks and things for jackets and helmets...[/quote]To give credit where credit is due all this was my wife’s idea. She just didn’t want any of my motorbike stuff in the house anymore.
For me the three bikes should be where they belong: In the living!
Joao, my wife often complains about how overfilled our closets are with motorcycle riding gear so I spread them around to keep the peace 
Because I live right on the ocean and it's so damp I wouldn't like to keep riding gear in my garage - especially leather.
We often get waves of humidity that causes the air in the garage to get heavy and deposit "sweat" all over my bikes. Warm humid air + cold steel bikes= a layer of moisture.
The concrete slab the garage sits on holds the cold and when the humid air comes in everything gets wet and damp. I began running a large fan at slow speed to circulate the air and that prevents the sweat.
If the bikes sit there covered in moisture, surface rust starts. It took me a couple of years to figure out that air circulation was the answer.
I now keep an eye on the weather and humidity and plug in the fan on a timer when conditions demand it.
Because I live right on the ocean and it's so damp I wouldn't like to keep riding gear in my garage - especially leather.
We often get waves of humidity that causes the air in the garage to get heavy and deposit "sweat" all over my bikes. Warm humid air + cold steel bikes= a layer of moisture.
The concrete slab the garage sits on holds the cold and when the humid air comes in everything gets wet and damp. I began running a large fan at slow speed to circulate the air and that prevents the sweat.
If the bikes sit there covered in moisture, surface rust starts. It took me a couple of years to figure out that air circulation was the answer.
I now keep an eye on the weather and humidity and plug in the fan on a timer when conditions demand it.
You don't even need to be nearby the ocean to have that problem Rocky. I suppose it's more likely just the extreme temperatures we get up North with the quick changes.
It's been said that Pennsylvania roads suffer the most potholes because of all the freezing and then thawing we have here. New York State has less thawing due the it being further North. It's typical here to have frozen roads at night and into the morning hours which then thaw in the afternoon only to freeze again when the sun goes down.
In an enclosed area with a cement slab (and the metal of the bikes), the slab as you said holds the cold while the air temperature is higher. Not only do we get surface rust, but also white oxidation (which turns to pits) on any aluminum parts.
I always insulate my tires from the cement floor with cardboard too.
Luckily, I have heat where I store my bikes in Winter which removes the humidity.
It's been said that Pennsylvania roads suffer the most potholes because of all the freezing and then thawing we have here. New York State has less thawing due the it being further North. It's typical here to have frozen roads at night and into the morning hours which then thaw in the afternoon only to freeze again when the sun goes down.
In an enclosed area with a cement slab (and the metal of the bikes), the slab as you said holds the cold while the air temperature is higher. Not only do we get surface rust, but also white oxidation (which turns to pits) on any aluminum parts.
I always insulate my tires from the cement floor with cardboard too.
Luckily, I have heat where I store my bikes in Winter which removes the humidity.
Our roads take a beating too from the temperature changes in the winter time. It's pothole heaven here every spring - and often before spring.
10-4 on the aluminum oxidation.
Come winter I roll my bikes into my basement which is dry and warm.
That's where I put the bikes before I went to Chile so I wouldn't have to worry about the moisture problem. Unfortunately, that's where they will be until next year.
10-4 on the aluminum oxidation.
Come winter I roll my bikes into my basement which is dry and warm.
That's where I put the bikes before I went to Chile so I wouldn't have to worry about the moisture problem. Unfortunately, that's where they will be until next year.
[quote author=jmv2006 link=topic=1241.msg9399#msg9399 date=1219939327]
To give credit where credit is due all this was my wife’s idea. She just didn’t want any of my motorbike stuff in the house anymore.
For me the three bikes should be where they belong: In the living!
[/quote]
LOL! I agree. Bodine (Florida BIR) and his wife keep three of their bikes in the living room.
To give credit where credit is due all this was my wife’s idea. She just didn’t want any of my motorbike stuff in the house anymore.
For me the three bikes should be where they belong: In the living!
[/quote]
LOL! I agree. Bodine (Florida BIR) and his wife keep three of their bikes in the living room.
