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wrinkly rocker
I'm lucky enough to have a double garage attached to the house. The only thing I have to keep in them is my van and bike. The garages ain't small. I can park the van in either side and walk around it. I'm rapidly running out of space.What is it that no matter how much space you have its never enough. How crowded is your's ?



Posting pictures of the interior of your garage is OK but remember no open doors or anything in the background that may give away the location to the local scrotes.
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Biker835
Most of my work is carried out at the roadside, bigger bits sometimes get removed and worked on in doors like engines etc.
Egg 'n' Bacon
Bloody hell Wrinkly, that's not a garage, it's a workshop ooh2.gif

No wonder you're running out of room smile1.gif

(Piccy of mine later)
snapdragon
Roadside in the front of the front garden - hardstanding where the bikes/car get parked and the ground anchors are.
Tools live in the cupboard under the stairs
and the bathroom
and the spare bedroom
and some in the kitchen
and dining room
and the shedette
devilpaint
dear wrinkly, i have a kawasaki, so i'm not sure what you mean?
work on it?
i just ride it mate, apart from arriving at Squires once on a recovery(& that was an after market alarm) its never let me down.
















Ok i get the point. i now have a fully functioning tech dept to play with at work(local high school) guess where the z650 chop project is?

i took it in to school in mercedes estate size bits, dismantled it & turned my SEN student loose on it-he's not making a lot of progress, but with a bit of supervision i should have it back for the summer!

as for the ninjas, they have never needed more than an oil change/tyres & i can do that on the drive or in the bike shed at the bottom of the back garden.
Egg 'n' Bacon
Here you go, here's mine;

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Wilf
I can manage in here....................sort of
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Egg 'n' Bacon
I saw something really bizarre the other day; someone had parked their car in the garage ooh2.gif
hobbit
QUOTE(Egg 'n' Bacon @ Mar 21 2010, 08:08 PM) *

I saw something really bizarre the other day; someone had parked their car in the garage ooh2.gif

???????????? nah . . .
Defiler
*Everyone* in this street seems to just keep crap in their garages. I've got a garage half-full of crap and half-full of bikes. I need to clear the damn thing out before I can work on my bikes again.

Still, at least the leather armchair has moved!
snoopyjon
Here's mine...

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Cheers,

Jon.
wrinkly rocker
QUOTE(snoopyjon @ Mar 21 2010, 10:36 PM) *


That's far too tidy! bowdown.gif How the hell do you find anything in there? Half the fun is turning the place upside down in a vain search for that elusive bit of kit you've been hanging onto for years. Trouble is, you give up, buy a new one, only to find it a couple of days later. lbhh.gif Same thing only in reverse.You decide to have a clear out only to find you have need for the very thing you've just slung out. The women on here don't realise the trials and tribulations us men have to go through in "Our" sheds? workshops. And why we have to spend so much time there.

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snoopyjon
QUOTE(wrinkly rocker @ Mar 22 2010, 12:32 AM) *

That's far too tidy! bowdown.gif How the hell do you find anything in there? Half the fun is turning the place upside down in a vain search for that elusive bit of kit you've been hanging onto for years. Trouble is, you give up, buy a new one, only to find it a couple of days later. lbhh.gif Same thing only in reverse.You decide to have a clear out only to find you have need for the very thing you've just slung out. The women on here don't realise the trials and tribulations us men have to go through in "Our" sheds? workshops. And why we have to spend so much time there.

(runs for cover) eekout.gif


Far too tidy eyebrow.gif You should have seen it before I took the photo... I couldn't get in there! I was given the sofa bed last week, so had to have a massive clearout to get it in... Funnily enough though, despite throwing out only two empty cardboard boxes, I have LOADS of room in there again now! grin.gif

Cheers,

Jon.
john
QUOTE(wrinkly rocker @ Mar 20 2010, 10:30 PM) *

I'm lucky enough to have a double garage attached to the house. The only thing I have to keep in them is my van and bike. The garages ain't small. I can park the van in either side and walk around it. I'm rapidly running out of space.What is it that no matter how much space you have its never enough. How crowded is your's ?

It's hard to imagine that this is actually a garage down to all the redundant gym equipment (ps. the other half's that is...) but newly carpeted out heres my weekend retreat...

Feel free to ignore the body filler based winter camouflage on the front fairing, bloody ice... Oo1.gif

Fancy doing some painting the weekend wrinkly bowdown.gif

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fastfitter
The RF's gone back in the garage for the heavy/mucky stuff so to make some room and give myself a good excuse to finish this off sometime ......

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Wareshome
I have a double tandem garage thats 15 foot wide at the front and tapers to 12 at the back, I have cupboards work benches and store my 8' x 5' trailer, my wifes car and of course the HD in there. If I get time I'll take a picture or two. hello.gif
branman
QUOTE(Wareshome @ Mar 24 2010, 05:32 PM) *

I have a double tandem garage thats 15 foot wide at the front and tapers to 12 at the back, I have cupboards work benches and store my 8' x 5' trailer, my wifes car and of course the HD in there. If I get time I'll take a picture or two. hello.gif



Thats just showing off now lbhh.gif
Shebee
Everywhere else is full... so
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We did build a trike shaped shed to build it in ... but that is full now too!


Nothing new though, I built my Bonnie engine in my rented 2nd floor bedsit lbhh.gif
ima
QUOTE(fastfitter @ Mar 24 2010, 05:22 PM) *

The RF's gone back in the garage for the heavy/mucky stuff so to make some room and give myself a good excuse to finish this off sometime ......

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FF is that a gt 250 or 380 I see there, i used to have an X7 as my 1st big bike, happy days Oo1.gif
fastfitter
T250 Hustler, came between the original Super-Six and the GT range. Six gears, no ram-air, drum brakes. Passed my test on one in '72.
Miz
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I need more room!!
wrinkly rocker
QUOTE(Miz @ Mar 27 2010, 08:57 PM) *

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I need more room!!



Here's me thinking I was running out of space. lbhh.gif Keep em coming folks.
Miz
QUOTE(wrinkly rocker @ Mar 27 2010, 09:21 PM) *

Here's me thinking I was running out of space. lbhh.gif Keep em coming folks.


There is actually 4 bikes in there, another 2 in the shed behind the garage, Janey has just approved the plans for another shed grin.gif
snapdragon
QUOTE(Miz @ Mar 27 2010, 10:29 PM) *

There is actually 4 bikes in there, another 2 in the shed behind the garage, Janey has just approved the plans for another shed grin.gif

Lucky blighter grin.gif

I'm considering a door into the front garden through the bay window - do ya think dragon'll notice as I sneak the bikes in camouflage past the telly?
Shebee
QUOTE(snapdragon @ Mar 28 2010, 07:58 PM) *

...I'm considering a door into the front garden through the bay window - do ya think dragon'll notice as I sneak the bikes in camouflage past the telly?


Good Idea! He wont notice if you dont cross the line of sight!
Fourtoes
Those with garages....I hate you all.

Back yard for me when its not too cold. Not allowed to use the dining room anymore. Although I did get caught washing my parts in the bath the other week! eyebrow.gif wwww.gif blush21.gif eekout.gif
Sonny
i have a detached single garage that is used primarily for the bike and my bike bits & tools. Plenty of room to do basic servicing and cleaning. We keep the car parked outside in the drive: as it should be.

(pics later)
mrteapot
I have a 1 1/2 size garage and the bike is in the 1/2 bit. The only way to have enough room is to get rid of anything that you haven't used for over two years. Works a treat! laughcont.gif
ima
QUOTE(fastfitter @ Mar 27 2010, 07:23 AM) *

T250 Hustler, came between the original Super-Six and the GT range. Six gears, no ram-air, drum brakes. Passed my test on one in '72.



That's lurevrly hearts.gif hearts.gif
Welshie
Front garden (which is gravel), not sheltered so am exposed to the elements :/



Second bike is small enough to fit through the doors, so I drive her through the house and into the back garden -- much to the delight of my family smile1.gif

HOG Maniac
The shed


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Garage

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Old pic. Its empty atm as it not where I live anymore.

and Out the front

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Anth
"Where I work on the bike"

Why would I need a garage- I live near Wrinkly lbhh.gif

But the bike lives on the drive at my parents at the moment.
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