Garage Ideas for my Harley?

[Wrench-Bender]

Heres the thing I have an old Harley that I want to restore but there is not enough space in my current garage to do this. Plus I'm sure this thing will be apart for quite some while. So I'm pondering on building a garage just for this old Harley not only to restore it in but to house it when finished. My budget will be fairly small as for the garage or I will not be able to afford to restore the old Harley. So I'm fish'n for a few Ideas on an affordable type garage to accomplish both task. BTW the Harley is a 1965 Pan head. Thanks in advance

 

[fxdlryan]

For a 65 Pan, you throw a car out of the garage. If it's a 4 door car or minivan you evict, you get two extra punches on your man card. Seriously, there are some fairly reasonable prebuilt storage sheds or kits available. It's a pain in the ****, but you really need very little space to work on a motorcycle. It's all light enough that you can put things on wheels and roll them out of the way and back into the shed when you're done. Years ago when I was stationed in Germany, I rebuilt a 73 Sportster from the ground up in a very small area.

 

[logical]

How big is your kitchen?

 

[nonhog]

In the county I am in the shed limit with out a permit is 10x20 .
check your codes , maybe a shed ? I set out some chain link fence rail to "see" what the size shop I thought I wanted looked like in the yard .
Maybe start there?

 

[rickairmedic]

I vote Living room any real biker would use his living room . I dont Know where you live but a cheap idea would be one of those portable garages from harbor freight or another like company Pep Boys comes to mind . I knew a guy that had one of those in his backyard for probably 2 years it was just a canvas roof and frame he put tarps around the sides to tie it in . I would use concrete pavers the larger ones for a floor unless you have a nice concrete pad in your back yard.


Rick

 

[Wrench-Bender]

How big is your kitchen?

Not an option.,.,.,.,., There's a 460 torn down in there right now.

 

[Wrench-Bender]

Yeah I've thought a little about a pre fabbed building thing, and I have not ruled it out yet. But I would really like to house this ole gal in a nice little garage of her very own. You know kinda off to the side where no one has any buisness messing around looking for other stuff ( mowers,weed eaters). I would like to build it on a slab as to be able to ride in or out as the case maybe at the time of need.

 

[Wrench-Bender]

I vote Living room any real biker would use his living room . I dont Know where you live but a cheap idea would be one of those portable garages from harbor freight or another like company Pep Boys comes to mind . I knew a guy that had one of those in his backyard for probably 2 years it was just a canvas roof and frame he put tarps around the sides to tie it in . I would use concrete pavers the larger ones for a floor unless you have a nice concrete pad in your back yard.


Rick

Hey Rick, are the Rick from SFT?? BTW I'm from the upstate of SC so weather is not very bad Summer or Winter, and codes on buildings are very relaxed here as to what you can have.

 

[rickairmedic]

Yep same Rick on SFT I have been a member there almost from the beginning another great group of peaple many of them are also here in the garage .Have you looked at this thread its a sweet shed with wood floors.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23372


Rick

 

[Wrench-Bender]

Very Nice!That looks like what I'm wanting to do very easy on the eyes, and plenty of room for my Harley. I even like tha two room effect as I could do restoring in one side as the bike stays in the other. Now if the $$$ hold up to my wants, that just might be the ticket.

 

[5wndwcpe]

What ever you build, make sure it's long enough. Years ago I bought a rigid frame shovel with an 8 over springer. The guy I bought it from had kept it in a shed that was too small so he cut a hole in the back wall to stick the front wheel through. I guess it sat unused for awhile as half the spokes were rusty and the other half were'nt. Helluva sight.

 

[Wrench-Bender]

Thanks for the visual, my thoughts are to build it large enough to restore the ole gal with the doors closed. I'll need a work bench a few shelves for storing parts and the such. Oh and a couple of chairs, a fridge and a small sink to washup in. I have a lot of goodies to put in there if I ever decide exactly what I want and can afford.

 

[Bud_Man]

Exactly what the other guys said. You need very little room. Years ago I built a shovelhead in a basement hallway (doorway from laundry and furnace room) in Chicago. The only thing I miscalculated was the front end had to come off to get it out. I took four of us and some straps to carry it up the 10 steps from the basement.

 

[Wrench-Bender]

Exactly what the other guys said. You need very little room. Years ago I built a shovelhead in a basement hallway (doorway from laundry and furnace room) in Chicago. The only thing I miscalculated was the front end had to come off to get it out. I took four of us and some straps to carry it up the 10 steps from the basement.

I knew a guy that built a 46 Chevy in his basement he also had a small miscalculation. After assembling the fenders and running boards it would not fit through the small garage door. It was a brick home so they took the door frame down and she made her way out. He was so afraid he was gonna scratch her on the way out, but he did well.