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CAMMShaft

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I am looking for some ideas of how to mount a motorcycle to the wall in my shop for the sake of decoration. It is a 1969 Hodaka Ace 100 that weighs about 170 pounds. It will be mounted to a wall that is 2X6 studs, 24" on center. Any ideas on the best way to do this?

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My brother took my Harley Hummer and made a shelf for it to sit on with the jiffy stand facing the wall. It leans on the stand and the stand is clamped to the shelf.

The only real problem with this is he did it in his shop.
 
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CAMMShaft

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My brother took my Harley Hummer and made a shelf for it to sit on with the jiffy stand facing the wall. It leans on the stand and the stand is clamped to the shelf.

The only real problem with this is he did it in his shop.

Can you give me more details regarding the shelf? Is it made from metal? How is it mounted to the wall?

Thanks!

CAMM
 

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I've seen motorcycles hung from the ceiling with cable next to a wall. This was in a café so I'm thinking it was pretty safe.
 

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That Hodaka brings back some memories :)

Maybe something like a U Channel that the tires would sit in (remember those old bumper mount motorcycle carriers) and then fab up some brackets you could bolt to the wall studs or run something down to the floor?

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Can you give me more details regarding the shelf? Is it made from metal? How is it mounted to the wall?

Thanks!

CAMM

The shelf was made out of metal C purlin as his shop is made from C purlin and he had left overs. He ran a couple of angle brackets up as its hung above the man door. The purlin for the shelf was mounted with open side up to make a trough for the bike to set in. All this is welded in except the bike of course.
 
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This is a job for your horizontal bandsaw and tig (or other) welder to fabricate some brackets. That is how I would approach it. Definitely some sensing, measuring and designing to make sure you hit 2 studs. Integrate a couple of the 4-5" GRK RSS x 5/16" lag screws (T30 driver) into each support in your design to hold everything to the wall. If drywalled, you have to think about the pressure on the face of the wall at the bottom corner. While 1" flat bar might be sufficient from a load standpoint, it might be wiser to go to 2" to keep it from indenting the drywall as its loaded up. ~90lbs per support isn't out of the question. Don't get tricked into drywall-only anchors purportedly rated for same or greater, as those assume flat artwork with no moment arm holding them out away from the wall...
 

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Look in the show us your motorcycle thread. There are a number of people who have done this in small garages.
 

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I think you'd be better off to ride the shxt out of it. Motorcycles are for riding, even the really high dollar stuff gets ridden on occasion.
 
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CAMMShaft

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This is a job for your horizontal bandsaw and tig (or other) welder to fabricate some brackets. That is how I would approach it. Definitely some sensing, measuring and designing to make sure you hit 2 studs. Integrate a couple of the 4-5" GRK RSS x 5/16" lag screws (T30 driver) into each support in your design to hold everything to the wall. If drywalled, you have to think about the pressure on the face of the wall at the bottom corner. While 1" flat bar might be sufficient from a load standpoint, it might be wiser to go to 2" to keep it from indenting the drywall as its loaded up. ~90lbs per support isn't out of the question. Don't get tricked into drywall-only anchors purportedly rated for same or greater, as those assume flat artwork with no moment arm holding them out away from the wall...

Great information, this is probably the direction I will go.

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CAMMShaft

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Look in the show us your motorcycle thread. There are a number of people who have done this in small garages.

Good suggestion. I have been through 20 pages this morning and have not seen one yet, but will keep looking. Only 70 more pages to go! :)

If you come across one, please post a link. Thanks!

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