Garage storage solutions for motor bike/cycles etc

[VXman]

We will have a Motor Scooter, Motorbike ramp, 2 Cycles, Camping table, chairs, amongst other things. Just wondering what the options are for securing the motor scooter and cycles in particular. all the garage had at the moment are these tie points on the rail on the left. Ideas?

 

[funflair]

You might find that those tie down rails are just on a few wood screws into the furniture board, we have the same in ours but they are stuck and screwed to the floor but I still didn't trust them so I bolted some tie downs through the floor.

 

[Stealaway]

How heavy is the scooter? A front wheel chock and a tiedown from each handlebar pulled down is usually enough

 

[VXman]

Scooters about 85KG. Actually hadn't realised there were tie downs on the left. So yes tieing across would work. Leaves lots of space above though. Can you drill the walls for shelves? Not sure if they are thick enough for making them strong enough.

 

[VXman]

You might find that those tie down rails are just on a few wood screws into the furniture board, we have the same in ours but they are stuck and screwed to the floor but I still didn't trust them so I bolted some tie downs through the floor.

You might be right.

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[RowleyBirkinQC]

What type of scooter do you have at 85kg?

 

[nicholsong]

In our N&B Arto a previous owner had fitted 4 vertical posts from floor to ceiling which allow us to use ratchet straps at whatever height is needed, so we have two push bikes strapped to the forward wall. Can also be used for strapping other loose gear.

We have no scooter so cannot help on that, except for the thought that if the scooter wheels were secure in chocks the upper part could be secured with ratchet straps going to all four posts - just two long ones to two forward and two rear posts.

Geoff

 

[funflair]

The orange straps for the scooter handlebars are the ones going to the fixings through the floor, the right one goes through the garage floor and the left one actually goes through the habitation floor which is the level in the middle of the picture two straps at the back through the garage floor, the bikes are in quick release clamps in a plate on the floor and then the handlebars are touching the wall so just pulled back with bungies.

With having two doors the scooter will come out while the bikes are still in position and the vice versa, the front wheel clamp for the scooter is great as it stands up on its own waiting to be tied down.

 

[VXman]

RowleyBirkinQC

Electric 50cc equivalent - don't have a motorbike licence (yet!)

 

[RowleyBirkinQC]

RowleyBirkinQC

Electric 50cc equivalent - don't have a motorbike licence (yet!)View attachment 476642

Does that weight include the battery?

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[VXman]

Does that weight include the battery?

Yes. Although the battery is easily removable so could be taken out and put inside the van for travel to aid weight distrubution. Actually found somewhere else that says it's 75KG. ???

They do another - the E-Lex that is 70KG

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[BouncyBoatFolk]

Hi, as previously voiced, don't trust the few flimsy screws in the rails provided. I installed some electrical unistrut, this is best fixed using some pronged TEE fixings. You can then add some 6/8mm lifting eyes screwed into some tee nuts in the tracking, [ I made my own from female lifting eyes, and some studding, off the peg they seem a bit short in the length of threaded stem] If you only have one door like us, you can pull the bike up against the far wall with a ratchet strap, then attach another ratchet strap and pull it back in the other direction.This locks it in solid.
Mike

 

[Lucky]

Hi, as previously voiced, don't trust the few flimsy screws in the rails provided. I installed some electrical unistrut, this is best fixed using some pronged TEE fixings. You can then add some 6/8mm lifting eyes screwed into some tee nuts in the tracking, [ I made my own from female lifting eyes, and some studding, off the peg they seem a bit short in the length of threaded stem] If you only have one door like us, you can pull the bike up against the far wall with a ratchet strap, then attach another ratchet strap and pull it back in the other direction.This locks it in solid.
Mike

I like your thinking Mike, although I have a question.

How do you fix Tee nuts to the rear / external wall of the garage without spoiling the outside finish? As I (mis)understood the way Teenuts work, you need to drill through from the outside.

 

[BouncyBoatFolk]

Hi, yes they fix through a panel,luckily I was able to locate the fixings in either a cupboard,or the gas locker, or under the beds, so unseen. You might need to order in specially the thinnest 21mm, unistrut. I'll get a couple of photos if it helps.
Mike

 

[Lucky]

Oh, I see, you secured the rear unistrut to the floor of the bed / ceiling of the garage and not the rear wall.