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| daz | | Zeus |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,731 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 22 Sep 2015 - 19:27 Post title : I may have to sell my bike....but.... | | | Maybe theres a way to keep from doing so. The subletter of my place is moving and it looks like the only places i can find that i can afford aside from apartments which i flat out refuse to live in are guest houses like i am in now. Problem is none of them seem to have garage parking or even a car port, just street. So i have one option....finding a covered place to park it resonably cheap and not too far away.
The reason i posted is to find out what you guys know about storage places. They seem expensive even for a small area. Does anyone else do this or have any ideas about places that rent for storage or for the purpose of housing a vehicle. Just looking for any advice/ideas you may have because if there are no reasonable options like this i will be selling the bike within a month or 2. I was hoping to keep it till i die if i could, now it looks like unless i die soon that ain't likely to happen.
| 2010 Blue/White Thunderbird, "Brutus". 1700 kit, short tors, gutted cat, UNI filter, filter seal off, custom tune. Brutus in his native habitat: Link
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| zolti | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 23/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,127 | | Location | : | newcastle , United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 22 Sep 2015 - 19:32 Post title : Re: I may have to sell my bike....but.... (Re: daz) | | | try an ad in the local paper or in local shops, ask around - garage wanted. sometimes older people have empty sheds or garages and might rent a space for "cents" .
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| Hornet | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 05/05/2013 | | Posts | : | 1,294 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 22 Sep 2015 - 19:55 Post title : Re: I may have to sell my bike....but.... (Re: zolti) | | | Agree, there are bike shops, and car builders ,classic cars etc. that have rental/storage spaces.
It would be a hassle, but not having a bike is a damn hassle!
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| edmontonstorm | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/09/2014 | | Posts | : | 1,054 | | Location | : | Alberta, Canada |
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| | Posted : 22 Sep 2015 - 20:00 Post title : Re: I may have to sell my bike....but.... (Re: Hornet) | | | Gee Daz there has to be something you could find. its amazing as said how many people have 1 car in a 2 car garage or something of the sort, a quick walkabout in the area your in or a new one and knocking on a few doors to find out should be easy enough on a nice day, would be a shame to see all that knowledge you have been putting together and not to mention your ride be lost.
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| VABird | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 28/09/2014 | | Posts | : | 1,373 | | Location | : | BEDFORD, Virginia, United States |
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| | Posted : 22 Sep 2015 - 20:09 Post title : Re: I may have to sell my bike....but.... (Re: edmontonstorm) | | | seems like a 10' X 10' self storage unit wouldn't be too costly.
| The ride may be fun, but in the Great Scheme of things, it really is about the destination! John 3:16 
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| PES | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 03/01/2009 | | Posts | : | 927 | | Location | : | Tulsa, OK, United States |
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| | Posted : 22 Sep 2015 - 21:24 Post title : Re: I may have to sell my bike....but.... (Re: daz) | | | That sucks. To have a bike over 5 years and have it tricked out just the way you want it and have to sell because of parking issues. I hope you can find some local storage, Daz.
| "Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul."-author unknown
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| madi05 | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 10/08/2015 | | Posts | : | 75 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 22 Sep 2015 - 23:05 Post title : Re: I may have to sell my bike....but.... (Re: PES) | | | where do u live | im in nc i have space u can keep it easy in and out , no charge other than i may still some stuff on your bike lol
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| daz | | Zeus | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,731 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 22 Sep 2015 - 23:09 Post title : Re: I may have to sell my bike....but.... (Re: madi05) | | | Ha ha....that would be a heck of a trick...live in so cal, park the bike 3000 miles away. 
Well, thanks all. I guess i just have to look but so far the $ is just too much considering there will be many months out of the year i wouldn't ride it. Just have to see where i end up first i guess, then if i'm out of luck i'll have to leave it on the street at least long enough to get it sold.
| 2010 Blue/White Thunderbird, "Brutus". 1700 kit, short tors, gutted cat, UNI filter, filter seal off, custom tune. Brutus in his native habitat: Link
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| rabbi | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 28/02/2012 | | Posts | : | 926 | | Location | : | Geelong, Victoria, Australia |
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| | Posted : 23 Sep 2015 - 00:09 Post title : Re: I may have to sell my bike....but.... (Re: daz) | | |
| "Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably why so few people engage in it"
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| Daycruiser | | Chaac | | | Reg. Date | : | 08/11/2011 | | Posts | : | 704 | | Location | : | Garner, NC, United States |
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| | Posted : 23 Sep 2015 - 01:13 Post title : Re: I may have to sell my bike....but.... (Re: daz) | | | daz wrote:
Ha ha....that would be a heck of a trick...live in so cal, park the bike 3000 miles away.
Well, thanks all. I guess i just have to look but so far the $ is just too much considering there will be many months out of the year i wouldn't ride it. Just have to see where i end up first i guess, then if i'm out of luck i'll have to leave it on the street at least long enough to get it sold. |
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Dale, maybe this is a sign it's time for you to leave that Hell Hole like I did 11 years ago. Plenty of reasonable living and parking outside of CA.
| | Post edited by Daycruiser on 23 Sep 2015 - 01:14 |
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| daz | | Zeus | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,731 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 23 Sep 2015 - 01:48 Post title : Re: I may have to sell my bike....but.... (Re: Daycruiser) | | | I can't. My family and friends are here and they're more important than that.
| 2010 Blue/White Thunderbird, "Brutus". 1700 kit, short tors, gutted cat, UNI filter, filter seal off, custom tune. Brutus in his native habitat: Link
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| AZCactus | | Taranis | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 01/05/2013 | | Posts | : | 4,540 | | Location | : | AZ |
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| | Posted : 23 Sep 2015 - 02:03 Post title : Re: I may have to sell my bike....but.... (Re: daz) | | | Here's another option. Walk into some local biker bar, zero in on some Harley chic, strike a match and then quietly tell her...I ride a Triumph! Dude, u'd been in like flynn (thank me later).
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| daz | | Zeus | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,731 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 23 Sep 2015 - 02:08 Post title : Re: I may have to sell my bike....but.... (Re: AZCactus) | | | Haha...Rich, you been watching too many movies !
| 2010 Blue/White Thunderbird, "Brutus". 1700 kit, short tors, gutted cat, UNI filter, filter seal off, custom tune. Brutus in his native habitat: Link
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| AZCactus | | Taranis | | | | Reg. Date | : | 01/05/2013 | | Posts | : | 4,540 | | Location | : | AZ |
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| | Posted : 23 Sep 2015 - 02:19 Post title : Re: I may have to sell my bike....but.... (Re: daz) | | | Good Luck Dale, it'll work out.
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| daz | | Zeus | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,731 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 23 Sep 2015 - 02:27 Post title : Re: I may have to sell my bike....but.... (Re: AZCactus) | | | Thanks, i hope so. I don't know what I'd do with myself if the bird was gone. It's the one thing that keeps me sane when i need some sort of anti depressant, something i tend to need more and more as i get old.
| 2010 Blue/White Thunderbird, "Brutus". 1700 kit, short tors, gutted cat, UNI filter, filter seal off, custom tune. Brutus in his native habitat: Link
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| AZCactus | | Taranis | | | | Reg. Date | : | 01/05/2013 | | Posts | : | 4,540 | | Location | : | AZ |
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| | Posted : 23 Sep 2015 - 03:08 Post title : Re: I may have to sell my bike....but.... (Re: daz) | | | ...consider a ride for a couple days to clear the mind; it'll do ya well (for me, Laughlin this weekend)!
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| Buford | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 22/07/2012 | | Posts | : | 80 | | Location | : | Horsham, PA, United States |
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| | Posted : 23 Sep 2015 - 03:38 Post title : Re: I may have to sell my bike....but.... (Re: daz) | | | Daz, check this out. I got my tbird 3 years ago. I don't have a garage. I found this and it is fantastic. Keeps it on a raised platform off the ground and flips open and closed real easy. Cost 375 at the time. Cycleshell.com
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| daz | | Zeus | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,731 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 23 Sep 2015 - 04:19 Post title : Re: I may have to sell my bike....but.... (Re: Buford) | | | Thanks, but thats not something i'd want for any number of reasons. For one, I need to have a permanent garage type structure and preferably with room to do at least the normal maintenance or i can't afford the bike in the first place. I put a tire on it and the labor is $30 having them just put the tire on the rim. If they did the whole job, IE remove the wheel and reinstall it they charge a fortune. I can't afford the maintenance on this bike unless i do it myself.
| 2010 Blue/White Thunderbird, "Brutus". 1700 kit, short tors, gutted cat, UNI filter, filter seal off, custom tune. Brutus in his native habitat: Link
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| Linkdog | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 10/02/2011 | | Posts | : | 3,002 | | Location | : | Groveland, FL., United States |
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| | Posted : 23 Sep 2015 - 04:50 Post title : Re: I may have to sell my bike....but.... (Re: daz) | | |
daz wrote:
I can't. My family and friends are here and they're more important than that. |
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Do they not have a 3'x8' space you can use for a while
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| daz | | Zeus | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,731 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 23 Sep 2015 - 05:52 Post title : Re: I may have to sell my bike....but.... (Re: Linkdog) | | | Not really, i already thought of that. Theres one possibility but it would be a lot of trouble and i wouldn't put them in the awkward position of having to say no if it were too much.
| 2010 Blue/White Thunderbird, "Brutus". 1700 kit, short tors, gutted cat, UNI filter, filter seal off, custom tune. Brutus in his native habitat: Link
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| Tal | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 30/01/2015 | | Posts | : | 1,074 | | Location | : | Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand |
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| | Posted : 23 Sep 2015 - 07:19 Post title : Re: I may have to sell my bike....but.... (Re: daz) | | | You have some tough choices to make brutha.....i hope the solution dosnt come to you after you sell your baby.....take your time and beat the feet around your area and ask the question....you just never know what may surface...dont give up...cheers
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| Swagger | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 15/04/2012 | | Posts | : | 1,103 | | Location | : | United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 23 Sep 2015 - 08:30 Post title : Re: I may have to sell my bike....but.... (Re: daz) | | | Stay positive Daz. We keep being told that from change comes opportunity ... albeit with a bit of risk perhaps. Supposedly it's the spice of life ... I'd not go that far but you kinda know what they mean. I'm the last person on this planet to offer or give useful or meaningful advice but I do know that strength of character, honesty, kindness and willingness are great attributes that help enormously when the going gets tough. Luck m8. Keep us posted.
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| satch1961 | | Chaac | | | Reg. Date | : | 27/09/2013 | | Posts | : | 583 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 24 Sep 2015 - 14:58 Post title : Re: I may have to sell my bike....but.... (Re: daz) | | | Yikes. A head-scratcher for sure. Storage spaces are not cheap unfortunately. In places like NY/NJ and CA you can pay over $100 per month for a small unit. Our bikes our almost 100" in length so you will have to overpay to get the 9' length you need AND you have to find a unit in walking distance. Sheesh. But sometimes an outdoor unit that is not air conditioned will be substantially cheaper.
Good luck. I know you love your bike and it will work out
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 26 Sep 2015 - 21:10 Post title : Re: I may have to sell my bike....but.... (Re: satch1961) | | | That would be a crime for you to have to get rid of your Tbird for the sake of a couple of sq meters. I guess that is one of the shitty things with having to live in a major city.
Although I have never come across that problem I did leave myself short of a place to keep my bike last year when I rented off the very place I kept it. I have no garage at home but have space to house a couple of hundred bikes - and managed to evict myself from it. Luckily I had room to build a bike house and as a friend of mine has the same problem I let him keep his there too ( rent free of course ). I would have extended that offer to you if you ever felt the need to move to Yorkshire.
I really hope you find the right place for yourself and your loved one.
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| daz | | Zeus | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,731 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 27 Sep 2015 - 00:59 Post title : Re: I may have to sell my bike....but.... (Re: mat1600) | | | With the cost of living in California it might just be cheaper to move to Yorkshire and take advantage of that offer Mat.
| 2010 Blue/White Thunderbird, "Brutus". 1700 kit, short tors, gutted cat, UNI filter, filter seal off, custom tune. Brutus in his native habitat: Link
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| KingOfFleece | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 30/09/2009 | | Posts | : | 304 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 27 Sep 2015 - 01:38 Post title : Re: I may have to sell my bike....but.... (Re: daz) | | | A bit to much here. Find anywhere to store the bike-several have offered if I read right-and pick it up when things change.
Heck, bring it to Buffalo and I'll store it.
It always works out.
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| Bender | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 26/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 686 | | Location | : | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia |
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| | Posted : 28 Sep 2015 - 02:56 Post title : Re: I may have to sell my bike....but.... (Re: KingOfFleece) | | | can you find a room with street access and keep your bike in the room with you
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| Swagger | | Jupiter | | | | Reg. Date | : | 15/04/2012 | | Posts | : | 1,103 | | Location | : | United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 28 Sep 2015 - 09:41 Post title : Re: I may have to sell my bike....but.... (Re: Bender) | | |
| Bender wrote: ... can you find a room with street access and keep your bike in the room with you ... |
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You're talking about the perfect environment for a man to live in ... I always wanted to live in a garage with my vehicles ever since I saw Vegas with Robert Urich. He had a Thunderbird although it was a car!
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