Yup, you read the title correct. I'm building me a shed! Nope, ballhawk3 isn't on drugs or drunk fellas, i'm building me a shed.
After of being tired of not having my bike at home due to theft, i've decieded to build a shed and bring my bike home. Right now my bike stays at my friends house, he's always busy though working two jobs and having a family. I stay at an apartment..where theft is high even though its a gated garage. Bascially its one big shared garage with a gate, where u need a clicker or key to get in, and to get out, you just roll up and it opens. Everyone gets 2 spaces of parking, one right in back of each other and already, i've had my car stolen. Yup security is doing there job!
Anyway, i'm gonna build the shed to take up 1 parking space, while either my brother or dad park there car in back of it. Haven't measured anything yet but i have funds of about 250 from home depot in a giftcertificate i traded for to my friend for my helmet. So haven't done measure meants yet, but bascially its gonna be a bid wider and longer than a sedan (one parking space). Gonna want it to be high enough for me to walk in and maybe do some work. Be nice to fit two bikes in there on stands but dunno if that will be possible, and maybe some hooks to carry tries. Been nice if i can make something inside to chain my bike down just in case! A source of power would be nice, maybe for a lil light, maybe i can do something with a car battery. It would be funny to if i can figure out a way to wire a shock sensor/alarm so if someone gets rough with the shed, its gonna go off like a car! Gonna have to build a small ramp so i can roll the bike in and out of the shed.
Hehe, anyway as u can tell i'm real excited to start this off, i can barely contain myself! I like building shit. Most likely i'll prob be going to home depot today to buy some wood and other stuff needed. Wanna get started asap, but prob be doing it on my days off...either saturday afternoon and all of sunday. I only work in the mornnings from 5 am to 9-10am...so maybe i can start in the afternoons on the weekdays. Dunno how long it will take. So far i got a friend helping me who built a shed for his bike, which is pretty big, fits two bikes, holds a lot of shit like tools and he can work inside of it. Lyte is prob gonna come down to help too. Its gonna be interesting and i think a good post up with the before and after pictures. If anyone in so cal wants to come down and help, be my guest! Think it would be cool if i got people from gsxr.com and sfvbikenight to paint the outside. Just go crazy with painting doing whatever we want or maybe slappin on stickers and posters and whore out the shed..haha.
Anyway i think its a great idea to protect my bike cause there will always be a car parked in back of it, so if they get it open, they wouldn't be able to get it out. Plus my neighbors cars parked on the side so it will be blocked in from all sides. Don't think they gonna try choppin' it down, the fact my bike alarm will be armed not to mention the cars around going off cause of all the noise, the only thing i can think about is them trying to un-screw the hinges, but still, how would they take the bike out being blocked by cars around. I'll be posting pics when i get started....yea i know there aren't none so before you guys start saying :needpics: i'll go out in a bit and post up a pic of the empty parking spaces! Oh yea, any advice suggestions would be nice too. They are all welcomed.
One more thing, now can i forget, but :2hard :thefinger :fu: thieves!!!!!
After of being tired of not having my bike at home due to theft, i've decieded to build a shed and bring my bike home. Right now my bike stays at my friends house, he's always busy though working two jobs and having a family. I stay at an apartment..where theft is high even though its a gated garage. Bascially its one big shared garage with a gate, where u need a clicker or key to get in, and to get out, you just roll up and it opens. Everyone gets 2 spaces of parking, one right in back of each other and already, i've had my car stolen. Yup security is doing there job!
Anyway, i'm gonna build the shed to take up 1 parking space, while either my brother or dad park there car in back of it. Haven't measured anything yet but i have funds of about 250 from home depot in a giftcertificate i traded for to my friend for my helmet. So haven't done measure meants yet, but bascially its gonna be a bid wider and longer than a sedan (one parking space). Gonna want it to be high enough for me to walk in and maybe do some work. Be nice to fit two bikes in there on stands but dunno if that will be possible, and maybe some hooks to carry tries. Been nice if i can make something inside to chain my bike down just in case! A source of power would be nice, maybe for a lil light, maybe i can do something with a car battery. It would be funny to if i can figure out a way to wire a shock sensor/alarm so if someone gets rough with the shed, its gonna go off like a car! Gonna have to build a small ramp so i can roll the bike in and out of the shed.
Hehe, anyway as u can tell i'm real excited to start this off, i can barely contain myself! I like building shit. Most likely i'll prob be going to home depot today to buy some wood and other stuff needed. Wanna get started asap, but prob be doing it on my days off...either saturday afternoon and all of sunday. I only work in the mornnings from 5 am to 9-10am...so maybe i can start in the afternoons on the weekdays. Dunno how long it will take. So far i got a friend helping me who built a shed for his bike, which is pretty big, fits two bikes, holds a lot of shit like tools and he can work inside of it. Lyte is prob gonna come down to help too. Its gonna be interesting and i think a good post up with the before and after pictures. If anyone in so cal wants to come down and help, be my guest! Think it would be cool if i got people from gsxr.com and sfvbikenight to paint the outside. Just go crazy with painting doing whatever we want or maybe slappin on stickers and posters and whore out the shed..haha.
Anyway i think its a great idea to protect my bike cause there will always be a car parked in back of it, so if they get it open, they wouldn't be able to get it out. Plus my neighbors cars parked on the side so it will be blocked in from all sides. Don't think they gonna try choppin' it down, the fact my bike alarm will be armed not to mention the cars around going off cause of all the noise, the only thing i can think about is them trying to un-screw the hinges, but still, how would they take the bike out being blocked by cars around. I'll be posting pics when i get started....yea i know there aren't none so before you guys start saying :needpics: i'll go out in a bit and post up a pic of the empty parking spaces! Oh yea, any advice suggestions would be nice too. They are all welcomed.
One more thing, now can i forget, but :2hard :thefinger :fu: thieves!!!!!