thanks for the input from all. I can do my wrenching at my parents house (5 min away) and the gf and i are looking at houses but we wouldnt move for another year or two... this was the quickest fix to get the bike at my house.

 

+1......I built the same size shed years ago for lawn equipment storage and it cost about $500 for the materials. I built the entire thing over a weekend. I already had a 2 car garage, so the bike never saw the storage shed.

 

Get one of these. Then when you move, you can take it with you.

http://www.thebikebarn.net/standardmodel.html

 

If you live in a rural area, make sure it's rodent proof. Mice/Rats create havoc with electrical wiring!

 

Absolutely do not use a metal shed!!

 

uhm ... why?

 

I'd also like to know the reason for not using a metal shed. Although I have a two car garage ( unheated), I bought ( used) a 5X10, enclosed V Nose trailer ( $1500). My plan is to use the trailer to get our bike to places we'd like to ride. Work schedules get in the way of driving the bike to those places. Our thought was to have this trailer serve two purposes. To get to places and, for Winter storage as well. It is an all aluminum trailer. I did plan on using some sort of electrical units ( like Goldenrod or? ) to help control moisture build up.

 

My buddy uses a trailer body from an 18 wheeler as a shed. All metal. He has to keep a dehumidifier running or everything winds up with orange surface rust all over it from the condensation in the summer. Guess that's why some say not to use metal sheds.

 

Oftentimes the bike will sweat in the winter inside a metal shed....My brother had no choice, but to put his in a metal shed..The sweat discolored some of the parts on his bike..As temps rise from sun in the winter..The outside of the shed gets warm but the inside is still cold....Thats when the bike has a tendency to sweat..Hope that helps..

 

My Low Rider sat in a metal shed with a dirt floor for 18 months while I was in Okinawa. Maybe they made them better during the AMF years.