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I'd like to ask how you can move and park a big motorcycle like a
Road King in a garage (mine is 275 in depth and 105 in large).
Does Somebody use special accessories (slider, dolly, platform)
for to drive the bike to his place? In Milan, rent a garage is very
expensive and I want avoid to do that...but I want also avoid to
damage my Road King...
 
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Just ride it into place.....or sit on it and move it around....they do make dollys you can buy...but i think they would be a pain to use everyday...
 
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You could put it on a lift and roll it around that way
 
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I use a jack with wheels to turn mine around and push it up against the wall.
 
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Can't you just back it in?????
 
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Originally Posted by Emanuele11
I'd like to ask how you can move and park a big motorcycle like a
Road King in a garage (mine is 275 in depth and 105 in large).
Does Somebody use special accessories (slider, dolly, platform)
for to drive the bike to his place? In Milan, rent a garage is very
expensive and I want avoid to do that...but I want also avoid to
damage my Road King...
I'd get a motorcycle jack and move it against the wall with the bike on the jack. Takes up less room that way sitting on the jack as well.
 
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Old 01-13-2010, 10:32 AM
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Sounds like he is in Italy.. and his measurements are metric. Small garage by our standards....
 
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Default Moving bike around garage

I have a cycle slider for my garage. It is a small 2 car garage but I fit by bike and two cars in there with the help of the cycle slider. There are cheaper ones out there but I have found there is no bow in the middle of this one like I've seen on some others. I set it on the floor, set the brakes, and roll off. I leave it there and when I return I ride up on it and put the kickstand down and leave it in gear. Un-do the brakes and roll the cycle slider and bike up against the wall. I even screwed down some angle iron to the floor so I push the slider up to the angle iron and it's in the same place every time without any danger of hitting the wall. It works great and really gets it up to the wall without having to manuver the bike all around to get it where you want it.
Check then out.
http://www.cycleslider.com/
 
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Well if you measurements are in inches that comes out to 23 ft x 8 ft, and that seems to be what you wrote. I store mine in a 8X16 with no trouble at all. Just make sure you have a nice tapered ramp into the shed unless you are on a flat ground level. You don't want to back out to fast or the 800 lbs will be a surprise if your foot slips. Read that as gravity will not be your friend.........
 
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