What are your BEST garage organization tips?

Hanging stuff from the ceiling helps too.

 

Really getting things up off the ground and making use of overhead space is a big part of it. Especially if you have to keep non-bike stuff in there as well.

 

Ive got a single car garage. I keep my work bike, dirt bike and race bikes in there.

Utilize all of your wall space. If you can hang and mount odd shaped stuff in the wall, designate an area for those types of shapes. Try and tetris it into fitting into a specific area.

Simple shelving, closets and cabinets are key. Keep what you can off of the floor!

Be mindful of power outlets and such. Ill see if i can get some better pictures up later

 

Im sensing a theme here: get the shit off the floor! haha.. we have 2 R6s, 2 Groms, a 675, an R1, a CRF250, 2 CRF150s, a CRF 450 SM, and a shifter kart to store. Plus tires and spares It's going to be tiiiiight

 

OOO i like that idea.. we could almost stack them if we had something on wheels to move it while we were loading

 

I have big heavy duty shelves. Every race bike (3) gets a 6'x4'x2' shelf unit, no more. I can fit an entire bike into the shelves with room to spare. I am about to get a set of containers to hold all of the fasteners and small fiddly parts instead of Ziploc bags and tubs. The dirt bikes all share a shelf set with the kid's bikes.

It is handy when a bike is fubar to be able to shelve it, literally, while I wait for parts or time. Currently, the bane of my existence in garage organization is takeoffs and the '67 FJ40 landcruiser project that doesn't fit into shelving.

Let me know if someone wants a package deal on an FJ40 project. :/

 

It all starts with a proper work bench.

 

Shelving, cabinets, tables, totes, and an ample amount of toys.

 

No.

The Groms should be in the middle of the garage, encased in glass, with spotlights shining on them.

 

yeah these are good. and the best tip I can think of for a small shop is put everything that is on the floor, on wheels.

i had a small 2-car that was unfinished inside for the longest. open rafters above was great for storage. exposed wall studs were also great after adding hundreds of cross 2x4 shelving between them all.

p.s. and lots of tool carts, and keep one of them empty at all times for current projects.

 

What's the deal on the FJ? I miss mine

 

Good God man.

 

Not quite as good as AOD's garage, but close.

 

Put everything you can't hang from the walls (or ceiling) on wheels.

I have several Metro shelving units I can roll around the shop whenever I need floor space in a particular area.

 

The 450 probably takes up the most space. Tall.

Groms and R6's on the ground (groms under a shelf). 250 on top of the groms.

I bet you could hang the 150s from the rafters with ratchet straps and teamwork.

 

Whenever these threads come up I just wait for Eddie to come in and make everyone envious, including myself.

 

I am building hinged work bench space with folding legs and lockouts. Makes putting a bike under a 4' work bench easy.

 

Hey Bo Carp.... Put up a Pic and Kill this thread!!!, LOL