These guys are way out to lunch, I checked them, they are more expensive than others.
Winter storage nightmare
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What others? It sounds like they are right in the ballpark with budds. I expect that as with most things, the big fancy dealership is not the budget option. Bob with a barn will always beat them on price but the flipside it you hope bob hasn't tossed you bike into a container and you will never see it again.
Just a thought, maybe start at $400/ bike and offer referral discounts. Refer a person, save $25 up to 4 or 6 ppl.
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Why would the bank or a landlord hold MY bike hostage because the storage guy didn't pay his rent/mortgage? They can't do that. The bikes are not the storage guy's property. I would go with a baseball bat and retrieve my bike from any bank that did this, by the time they called the cops I would be in my living room eating milk & cornflakes. What are the cops going to do, charge me with stealing my own bike?
Hack
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Well maybe he would but it would go very poorly for him. Assault/threatening charges to start and up from there depending on how many bad decisions were made
Peggy, the bank/landlord will not permanently hold your bike nor sell your bike but there is a process to get it out. You need to prove that it is yours and then arrange a time to get it. You dont get to dictate the pace.
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Aens
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There was actually a very recent example of this. Ranchman's seized memorabilia returning to owners
It took 1 week in the news cycle for the bank to release the heirlooms. For something like motorcycles, I doubt it'll even make the local newpaper. You'll be fighting with the bank to prove that the owner of the property doesn't own your bike too. The kind of fight that is fought in paperwork and legal maneuvers and not common sense.
You're quite the Keyboard Commando Peggy. I'd sure like to be a fly on the wall when you show up at a bank with a baseball bat and start threatening people. 
And I'm not sure how you think some random teller at some random bank branch is going to somehow be able to fast track the release of your motorcycle.
They can probably fast track you to a holding cell, however. And some nice criminal charges.
And I'm not sure how you think some random teller at some random bank branch is going to somehow be able to fast track the release of your motorcycle.
They can probably fast track you to a holding cell, however. And some nice criminal charges.
Might need to take a break from all the Vin Diesel movies and Grand Theft Auto V if you think this is how real life works...
Just sayin'...
This happened in the last 10 years, with motorcycles in the GTA. A shop went out of business (Envy Rides) they had some bikes in service and others in storage. People got their bikes back, but it was a big headache. It's not necessarily that they're trying to claim your property - but the doors get locked so the valuable stuff that belongs to the creditors doesn't grow legs and walk out the door.
Plus there have been a handful of cases of stuff like McBrides, Cycle World West, Kahuna closing their doors - they had bikes in the service department that would have had similar problems.
I think straight storage should be quick with an ownership. It gets complicated if the shop did some work or has an outstanding balance. At that point, they need to ensure that the money is collected for the receiver prior to releasing the bike. A shop on it's way out probably doesnt have the best record keeping so that may take them a while to ensure you get billed properly and have no balance prior to the release.
Oh yes I would. I had this punk kid steal my son's scooter from my frontyard and when I went to ask his trashy welfare parents nicely for it they told me that they bought it for him and that my son's scooter "wasn't the only one that the factory built". I walked right into their townhouse and grabbed my son's scooter from their livingroom and challenged them to call the cops and that I would wait for them next door.
That was a quick end.
Hack
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Pretty sure I know what dealer you’re talking about, but they only do that in the summer AFAIK. Winter storage bikes don’t move.
I’ve still seem people freak out about their bike being “left out in the rain” or whatever at a dealership / shop, but these people don’t seem to understand that motorcycles are designed to get wet.
I don't care about it getting wet. Pushing it around twice a day really increases the odds of a ding or tipover though. If I am paying to store it somewhere, I would want it parked and left alone (unless they moved it to do a service I requested).
I haven't seen a dealer that did that much of a shuffle in the winter. In the summer, the bikes awaiting repair or pickup sometime occupy the service bay overnight.
I always photo document the heck out of anything at the point of drop off when I leave it somewhere out of my control like this.
If there’s damage at pickup that wasn’t there at drop off, well, we’ve got a problem, and I’ve got proof it wasn’t my fault. They can pay.
If there’s damage at pickup that wasn’t there at drop off, well, we’ve got a problem, and I’ve got proof it wasn’t my fault. They can pay.
Relax
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They may be designed to be ridden wet, but they need to be dried off to prevent corrosion. I doubt they're doing that at all. Imagine picking up your bike up for the new season only to find rust everywhere.
