Riding Gear Storage

[noahnsteph]

Has anyone ever seen or perhaps built a stand or rack to store all their gear?  I'm getting tired of all my gear laying around cluttering up my man cave.  My thoughts are to design a stand with a coat rack of some sort for my jackets with some stands of some sort on top for the helmets and shelf at the bottom for boots. I'm just starting the thought process so if anyone has any ideas let's hear them.  I've tried searching the internet for any such product already being sold but so far I'm coming up empty handed. How and where do you guys store all or your riding crap?

[ariwhiteboy]

I usually just lay mine on the guest bed when I get home until the next morning when I put it on again.

[skramer360]

I leave my helmet in the garage with my ride. I built a little box that hangs on the wall to put it in. I hang all the jackets in the coat closet. I need to get rid of some of the coats. 

[noahnsteph]

Right now I'm up to 3 helmets, 2 jackets, armored leather riding pants, gloves and some boots. I'm taking up over half the front hall closet on the rare occasions I pick it all up from scattered around the cave.   Of course this doesn't include my son's jacket and helmet and the jacket I'll eventually get for Steph once I get her to ride with me outside of the state park while camping.  Wrecking the Nighthawk last week probably isn't helping my cause there.  If I ever get around to building my dream storage rack then I'll have to figure out where in the heck to put it. It'd be nice to keep it inside rather than the garage which isn't heated.

[Bumblebee]

Why look for a prepackaged generic product that likely cost $200+ and takes up half your garage or falls over or breaks the first time you use it? What you're looking for is rather inexpensive and already readily available at your local hardware store in the build it yourself department and comes in any colors you want. It fits perfectly in whatever space you have available and will mount on the wall or retract up into the ceiling if you so desire. The variations are limited only by your imagination.

1x2's for structure, a dowel, a sheet of thin plywood and some drywall screws (black coarse thread is best) will do nicely.
Do something original and not boring. Put the jacket/pants next to the boots/helmet/gloves/visors/earplugs/keys, not in some silly obelisk design that goes to the ceiling. It's smaller, well organized, you don't need a ladder to get your helmet down and it even has a convenient shelf on top.
My variation is built into a storage area and has velcro straps across the openings and stop blocks to keep stuff from flying all over when I stomp on the brakes or go down hills. Total cost was something like $10.

[noahnsteph]

Yeah, I'm thinking I'll go wander around the storage/shelving dept at Menards this weekend and build something myself. I may do a combination of laminated MDF side walls with the holes pre-drilled for shelve pegs and some wire rack shelves for gloves, helmets and boots with a closet rod going across to hang my jackets on hangers to reduce stress on the jackets.

The big challenge will be finding an open space of wall anywhere in my basement or garage to put it on.   If I only had that addition for the wife's sewing room with a nice heated work space underneath for me and my bikes.    One of these days, one of these days.

[Bumblebee]

Storage and shelving departments are ok for what they are however the raw lumber section of the place has the most options and better quality for way less $$.

[ariwhiteboy]

This is pretty cool. Pricey though.

[Burgi]

I have an old cabinet that I bought to use as a pantry in an apartment I was living in years ago that over time made it's way out to the garage. The top two shelves are perfect size to hold 2 helmets each.
The next shelf has baskets with gloves, neck warmers, etc. The lower two shelves have rags, cleaning supplies and other misc. motorcycle junk.
Jackets are inside in the main coat closet but since we don't have much in the way of coats here there is plenty of room for them.

[bajakirch]

You might try trolling some flea markets and furniture resale shops to see if you can find an old armoire. Basically a movable closet on legs. Might be more than you're looking to spend, though, unless you like refinishing furniture.

Another option would be a cheap metal wardrobe cabinet. Probably less than $75, but they're not all that stylish.

[Soupskin]

Hang chains from the ceiling and put a 2" dowel between.