@cb Helping by not actively making more mess.

@just-jeepin The best thing with Oppo meet pics, is the eclecticism of the car choices.

@jawzx2 lol counting sheep before going to bed.

@miss-mercedes And after this you'll just need a Phaeton to complete the trifecta.

Incase you haven't gathered by my post title I bought a second motorcycle, a 2013 Honda CB500X ABS. Now for those of you who don't know, I'd been looking for a second bike for a few reasons;

• We have three riders at home (me, my dad, and my brother) and only have two bikes, so the math doesn't work out there.

• My 250cc 2009 Kawasaki Super Sherpa can't keep up with my dad's 673cc 1982 Suzuki GS650E

• While my Super Sherpa is a good dirt bike and can do highway speed (120kmh Vmax). It has no fairing, limited fuel range (240km), and no speed reserve for passing or emergency maneuvers. So I had been wanting something more touring capable.

The CB500X was on my list of potential bikes, this example popped up on Kijiji with 4500km priced at $5000, initially I was uninterested because of the black/grey colorway, it had no Honda accessories or aftermarket equipment, and was located in Prince Albert (140km from Saskatoon). Then on Sunday May 30th it was a perfect day for a motorcycle ride, so I planned to go for a ride with my dad later in the afternoon, but then at 12pm my brother asked to ride my bike so I said yes, well he was gone for four hours this delaying my ride. So I think to myself, can't let that happen again need to get another bike sooner than later. I check Kijiji again and the price has been dropped to $4300 which makes it the cheapest CB500X on Canada I've seen this year. I contacted the seller and arranged to meet Saturday.
So this morning I loaded my ramps into the truck and set off. Meeting the seller in an abandoned industrial park in Prince Albert, I checked to see if I actually fit on the bike. (830mm seat height identical to my Super Sherpa, with stiffer suspension but I can get the balls of both feet on the ground, reach to the handle bar is good, the foot controls are too big for my feet) I then test ride the bike around the block to confirm it was mechanically as stated. Talking with the seller I find he works at the Honda dealer, the bike was maintained at the dealer exclusively, there was two people who test ride the bike already and another was booked after me if I didn't buy the bike.
I was happy with how the bike fit me and how it ride and the price being asked so I bought and loaded it into my truck. I got it home, and after the temperature went down me and my dad decided to go for a ride, of course it started raining then hailing while we were getting ready so we waited the 15mins for the weather to subside. We set out to put the bike through its paces, and two hours later I couldn't be happier.
This bike is going to fit my needs perfectly, it can get to highway speed quickly and will keep going if needed. The clutch pull is light, smooth, and linear, making it easy to leave stops. The engine offers 75% of available torque from 2500rpm, and doesn't care what gear it's in. Engine is quiet at low rpms and produces a nice bark at high rpm. The mirrors are huge and don't show any vibration. This bike should have a theoretical max fuel range of 500km which is well more than I would ever need in one sitting.
The suspension does have adequate travel, but the components are cheap. The windscreen is a bit too small. The tires may be a problem the front is the original Pirelli Scorpion Trail doesn't seem well suited to gravel roads, the rear is a 2015 date code Metzeler Tourance Next seems to have poor wet road grip and terrible gravel performance.

@mastermario Oh no a 4 door coupe chassis cab. This trend has gone too far.

TL/DR: Made a shed. Put motorcycles in it.

I had last week off from work, it would turn out to not be a relaxing week as on Sunday I thought I would move my motorcycles so that the area where they are parked could be re-graded as the bikes were covered in mud from the heavy rains we've had recently and the bikes were sitting in a low spot. In a classic case of scope creep I needed to clean up 3 bags of pine needles, spray an ant colony, re-grade the area, then dig a drainage ditch so the water could run away from the bikes.

My Dad came out to look at the drainage ditch I made, he suggested we put up a 6x6 storage shelter for the motorcycles because it would better to store the 3 bikes inside over the winter, I commented that those tents are not very durable so it was quickly agreed that a proper shed would be better.
While researching the different shed companies, I realized that none of our bikes fit into the 6 foot bed of my truck with the tailgate up so a 6x6 shed won't be big enough. So with some measurements we found a 8x6 shed was the biggest we could fit in the space we have.
The shed is going to need to be placed on a pad so it doesn't shift around. I went to buy concrete patio stones, after loading them in the truck I realized I should have done a better job distributing the weight. When I got the concrete home and unloaded, I did the math on how much these blocks weighed, the small blocks weighing 96lbs each and the large blocks 120lbs each for a total of 1344lbs! a good bit over the 1200lbs payload on the Ranger, oops. The next day I calculated we would need a half yard of base gravel, a full yard of base gravel should weigh 2200lbs, so a half yard should weigh 1100lbs well within the capabilities of the Ranger. So I drive to one of the local gravel companies pay $23 and get an alleged "half yard" dumped in to the bed of the Ranger and watch as the suspension sags, driving home it feels heavier than the concrete did. We had to re-grade the area again to accommodate the larger footprint, then made a 8x7 foot frame out of 1x4 boards, which we filled with 2 inches of gravel leveled off, then put the 2 inch concrete blocks on top for a sturdy level pad.

Off I go to purchase the shed, after paying I'm told they'll use the forklift to pallet load it into my truck, I know the box weighs 300lbs so great right‽ nope because standard width pallets won't fit in a Ranger, it took me and 2 employees to get the 2! boxes into the bed at a crooked angle.
The shed is made by Keter and is corrugated vinyl. it only took my Dad and I 4.5 hours to build it.

We put my CB500X and Super Sherpa in it with little effort but it is going to take some creativity to get my Dad's Suzuki in for winter storage. Definitely going to need a center stand for the Honda, maybe something for the dirt bike aswell. part of the difficulty being that the door of the shed is on the long side, so the bike have to be turned 90° after getting them in the shed.
If anyone has ideas on how to achieve this, I'd like to hear them. Maybe our experts of too many motos in too little space @Peter_Black @Miss-Mercedes have some solutions.

Sold it in November.

@highlander A "sovereign citizen" calling the police, a government service. I don't think it works like that.

@jminer Suzuki SX4, Volvo S60/V60 cross country.

@gibbsemphasis Pistons make great paper weights. Coil-on-plug boots make great ergonomic pen handles.

@carsoffortlangley If you can sell it for more than you bought go ahead, else it would be better to keep it for a year or two.

@musashi66 We have the Lansky system worked wonders on our camp knives.

@peter_black It's a 8x6 that is the biggest that will fit in the space.

@nauraushaun Maserati Gran Turismo Targa

@nauraushaun Happy birthday.

@musashi66 might work for 1 bike.

@atfsgeoff Some how the most fuel efficient trip I've ever had in the Ranger was also the trip where I hit the fastest top speed I've done in the Ranger.

@pip-bip Let me guess in a bathroom, to serve as legally required ventilation.