Cager parking behavior

[Bustanut joker]

A 5" steel awl works wonders to discourage this practice.
Just saying'.....

Or a well place foot on a couple of valve stems

:jester:

 

[otrfjr]

Actually, yeah, I forgot to mention that there isn't any designated motorcycle parking spaces in the lot I use. That might be an excellent suggestion for the powers that be.

 

[ShinyPartsUp]

There are cycle parking spaces on campus where I work, but not near the building where my office is located. I just hog up an entire cage spot. I usually back in and then pull forward enough so that no one thinks my spot is empty and tries to pull in. When I go to the office I normally get there pretty early so I get a premium space near the door. Later in the morning the lot gets full and late comers have to park in other lots and walk a couple hundred yards. I never had anyone complain about me hogging up a space.

My situation and style exactly.

 

[Harald]

How about ***** biker parking behavior?

I work for an enlightened company that provides motorcycle parking spots throughout our parking lot. There's one particular #@%!!! Jerk Goldwing rider that likes to pull right next to you and then put the bike on the sidestand so it's almost touching your bike. That forces you to duck walk your bike out while leaned over because you can't stand it straight up without hitting his bike. I'm not the only one he's done this to. Another time he pulled his Goldwing in and almost blocked me in a corner. I've had words with him and let's just say that he has no doubts what my opinion of him as a person are. :angry2:

So it's not just cager drivers that can be jerks.

 

[Silver Penguin]

Actually, yeah, I forgot to mention that there isn't any designated motorcycle parking spaces in the lot I use. That might be an excellent suggestion for the powers that be.

BTDT! I work for a large hospital, with 7000+ employees. During a current construction project, parking is at a premium. There is an area surrounding some switch gear, near the entrance to the lot, that is cross hatched, thus implied 'No Parking'. It was unofficially adopted as the motorcycle parking area, except on the days that it was taken by a car. Then there was a clamp down on parking, and I got a warning ticket for leaving my bike there.

At about the same time, there was an article in the hospital rag, about how well the new parking plan was working . Comments were welcomed to Joe Blow, so I called him, asking when they were going to institute designated motorcycle parking. There is no demand for it. (He didn't see the irony in the fact that I was calling about the very subject). No one parks motorcycles in our lot. He wasn't willing to acknowledge our existence. Post-ticketing, we were all taking up a whole space each but Mr JB insisted that there was plenty of parking for all. The argument went around in circles for far too long. I soon recognized the existence of a pemanent recto-cranial inversion so I hung up.

Shortly after that, some cement barriers were moved to give a portion of the employee lot to the public. The barriers were placed far enough apart for an obese pedestrian (or a carefully piloted FJR) to get between them. Prime parking suddenly opened up for the two wheel people who arrive before the visitors.

Now, after my leave of absence, the barriers are gone but there is a designated area for motorcycle parking. You guessed it - the cross hatched area near the entrance.

Jill

 

[FjrVfr]

I see it happen all the time out the windows of our building. Occasionally I'll go out and move the Feej (preferably to the spot on the other side of the offending cage). If I'm lucky some dolt in an SUV comes along and squeezes into the spot I vacated. It's a pain in the *** but worth it.