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This article won the first prize of $25 in the Motorcycle Contest which closed 

 December 30, 1916. Hundreds of ideas were sent in on the repair, upkeep and 

 field of usefulness of the motorcycle. The Popular Science Monthly bought 

 the best ideas and will publish them during the course of the year. — EDITOR. 



ALTHOUGH any kind of a shed will do 

 to house a motorcycle, the portable 

 garage here described possesses many 

 advantages over the simpler type of struc- 

 ture. The initial cost is small, and as the 

 building need not be much larger than 6 by 

 12 ft., it can be put on a small back lot or 

 at the rear of an apartment-house grounds. 

 The cost of the material will, of course, 

 vary in different parts of the country, and 

 the owner will 



save consider- 

 ably if he does 

 the work him- 

 self. The gar- 

 age shown cost, 

 together with 

 paint and hard- 

 ware, about 

 S30; but the 

 owner did the 

 work. From all 

 outside appear- 

 ances, it resem- 

 bles a perma- 

 nent structure, 

 but it can be 

 taken down in 

 about an hour's 

 time. It is 



made in seven very easily adjusted 

 sections, comprising the floor, two sides, 

 two ends and the roof, which is made in 

 halves. The sides and ends are covered 

 with drop-siding, while ordinary boards are 



CONST(?uCT,0N DETAILS 



End and side elevations with floor plan and detail 

 of comer and roof for making a motorcycle garage 



used for the roof which is then covered with 

 roofing paper. One window is provided, 

 and this is hinged at the top so it can be 

 swung up and hooked on the rafter, while 

 the doors, each one of which is 2 ft. wide, 

 swing outward. 



About the first thing to do, after having 

 selected the building site, is to procure six 

 large flat stones and place these as shown, 

 one at each corner and one in the center on 



the sides. A 

 rectangular 

 frame should 

 now be made 

 measuring 6 by 

 12 ft., outside 

 dimensions. 

 This frame is 

 made of 2 by4- 

 in. scantlings 

 and should 

 have two joists 

 running paral- 

 lel with the side 

 members and 

 about 24 in. 

 apart. See that 

 the frame is 

 level and rest- 

 ing on all the 

 stones, which should, of course, be level. 

 Next cover it with the floor boards, which 

 can be plain or matched, the latter making 

 the better job. Trim the flooring flush with 

 the outside of foundation frame, and this 



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