Asgard motorcycle shed review | Secure metal storage tested

Date reviewed: September 2025 | Tested by: John Milbank | Price: £1,765 (RRP) | www.asgardsss.co.uk

The Asgard secure metal motorcycle shed on review here is certified by the LPCB (Loss Prevention Certification Board), and Secured by Design, which is the official Police Security Initiative that forces insist on before recommending any products.

Bennetts (and some other insurance providers) classes Asgard sheds as garaged as long as it’s on your property, so you should enjoy the same benefits and potential discounts of a brick-built garage. Which is as it should be, as getting into one of these is a damned-site harder than opening the average up-and-over door.

I’m lucky enough to have a garage, so why did I want to buy a secure metal motorcycle shed?

My wife’s horse lives in a remote field that’s a quarter of a mile from the nearest house. She needed somewhere safe to store her tack to avoid lugging it in the car every time, and the 5’2” x 9’ motorcycle shed was the ideal size and shape. And more importantly, I knew it’d take a very determined thief a long time and a lot of effort to get into it.

This is my honest, unbiased opinion of the Asgard motorcycle storage shed after building it with my wife, and using it to store a bike in before dragging in the saddles, numnahs and other equine paraphernalia that’ll be kept in there.

As always, this review will be kept updated to show how well the shed wears over time, and to highlight if anything needs repairing or replacing. It might not have a bike in it as I write this, but it’s going to have a more brutal life being exposed on the top of a hill with very little shelter than it would in our garden. And it’s got to deal with my wife, daughter and her friends slamming the doors and generally treating it like, well, a shed. Hopefully I won’t need to update you after an attempted theft, but it’s sitting out in that field to do a job…

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Pros & Cons

Asgard motorcycle shed build quality

Asgard makes sheds right here in the UK in a wide range of sizes, and for various purposes including motorcycle storage, bicycles, caravan parks and just for general garden use. The modular design also means that many of them can be cross-purposed (I’ve since fitted the £99 saddle rack kit and have ordered some extra universal hooks), but different styles do come as standard with their own specific accessories.

All Asgard’s sheds are made of 18 gauge, 1.2mm-thick galvanised steel that’s finished with a powder-coat, so even if it gets chipped it won’t easily rot. This is a very heavy-duty piece of kit, not a cheap, flimsy metal shed that you might get from a garden centre… this small one weighs in at 294kg – more than 46 stone, and what’s immediately striking when handling the individual parts of the shed is how well cut, folded and finished they are, with no sharp edges whatsoever.

The standard motorcycle sheds are available in 5’2” x 9’ Centurion, 7’4” x 8’11” Gladiator and 10’2” x 14’4” Garrison. There are also longer ‘extended’ versions available, with 10’2” x 17’7” being the largest. All can be ordered in green, ivory or grey.

Helen and I invested in the smaller Centurion as it’s all we needed, but it’s still big enough to easily get my 2019 BMW R1250GS in. Due to how we had to locate the shed there’s a step up to it, but if this had been for permanent motorcycle use we’d have created a smooth slope up to it.

While ventilated, these sheds are also completely water-tight – ours has already endured some brutal storms but not a drop of rain has found its way inside. Well, apart from when the doors are open.

Once the shed is properly levelled (more on the base later) the doors open easily, swinging fully open to make for very easy access whether you ride your bike in, or walk next to it. Take care though – in strong winds the doors can be flung backwards, which while unlikely to cause damage thanks to the very solid construction, could perhaps cause some chipping or put a strain on the hinges.

More concerning is that a door could blow closed on the bike as you move it. I’ve also noticed that the catch can be bent a little if it slams shut, making it hard to close. It bends back with pliers, but I’d like to see cabin hooks fitted to the outside that allow the doors to be secured open. You could fit your own, but they’d need riveting in place or screwing through. Due to the way our shed sits on the raised base, I made some simple wooden stays that can be swung round to hold the doors open.

The Asgard motorcycle sheds come with these additional accessories include specifically for bikes (they’re also available separately):

• Wooden subfloor. These oriented strand board (OSB) panels are thick and solid, with batons along the bottoms to set them at the same height as the raised joints in the metal floor. This makes for an even surface to walk on and protects your bike’s tyres. If you’re buying one of the other sheds for a different purpose, I’d still recommend getting the subfloor as you won’t get tripped up.

• Ramp. This galvanised, powder-coated ramp gives a smoother run up into the shed, leaving only the door lip to roll your bike’s tyres over. It doesn’t fix to the shed as the idea is that the weight keeps it in place, but it does have holes to fix it down to the base if needs be,

• Shelf. Made of the same galvanised, powder-coated steel in the same choice of colours, this shelf is great for keeping all your chain lubes, cleaners and other stuff to hand. It’ll only fit to the back wall of the shed, but you can set it at a choice of three heights. I put it in the middle as my wife is quite short, but keep in mind that if you have a top-box on the bike you might need to have the shelf set at its highest point.

• Electric mounting plate. Fitted to the left-hand centre panel is a steel plate with holes set to accept a two-gang mains socket. A grommet lower down can be opened up to allow the cable to route outside. Running power for a maintenance charger, tools etc is easier thanks to this, or indeed for an electric bike or scooter charger.

• Heavy duty hook rail. With five strong hooks built in, this galvanised and powder-coated hook rail can be used to hang your riding kit on. The Asgard sheds are very well ventilated, so damp isn’t a worry, but I still think lids and riding gear are best kept indoors, not least to avoid getting any bugs living in it.

Attack testing the Asgard shed doors

Footage of the LPCB testing the Asgard shed

How secure is an Asgard motorcycle shed?

Nothing is completely undefeatable – the sad fact is that a determined thief – or worse still a gang – will be able to get into anything. But they need time, skill and determination. The biggest mistake is to assume it’s not worth bothering with security as ‘they’ll nick it anyway’.

You can massively reduce the chances of having your bike stolen if you lock it up properly, and this shed is a very good way of doing that.

Bennetts classes the Asgard metal sheds as ‘garaged’, and this would be harder to get into than the average up-and-over garage door.

The shed is a completely closed design with its own integral metal base – even if you could lift it, you wouldn’t be able to get inside.

The doors are secured with a Titan i6 six-pin anti-drill, anti-bump, anti-pick cylinder with an SKG two-star rating. This independent certification for hinges and locks has three levels – one star is ‘standard burglar resistant’, while two is ‘strong burglar resistant’. The highest level is three stars: ‘extra strong burglar resistant.’

This very solid locking mechanism releases the handle, which pulls the centre latch out of the way. It also operates two 10mm deadbolts that slide into the top and bottom of the doorframe, protected from external cutting by a box-section of steel. The other door is secured with padbolts when the primary door’s open.

The handle itself is also designed to break off in an attempted theft, to prevent force being applied to defeat the lock (you can buy a replacement if someone does try to break in).

The doors have four very solid hinges on either side, and these are backed up by hooked steel panels that prevent the doors being pulled off.

This is an incredibly well-thought-out design – realistically the only way to get in is going to be with a reciprocating saw or angle grinder to cut away sections of the walls or back, before getting inside and cutting the deadbolts and latch to open the doors.

Besides being really noisy, this would be a very time-consuming attack and much harder than getting into most standard garages.

Asgard has even considered the roof: besides being screwed at dozens of positions all around the top, galvanised steel clips are also fitted all around the inside upper walls at the final stage that lock the roof in place and prevent it being peeled off.

The shed has holes in the base and special concrete screws to bolt it down for additional security. There’s no realistic way anybody could pick this up – especially with a bike inside – but I would recommend fixing it to the floor as on some surfaces it can slide if you put enough weight behind it.

Attack testing the Asgard shed side panels

More footage of testing from the LPCB

What base do you need for an Asgard motorcycle shed?

If you have a brick or paving slab area in the garden, the Asgard shed will likely drop straight in place. Tarmac would be fine too, but if it’s grass you need to add a base.

Asgard recommends a concrete base, but you could put it on paving slabs as long as you can get them level and there’s no chance of them sinking. While the shed itself is a very solid construction that ties itself together, if the surface is uneven, it can put a twist in the front that prevents the doors from opening and closing easily. Asgard has a clear guide to the type and size (it must be bigger than the shed) of base needed here.

A large selection of strong plastic shims are supplied with the shed, which can be used to pack the corners and refine the level if needs be, for instance if some of your paving slabs are a little uneven.

Because the field we put our shed in is rented from a farmer who leases it from a private estate, we weren’t allowed to fit a concrete slab to the very uneven, sloped surface so we opted for a plastic base kit, which we laid on hardcore. This grid design locks together and is then filled with fine gravel to make it incredibly strong and capable of supporting very large weights.

Ours cost about £250 in total, with a friend helping to install it (a fantastic landscape gardener, Your Garden Matters). Once the grid is filled with gravel it’s possible to gently lift the grid frames with a pair of pliers to bring it all into line against a spirit level and straightedge – with some tweaking, I was able to get our base almost perfectly level.

This was our only option but it’s not ideal – you can’t bolt the shed down onto it for a start. But if there’s no other choice, while not recommended by Asgard this has proven to be a solid and reliable base.

Asgard shed delivery

Lead times for Asgard sheds can be quite long, with around seven weeks typical in busy periods. This is understandable as they’re made entirely by the company in its own factory in West Yorkshire (Asgard sheds is part of Flexiform business furniture).

Delivery is very efficient, with the parts held in several hubs across the UK to deliver pretty much anywhere by a dedicated team.

Getting to our field was more of a challenge than reaching the average household address, but I was given a specific date, then on the day the driver called me to confirm the time. He wasn’t precious about driving the large van off road to get close to the build site, and he and his colleague unloaded all the parts – and stacked them in a logical order – within about 20 minutes.

The team can also build the shed for you (as long as you already have a good, solid base) at a cost of £300 to £350 depending on the size. But I wanted to do it myself…

How easy is it to build an Asgard motorcycle shed?

The Asgard motorcycle shed is supplied flat-packed with clear instructions and all the fasteners and small parts in separate bags. The panels also have labels on so you know which is which.

It’s almost entirely held together with the 278 supplied self-tapping screws (there are more than you need) and the only tool you’ll really need is an electric drill/driver with a PZ2 bit. The instructions also call for a standard screwdriver, and I’d recommend it’s a long reach one as the only time I needed it was when putting the shelf up, with the screws being tucked away behind the angled supports.

A 6mm masonry bit is also required if you’re bolting the shed down, as well as a 10mm spanner or socket for the fixing bolts (I’d suggest a socket on a decent electric driver).

Building our Asgard motorcycle shed

Timelapse of the build, which took about three and a half hours

The build-quality really does shine as you put the shed together – I expected to have hands covered in cuts by the end of it, but every edge is perfectly finished and, most importantly, every hole is exactly where it needs to be.

The complexity in the construction is striking, with clever folds that allow the panels to lock very securely together. Yet it was never a chore, even working in fairly high winds as we were.
The rear right and side panels are the first to be assembled, then they’re fixed to the base. This first stage is one of the few times I really needed help (the roof was the other), as Helen had to hold the two upright panels steady while I ran the screws in.

From there the shed pretty much holds itself together as you add panels – it was only the exposed location and stormy weather that meant Helen needed to be on hand.

The doors were heavy and awkward to locate, but once the first screw was in one of the hinges they were a lot easier. The roof was easy to get on, but you will need a tall assistant… or some steps.

I expected this to be a lot tougher job than it was, but the shed pulls together very accurately – I didn’t have to remove any screws to realign any panels, and additional cover plates hide all the exposed screws so there’s no chance of catching yourself on them. Except on the back wall – for some reason this is left open. The sharp ends of the screws are inside a channel so there’s no risk of getting hooked up on them but, if a child ran their hand down inside, they might cut a finger. I’d like to see a cover for this too, but if you’re worried just dab some silicone over the screw tips.

Two tubes of clear acetal silicone sealant are supplied for the edges of the side panels and the roof. Maybe I was a bit generous with it, but I needed a third tube to finish the roof off – I’d recommend buying an extra one before starting.

If you pay Asgard to install the shed they typically take about an hour and a half, but with two of you working on it, half a day should be more than enough if you choose to do it yourself.

Still not sure? You can download the instructions for the Asgard shed we built here, and my main tip would be to pour all the screws into separate, large pots before you start work.

How big a shed do you need?

This 5’2” x 9’ Centurion shed is the smallest Asgard sells specifically intended for motorcycles (it offers a large range of other sizes for different purposes of course). My R1250GS fits in easily with space to move around inside and to pop it onto the centre-stand, but I wouldn’t be able to fit anything else in. You could almost certainly squeeze two sportsbikes in, but it’d be hard getting them in and out. If you want to store more bikes, you’ll need to go for one of the wider or deeper models. The doors are the same size throughout though, so keep in mind that you might need to shuffle bikes about if you really cram them in.

Go for a larger shed if you want to work on the bike in there too – while basic chain maintenance would be doable in the smallest model, for anything more involved I’d go for the 7’4” width. With no windows you’ll need to set some lights up, and the optional £35 light gantry will be your best bet , though it’s only compatible with the larger Gladiator and Garrison sizes.

Will condensation, creatures and bugs get in?

Condensation can be a real problem in metal sheds, but Asgard has built a carefully considered ventilation system into all its products, with air able to get in around the bottom of the roofline, through vents in the front and in the side panels. This allows it to move around inside, though Asgard gives clear advice on leaving enough room inside for air to move, and avoiding positioning the shed too close to bushes and large plants.

Also, if you put a hot motorcycle into a cold shed, condensation could form so it’s recommended to leave the doors open until the bike’s cooled a little.

So far, in some very variable weather, I’ve seen no condensation at all in our shed.

One point worth noting is that if the shed’s bolted to the ground, the bolts must be straight to ensure water can’t creep into the base, though you can always pop some silicone over the heads. If you don’t bolt it down, you must fit the supplied bungs. These work well, but if the shed slides they can be dragged out of the bottom and you won’t be able to get them back in. On the gravel / plastic grid base we’re using there won’t be any standing water to get up into the holes, but another dab of silicone would solve any problem.

You won’t get any mice or rats finding their way into the Asgard shed, but bugs are a different matter. If you’re worried about spiders or other insects finding a home inside, some mesh taped over the vents shouldn’t restrict the airflow, and I’d recommend Indorex Defence Spray. It’s designed for fleas but spraying it around entry points and the edges of the walls discourages creepy crawlies very effectively.

Asgard Motorcycle Shed accessories

While basically the same as the garden Centurion shed, this motorcycle-specific one comes with several extras included most of which I’d recommend regardless of what you’ll use it for (especially the subfloor).

Many other accessories are available, depending on the size of the shed you have, but here are some worth considering…

• Additional keys, £22 each | Two keys are supplied with the shed, but being security keys they can be hard to source – my local specialist locksmith couldn’t do them. I bought two extras from Asgard, but while you’re paying for the keys to be cut to match what you have, it’s still frustrating to see that you can buy a complete lock barrel with two new keys for just £28. A smaller grumble is just that delivery can be rather slow.
  Keep the key card that comes with them though, and even if you lose both keys, Asgard can have another pair made for you.

• Universal shed hooks, £21 | This pack of five hooks is a handy addition and made of the same galvanised, powder-coated steel as the shed. If you bought the motorcycle shed, the supplied hook rack will likely be all you need, but extra hanging space is often handy. You can also buy a pack of 10 hooks for £29.

• Guttering fixing kit, £30 | This pack of 16 brackets allows you to fix your own guttering to the side of the shed and channel it down into a water-butt. It’s designed for FloPlast Mini Line guttering, and the gutter clips, pipework, downpipe etc are not included.

• Ground anchor | Asgard offers a small ground anchor for £30, but it’s not big enough for a decent chain. It’s the same problem with the £40 Yale option but you can fit any bolt-in anchor as long as there’s a solid concrete base or similar underneath. The problem will be that you’ll need a hole large enough in the wooden subfloor to get access to the anchor and to pass the chain through, as the anchor will need to be fitted direct to the metal base. You can find a guide to fitting a ground anchor into an Asgard shed here.

Caring for your Asgard Motorcycle Shed

Asgard offers a 10-year anti-perforation warranty on all its metal sheds, covering the replacement of components affected.

The lock barrel has a 12-month guarantee, though of course doesn’t cover damage caused by an attempted break-in. All parts are replaceable though.

I wouldn’t want to replace a panel in the shed as it’d be a lot of work to disassemble it but given the tough powder coating and the galvanised steel beneath, I’ve no fears of the shed not lasting. One of the panels blew over in a rocky section of the field while I was getting ready to build it, which only left some minor cosmetic marks on the side. I wiped it down with a MultiWipe as it was muddy, so it looks worse than it really is in some pictures and the timelapse.

Maintaining the shed is simple, with it just requiring a wash down at least twice a year with soapy water, though if you live on the coast you need to wash it at least once a month. Even then, I wouldn’t be too nervous as the finish is salt-spray test certified to ISO 12944-6:2018.

The hinges should be lubricated with oil once a year, as well as the lock. Asgard offers a specialist lock oil pen for £22, though I tend to use graphite powder – I bought a tub online and use a plastic pipette to blow it into all the bike and household locks we have. Do NOT use products like WD40 to lubricate locks as it gums them up over time.

Three alternatives to the Asgard Motorcycle Shed

Bennetts classes locked metal sheds, shipping containers and wooden sheds on a concrete base as garaged, so you have a fair few options if you don’t have a brick-built garage. However, this is a minimum requirement – what you choose could be the difference between having to make a claim and not…

• Besides being an eye-sore, shipping containers can require additional security to prevent the door being opened by cutting the handle. They can be very solid and secure but getting them delivered can be very expensive. We considered one, but the costs were much higher than the Asgard, and it’d be more again to remove in the future.

• A cheaper metal shed may still be classed as a garage by some insurers but won’t be as solidly constructed so could be easier to break into. Some from reputable brands also offer anti-perforation guarantees with a galvanised steel construction, but they’re using 0.35mm-thick steel – that’s almost three and a half times thinner than Asgard, which also uses bracing inside for even greater rigidity.

• A wooden shed can look more appealing in a garden environment and can be made very secure. But they’re typically more expensive and can take more maintenance. You can see the secure wooden motorcycle shed I made here.

Asgard Motorcycle Shed review: Verdict

There are cheaper options than an Asgard motorcycle shed, but you’re paying for 1.2mm-thick steel here and an incredibly solid construction. You can’t even bend this 18 gauge steel by hand… compare it to a ‘normal’ metal shed at around 0.32mm (21 gauge).

My wife and I chose this Asgard shed because we needed something that we were confident would be the most resistant to attack. And we needed it to last.

Like all good security, an Asgard motorcycle shed should be considered an investment. The galvanised and powder-coated construction should make it last, it keeps its contents even safer than they’d be in the average garage, and if anything gets damaged replacement parts are easily available.

If you need secure storage for your motorcycle, or indeed for anything, the Asgard metal shed range is highly recommended.

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