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12bolt
Posted on Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 03:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

We've all seen the my shop is messy thread but what about us guys who don't have one? This is my version of a garage.





(Message edited by 12bolt on June 01, 2005)
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BadS1
Posted on Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 03:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I'm sorry!!!
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Blackbelt
Posted on Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 03:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

oh oh oh... guess i get to snap a couple shots of my non-garage.. pictures soon.. lol
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Ted
Posted on Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 03:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

at least you can lock it up and you have a security system (the pointy ear type)
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Tripp
Posted on Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 03:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

i have that same chair! that sure is a nice place for the bike even tho it's not a garage! is that swimming pool equipment in there?
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Bomber
Posted on Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 03:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

looks like a garage to me!

I remember some shots in Hot Rod, I believe, with a builder (not Lil John Butera I don't think, but similar time frame) working in a driveway -- great work came off that hardstand --

adapt and overcome, 12bolt! looks like yer doin just that!
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Mikej
Posted on Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 03:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

The canvas is secondary to the paint placed upon it.

As long as the roof don't leak you're good to go.
Which reminds me, I have to reseal the roof again this summer, it was more like a sieve than a roof when we moved in.
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Djkaplan
Posted on Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 03:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Hey, ya gotta do what ya gotta do. I like the way you suspended the bike from the roof. I use an engine hoist and straps to do the same thing.
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Rock
Posted on Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 04:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I use a medium duty ratchet strap thrown over my garage door opener to lift the rear end--works fine
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Tripp
Posted on Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 05:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

only reason i asked is in case you keep your chlorine in there with your bike, it will cause premature rusting or rusting on parts that should'nt rust!
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Kandie
Posted on Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 05:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Is that your dog?
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2000m2
Posted on Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 06:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Better than the basement I rebuilt my engine in over the winter...but I have a real garage now, that was one of the key points in my searching for a house to buy. It's great!
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Tom_b
Posted on Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 09:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

That garage is just right for a buell. I have a 24x24 with so much crap in it I don't have anymore room for my buell than you do. the bigger the garage the more stuff or junk you have in it
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Swampy
Posted on Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 10:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Mines 24X32 and I had my ruthless brother-in-law clean it for me this spring, the trick was get things off the floor and onto shelves, walls, and ceiling, and throw everything away that I didn't use in the last 5 years.

Why the two pictures?
Do you live in a temperate climate? Those work lights give off alot of heat on cold winter nights.
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12bolt
Posted on Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 10:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Yeah the sheds water tight and built like a brick house (built it myself) No pool supplies, those are paint buckets and other misc. crap. The pointy eared shed lock's name is Conan and he's a solid black German Shephard. I don't worry to much about the bike getting stolen with him around!
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M2nc
Posted on Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 11:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I feel your pain. I have a barn in the back that I keep both bikes in. If I have to work on the bike, I strap it to the unused exercise equipment also in the barn. Hey, at least it has electricity, air and a radio, plus I finally found a use for that weight machine.
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Ingemar
Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 02:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

12bolt, consider yourself lucky. Here is what I have. Before you freak out, I don't put my bolt in there.

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Tripp
Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 08:58 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

so much for my keen observation
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Tictoc
Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 09:03 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Speaking of lifting the Buell, I raised mine high enough to change the rear tire by pulling the bike towards me until it was up on the kickstand. I then put a block of wood under the muffler. I did have a helper or two to steady things. This may be an old trick to some- but it works in a pinch. TT
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New12r
Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 10:14 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

My bike lived on the front porch until a month ago, I got a 16'x25' two story barn, The Buell's, Harley, Suzuki and Yamaha are in Heaven.
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Buelluk
Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 10:29 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I have a double garage and a full height basement - , perhaps 60 X 20. It's a lot nicer than when I had to work in the driveway , or on the road or in an unheated garage.

Dj's post below reminded me of assembling an RD250 in a small back bedroom , about 10 X 8 ,the wife wasn't too happy !

(Message edited by buelluk on June 02, 2005)
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Djkaplan
Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 10:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I once helped a friend of mine rebuild an Oldsmobile engine in the living room of a condemned apartment building. We had to assemble the block and heads separately so we could carry them outside. It's the only time I ever worked in a garage that had carpets.
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U4euh
Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 01:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

If I recall Erik started building his first racer in a shed also, look where he is today!
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12bolt
Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 08:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Dj, Last year I rebuilt a 302 for my mustang in the dining room. It was great, heated, fridge full of beer close and you could watch TV or listen to the radio while you were working. I just laid down some plywood and rolled the engine stand in through the french doors.
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12bolt
Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 08:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Ingimar, could be worse! I wouldn't hesitate to lock my bolt in that shed, I might be a little worried about hanging it from the ceiling though!

(Message edited by 12bolt on June 02, 2005)
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Swampy
Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 11:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Carpet is nice! Keeps the feet tosty in the winter months!
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