The New Moto Digs at Road's End: Interior

Just a few photos of what's been happening in the interior of my shop. It's slow going, since I'm working mostly alone (except for the day Danny came over to help me hang drywall on the office ceiling -- thanks, Danny!). Still a lot of work to do, but it's coming along nicely...

All my street bikes lined up nice and happy in their new digs. (l-r: Triumph Tiger, Honda CBR1000RR, BMW F650GS Dakar, BMW R1200GS, Ducati Hypermotard, Kawasaki ZZR1200.) This section of floor will have a gray epoxy coating, but it needs to warm up more before I can put it down.

Corner where I'm sure I'll be spending most of my time. Tools, bike lift, stereo ... what more does a guy need? That corkboard thingy on the back wall, currently blue, needs recovered in a red fabric. (It's on my list.) Extension cord stretched across the floor is temporary. Window (one of four; the others are to the right of the office door) looks in on the office, which I haven't completed.

A place for everybody and everybody in their place!

Security is important. No keys required.

Check that temp before you ride off into the elements. Don't forget to turn on the alarm system.

Tire Change Central. No more busting my knuckles and wearing out my knees on the garage floor!

In case I forget my own URL, it's on the overhead door. (This photo taken back during the last ice storm, hence the ice coating the door.)

The New Moto Digs at Road's End: Complete!

Sorry ... people have been asking if I ever got a roof. The shop's been finished for a while, I just haven't had time to post about it. Here's a photo of it taken this morning. Yeah, we did get some snow in Oklahoma!

Now I'll be working on the inside of the shop for a while.

Merry Christmas!

The New Moto Digs at Road's End: Phase 4 (continued)

Let's get that other side wall up...


...then do the back and the front (loading up that insulation so the motos don't freeze their calipers off!).



With all four walls up, the building really needs a roof...



...but it's getting late and only a couple pretty Hawaiian Blue (honest, that's the name of the color) panels make it from the pile to the roof.



Stay tuned...

The New Moto Digs at Road's End: Phase 4

We have progress!

It's always a smart idea to start the "skinning" process by putting up one wall to block the wind -- especially when the morning started out at 9 degrees. Brrrrrrrr!




Before we skin ourselves into a corner, a door sounds like a good idea...



...and a window would be nice!


To be continued...

The New Moto Digs at Road's End: Phase ... 3.1?

Well, we have materials on site for the rest of the job. This damn sure is taking longer than I'd hoped, though. ::sigh::

The New Moto Digs at Road's End: Phase 3

Call it a building skeleton...

The New Moto Digs at Road's End: Phase 2

At last: Progress!

I've got concrete. Right after Thanksgiving, I should have a building being framed. This is exciting!

The New Moto Digs at Road's End: Phase ... 1.1?

I suppose this is progress ... of sorts: some lumber dropped off for building the form for the foundation and a couple loads of sand. Dammit, though, I want to see assholes and elbows and my building going up in nothing flat!


At least the dogs find it interesting...


Gracie's just certain that hidden in there somewhere is the biggest gopher on Earth ... and she aims to find it!

The New Moto Digs at Road's End: Phase 1

For some time now, it's been my dream to have a really nice (and big!) motorcycle shop, to get all the bikes out of my crowded garage, where I can actually maneuver around them and not have to move two or three to get to the motorcycle I just happen to want to ride on any particular day. The misfortune of a home flooding incident this summer led to us refinancing our home and wouldn't you know it, the bank was just dying to loan me more and more money to do some remodeling and build my shop. To wit, I will soon have a 30x60 metal building outside. Today, phase one was completed.

Before (although I had actually done a lot of clearing before this photo was taken; you can even see the remains of some downed trees in the background):


After:


The view looking north:


Stay tuned!