tigman175
XS650 Addict
No, just mild steel. I give them a wipe down with wd40 every now and then when i clean up.
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No, just mild steel. I give them a wipe down with wd40 every now and then when i clean up.
Paulrxs650
XS650 Enthusiast
Look at all that space! So jealous
CoastsideXS650
Princeton Motor Works
Damn, $450 a month for that huge space with tools and power. That would land you a garage about 12' X 8' in my city. The average price of a 1 bdrm apt here is about $2600 right now. I need to move to the midwest.
650hcs
Addict
PetesPonies
XS650 Addict
I do have an updated pic of my shop with the doors installed. The center doors I built from engineered lumber for the frame, then top materials for the look I wanted. It's a carriage style door. The two ends are roll-up doors. The other building in the picture is a garage as well, with an apartment on top. I am in the process of getting started on my house. But the shop served it purpose so far. But, I don't expect to be fully functional before next summer.The building is 56 x 64. The other building is 24 x 32. And no that is not too much room.
So, next would be an industrial strength parking lot, truck/delivery entrance in the rear, and a railroad spur?
I am Carbon
shade tree mechanic
looks great and there is never to much room!
PetesPonies
XS650 Addict
Well I do restorations and will start up again once the house is built. So I need room for those activities and customer cars. But again . . I have a lot of toys myself too 
I haven't even started to build the "outbuildings " yet . . to house some of the trucks, etc.
TwoMany . . if you are working on bikes only, you have a lot of room there. I know, I know, never enough. But you can do some serious bike work with the room you have.
I haven't even started to build the "outbuildings " yet . . to house some of the trucks, etc.TwoMany . . if you are working on bikes only, you have a lot of room there. I know, I know, never enough. But you can do some serious bike work with the room you have.
I have a lot of toys myself too
TwoMany . . if you are working on bikes only......
Oh, Pete, the disease is widespread and runs deep....
Conrad Russell
XS650 Addict
I wanted my shop to blend in with the area so I built it as a barn on the out side.The loft is very handy,as I do a tear down 1 piece at a time goes up.Rebuild, just grab parts from the rear working towards the front.
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..... i luv your garage/workshop its a gem ,,i,d feel at home in that ,, regards oldbiker
OK, lots Of pictures here...
Three years ago I had a little ~12X8 space off my garage where I worked. Built my first three xs650s there. Two years ago I got married, and while my bide's house was bigger, there wasn't a work shop. I fiddle futzed in the crowded 1 car garage and a small corner of the basement. About 1 year ago we closed on our dream house together, a log home on 10 acres. The bonus was an extra 3 and 1/2 car garage in addition to the 2 car garage near the house.
The first 1 1/2 stalls walled off with heat and A/C, the previous owner used as a home office.
Those red cabinets he built were crap, and there was about a 4 inch gap behind them for tools to fall into. Plus they were too tall to be a work bench.
So, I tore them apart and rebuilt them.
Put in some over head shelving.
And some lighting too.
The space has a desk I use for wiring.
A mini fridge
And the other two stalls I use for storage.
My latest addition....
In the 2 car garage near the house there's a work bench that never really got used, except to take up space and to bang the car door into.
So I took that apart to use to make a motorcycle work bench.
I have about $15 into this bench project.. Some extra 2X4s and hooks for tie downs.
Strong legs, three 2X4's thick.
Frame done.
Top on there.
Middle slides out for changing oil and easy access to the engine underside.
Ramp fits inside it.
I have to finish reinforcing that ramp.
Painted it.
The stand is about 26 inches high, 3 feet wide.
Three years ago I had a little ~12X8 space off my garage where I worked. Built my first three xs650s there. Two years ago I got married, and while my bide's house was bigger, there wasn't a work shop. I fiddle futzed in the crowded 1 car garage and a small corner of the basement. About 1 year ago we closed on our dream house together, a log home on 10 acres. The bonus was an extra 3 and 1/2 car garage in addition to the 2 car garage near the house.
The first 1 1/2 stalls walled off with heat and A/C, the previous owner used as a home office.
Those red cabinets he built were crap, and there was about a 4 inch gap behind them for tools to fall into. Plus they were too tall to be a work bench.
So, I tore them apart and rebuilt them.
Put in some over head shelving.
And some lighting too.
The space has a desk I use for wiring.
A mini fridge
And the other two stalls I use for storage.
My latest addition....
In the 2 car garage near the house there's a work bench that never really got used, except to take up space and to bang the car door into.
So I took that apart to use to make a motorcycle work bench.
I have about $15 into this bench project.. Some extra 2X4s and hooks for tie downs.
Strong legs, three 2X4's thick.
Frame done.
Top on there.
Middle slides out for changing oil and easy access to the engine underside.
Ramp fits inside it.
I have to finish reinforcing that ramp.
Painted it.
The stand is about 26 inches high, 3 feet wide.
Holy sawdust, grepper, you've been busy. Now I know why there's a 2x4 shortage. Is that (hard to find) 1 1/2" plywood on that bench?
Beautiful lush green acreage you've got there, I like it...
Beautiful lush green acreage you've got there, I like it...
Oh yeah, bikes, they're on the list, had to swapout a rearend first.
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Purplezinger
XS650 Addict
Damn, the Yamaha DEALERS, here in Kentucky, that didn't have that much XS650 inventory!
The PO made his benches with two 3/4 plywood boards screwed together. I just recycled them. Yeah, I probably over engineered it...
The property is awesome! It's on a private road where each house has 10-15 acres and there is a private trail about a mile long going through all of them. We walk it almost every day. The PO were a retired couple and she spent all her free time landscaping. It's a lot to keep up with.
We hit the housing market at the right time, a few years ago we could have never dreamed of buying a house like this.
Some more pics of the yard.
