Garage Beauty Contest [Archive]

kbasa

10-15-2003, 01:56 AM

OK, we had some fun with this on another forum I'm on and I thought it might be appropriate here.

It's starting to be winter, so garages take on new importance.

What's yours look like? Break out the digital camera and lets see what you have.

Winners get nothing beyond the satisfaction of knowing that we all envy them.

helliott

10-15-2003, 06:30 AM

I'd enter, Kbasa, but I think my digital camera must bne in the garage -- I can't find it.:brow

Cliffy777

10-15-2003, 06:30 AM

This is as close as anyone is getting to seeing inside our garage.

As you can see, there is a garage like structure in the background. For security reasons, no BMW MOA folks will be allowed to look inside.
Actually it was recently cleaned but I am too lazy to go take a picture of it.

kbasa

10-15-2003, 10:06 AM

http://kbasa.smugmug.com/photos/124325-M-1.jpg

Fritzc

10-16-2003, 03:56 PM

Okay! You asked for it!!:bliss

jgr451

10-16-2003, 04:06 PM

Originally posted by Cliffy777
This is as close as anyone is getting to seeing inside our garage.

As you can see, there is a garage like structure in the background. For security reasons, no BMW MOA folks will be allowed to look inside.
Actually it was recently cleaned but I am too lazy to go take a picture of it.

Uh Cliffy??You growing dope in there or??:confused: :dunno :brow

BradfordBenn

10-16-2003, 10:09 PM

Too busy riding to take a picture.

Win3855

10-18-2003, 10:05 AM

Here is a couple of good ones. Garage (http://win38-55.smugmug.com/gallery/31180)

kbasa

10-18-2003, 10:07 AM

What's all this, then?

http://win38-55.smugmug.com/photos/1085256-M.jpg

A T? What's the old bike?

Win3855

10-18-2003, 12:38 PM

Its my 83 HD FLHS.It tossed a couple of teeth on the drive belt earlier this summer. On the go back together side now. Will finish that project this winter. A 30 or 31 Model T Roadster. Was my fathers. He did the rebuild on it,fiberglass fenders, all new woodwork. Nice running machine. He passed away 4 years ago and I drive it a few times a year on warm nights.

oldcarkook

10-18-2003, 07:17 PM

Well, I am definitely in the category of not being too proud of the disorganization of my garage, but from these views you can get the picture. It's big.

I have a two car heated garage off my workshop too so this one (a detached five car) is really just for storage.

The outside:
http://www.oldgmctrucks.com/photos/bikes/garage_outside.jpg

The bike side:
http://www.oldgmctrucks.com/photos/bikes/garage_bikeside.jpg

And a little wider view of some of the inside (with two antique trucks out of the way):
http://www.oldgmctrucks.com/photos/bikes/garage_inside.jpg

These pictures are older and the garage is rearranged quite a bit. Having a truss roof with a 36X36 interior with no posts makes things pretty roomy. But as the old expression goes; "Nature abhors a vacuum"

Rich

10-20-2003, 03:26 PM

I tried this once, I hope it doesn't come through twice..... This is what I added on to my two stall garage a couple of years ago. Life is definitely good!

kbasa

10-20-2003, 03:34 PM

Nice! Is that an FXR?

Rich

10-20-2003, 03:48 PM

Close, actually it's an FXD Dyna Low Rider. Fun to ride, but the BMW rules.....

MCMXCIVRS

10-20-2003, 09:44 PM

Well I suppose I will wade in here. Most of these photos are a couple years old, I haven't gone out to take any up to date ones. My garage is 24'x32', radiant floor heated, has an attic for storage and has a seperate unheated portion for the garden tools with its own entry. There is a partitioned area at the front where I have all the heating equipment, hot water tank, air compressor, sink and storage cabinets.

Here is My 1994 R1100RS.
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/millerea/images/Mirrors_03.jpg

And my wife Kristi's 2002 Triumph Bonneville on its first day home, and her old Honda CM400E and her car too. (my truck has to sit outside.:cry )
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/millerea/images/Bonneville.jpg

And when I'm not riding or fixing the bikes, I set up the woodworking shop. This is part of the reason my truck stays outside. I chose to use my half for tools.
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/millerea/images/My_Pictures0008.jpg
Its a lot more cluttered now than when I took this shot. I've added some more equipment and lots more junk too.

kbasa

10-20-2003, 10:15 PM

Nice woodworking shop. I take it you've collected all kinds of stock.

:thumb :clap

MCMXCIVRS

10-21-2003, 09:19 AM

Ive got more lumber than space to store it right now. Not to mention the tools. Oh what a horrible dilema:bliss Now that our riding season is winding down:cry , I may find time to change that.:thumb

Rob Nye

10-21-2003, 02:08 PM

Ok, I wanna play too!

I used to have a 20' shipping container for my garage. Here is what it looked like.

http://RPB.smugmug.com/photos/1110676-S.jpg

Let's take a look inside.

http://RPB.smugmug.com/photos/1109766-M.jpg

Then one day (this was in a boat yard where we had our office) someone came and picked up the WRONG container!

This is what my garage looked like when we opened the door.

http://RPB.smugmug.com/photos/1110611-M.jpg

If you look closely you can just see a spoked wheel and a jug just to the lower left of the KLT pannier. This was a pristine one owner (before myself) 1957 R69 with 18,000 original miles. In addition to the K bike I had a 98 RS in there too. The total claim just touched 14k.

Four years later my wife and I built a house (Ok we didn't actually build it but you know what I mean). The gag was Julie is building a house, Rob is building a garage and the marriage counselor is joining them with a mudroom.

We moved in late May so the finish project (benches, lift, epoxy floor) will be done over the winter.

Here is a shot of the new space:

http://RPB.smugmug.com/photos/1109768-M.jpg

And another:

http://RPB.smugmug.com/photos/1109769-M.jpg

This is the first time I have lived in a house with a garage (since my mis-spent youth) and golly gee whiz do I LOVE having a garage.

Best,

kbasa

10-21-2003, 02:36 PM

I hope you're putting a workbench on your Christmas list.

That YB banner spent a couple years hanging in my garage too.

:bliss

Rob Nye

10-21-2003, 02:53 PM

Originally posted by KBasa
I hope you're putting a workbench on your Christmas list.

That YB banner spent a couple years hanging in my garage too.

:bliss

Yes sir, I plan on a big bench built along the west wall. If you look closely you will see electrical outlets down this wall above bench height. I also have the compressor and plumbing along this wall as well as the sink.

No building until the floor is done, there is already enough stuff to move.

What will really get ya is that I am seriously considering using some of the same coatings we use on the tankers for the floor. On a few of our ships the engine room floor (under metal grating) is coated with epoxy in safety yellow. It is amazing how much lighter it makes the space and while not important in this application, if you have even the slightest drip, leak etc it is very easy to spot. Clean up is a snap too.

- Rob Nye

magwa

10-22-2003, 10:28 PM

Sometimes it looks better. Butt sometimes................

http://www.sierranet.net/~keener/garage.htm

oldcarkook

10-22-2003, 10:55 PM

Gad zukes Magwa! Are those cobwebs on those tools?

magwa

10-22-2003, 11:24 PM

Nice, huh?

We live in the country (sort-of) in the hills below Yosemite. The light stays on 24 hrs. and the garage stays open. Bugs love it.

You can see from the link in my previous post, that most of the tools on the board are of the one-time use variety. At least one time before the spiders and then the dust claim them.

Seriously, the garage is usually tidy. Too many projects and too slovenly a homeowner make for the ****-hole you see here. 8^)

I'll post another page after a whole weekend's clean-up. Sometime in 2004.

kbasa

10-22-2003, 11:59 PM

:jawdrop Woah!

Nice bike! Cute car!

:rofl

BMWGypsy

10-28-2003, 12:23 PM

Originally posted by magwa
Sometimes it looks better. Butt sometimes................

http://www.sierranet.net/~keener/garage.htm

Oh, Magwa...that's nothing. You should see Moterbiker's workbench. Actually, you *wouldn't* see the bench. ;)

And, if we had a digital camera, I *would* post it. You'll just have to take my word on it.

knary

10-28-2003, 01:35 PM

Originally posted by MCMXCIV-RS
And my wife Kristi's 2002 Triumph Bonneville on its first day home, and her old Honda CM400E and her car too.
Do you still have that old Honda CM400E?

it was my first real bike that was All mine. (I'd begged, borrowed, and shared bikes for years previous).

If you do, I'd love a good photo of it. :)

I parked next to one a few weeks ago, but didn't have my camera with me. Next to my GS, it looked freakishly tiny - or did hte GS look freakishly huge? :D

MCMXCIVRS

10-28-2003, 01:57 PM

Originally posted by knary
Do you still have that old Honda CM400E?

it was my first real bike that was All mine. (I'd begged, borrowed, and shared bikes for years previous).

If you do, I'd love a good photo of it. :)

I parked next to one a few weeks ago, but didn't have my camera with me. Next to my GS, it looked freakishly tiny - or did hte GS look freakishly huge? :D

We sold the little Honda soon after the Bonnie arrived. I had considered keeping it as a city bike instead of always riding my R1100RS, but I have too little space for two bikes.

I do have some photos I took when I had it for sale though.http://www.telusplanet.net/public/millerea/images/Honda_CM400E_002.jpg

GSTom

10-29-2003, 05:42 PM

Here is a peak into my toy box. The Italian machines belong to my son (Cagiva Elefant and Ducati Monster) Mine are the R100GS and K100LT. Not seen, but crowded in there are our project bikes, a K75RT and a '71 R75/5.

GSTom

10-29-2003, 05:50 PM

photo got lost in the ozone. I'll try again

Cliffy777

10-30-2003, 06:35 AM

Oh to have such a nice troop of bikes in my garage.......

1BADGS

11-13-2003, 09:07 AM

I'm attaching a pict of my garage. Sorry about the mess...

Fritzc

11-13-2003, 09:17 AM

You call that a mess????
If I spilled beer on that floor, I would lick it up with no fear of getting germs. :p

kbasa

11-13-2003, 12:08 PM

Mess?

:rofl

MCMXCIVRS

11-13-2003, 12:23 PM

Originally posted by Fritz
You call that a mess????
If I spilled beer on that floor, I would lick it up with no fear of getting germs. :p

If I spilled beer on ANY floor, I'd cry.:beer :cry

The_Veg

11-15-2003, 04:40 PM

Cliffy Sed:
Oh to have such a nice troop of bikes in my garage.......

Oh to have a garage!

I live in an apartment. My 'garage' was made by Dowco.

Cliffy777

11-15-2003, 08:04 PM

WHat the heck do you need a garage for in Texas?? We gots to have them up here what with the torrential rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, ice storms and other pleasant weather.
I lived in an apartment for awhile and kept my Honda 750 out in a carport. Felt bad for her being out there all winter. Had to get counseling to get over the guilt.

Lee

11-17-2003, 10:36 PM

When we looked at this house 5 years ago I knew the strange addition to the garage would make a good home for our bikes.

Lee & Debbie

knary

11-17-2003, 11:22 PM

How do the bikes .... ?
Do you ... ?

Huh ???

please explain.
:)

kbasa

11-17-2003, 11:57 PM

door on left.

Lee

11-18-2003, 07:28 AM

A door is on the left through the main garage for the upper level.
The lower level has a garage door off the patio.
During the riding season I keep the green machine in the shed so I can have a little work area.

Lee

MCMXCIVRS

11-20-2003, 10:09 AM

How romantic. A candlelight dinner for two - you and your RT:p I just hope there're no fuel leaks:jawdrop

kbasa

11-20-2003, 12:29 PM

Originally posted by Blue Knight
Do I win?:p

Mike

:lol :rofl

Now THAT is funny!

DarrylRi

12-08-2003, 06:24 PM

Well, I finally got around to bringing the camera out to the garage:

http://darryl.crafty-fox.com/mcpics/2003/PC083141med.jpg

Pay no attention to the tankbag in the foreground, that's just Duner's K12RS that I'm storing until he can't stand the weather in Montana any longer and has to come out here to go riding. I'm guessing that will be about middle January.

The three black bikes in the middle are a 1953 R51/3, a 1961 R60/2, and a 1941 R12 (up on the lift with its forks apart and the fender and front wheel on the ground in front of it)

To the right, blocked by the post, is a 2002 R1150RS and you can just kinda see the front fender and wheel of a 1975 R90S.

As you may note, I'm not the neatest, most organized guy around. I try not to have more than a couple projects going on at once on the workbench and tool cart to the left.

In the gap between the tankbag and the R51/3 is my newest acquisition, a slightly used Handy Air Lift. It's fabulous, and though I just brought it home last Thursday, I've already had two bikes up on it.

magwa

12-08-2003, 08:20 PM

Hey, Darryl!

I think I'm gonna have to hurt you.

DarrylRi

12-09-2003, 07:37 AM

Originally posted by magwa
Hey, Darryl!

I think I'm gonna have to hurt you.
Naw, don't do that! Come over here and help me figure out what to do with the R12's forks. It needs some unobtanium little springs and something to replace the leather seals that seem to have worn out after only 60+ years. Maybe some advice on the clackety motor, too...

widebmw

12-11-2003, 11:19 AM

This has been my "garage" for 27 years. Starting today
construction will start on inclosing it. I thought it would be easy but the city wants more than just siding and doors.
I can't fight city hall.

crvalley

12-12-2003, 11:44 PM

I was able to sneak this picture just before the beast awoke...

BMWRT

12-14-2003, 12:28 PM

Well here is where I keep my ride. I was lucky enough to get a three car garage and now lucky to have my RT in one of the stalls! Being in Texas has been great when it comes to the winters (Makes up for the HOT summers)

widebmw

12-29-2003, 06:56 PM

It's moving along.

Fritzc

12-29-2003, 09:50 PM

BMWRT
Nice garage and bike.
I think you have your flag hanging backwards though. :eek

kbasa

12-30-2003, 01:02 AM

Originally posted by widebmw
It's moving along.

You've done quite a bit since last time, mang.

:thumb

BMWRT

12-30-2003, 06:48 PM

Originally posted by Fritz
BMWRT
Nice garage and bike.
I think you have your flag hanging backwards though. :eek

Fritz:

Really? I never thought about it or bothered to see which way was correct, but I'll check it out. Thanks for the heads up!

A2

BMWRT

12-30-2003, 07:21 PM

Fritz:

Got the information: When displayed either horizontally or vertically against a wall, the union should be uppermost and to the flag's own right, that is, to the observer's left.

I have had the flag up for 8 months and no one has ever mentioned it! Thanks again for bringing it to my attention.:clap

GregInBoulder

12-30-2003, 07:38 PM

O.K. This isn't your typical Beemer type garage but hey, its a guy thing. I use this rig when the water goes over the GS bars.

kbasa

12-30-2003, 10:00 PM

Nice canoe. Is that made out of wood?

GregInBoulder

12-31-2003, 01:28 AM

1/4 by 3/4 strips of redwood cut from 20 foot pickle barrel staves, hand fitted and idividually glued. This project got us through a really cold winter. Put a little too much rocker so she's a little tough to keep on a straight line but handles like a GS on the rivers. Great fun in the curves!

widebmw

01-08-2004, 07:38 PM

It's finished. Double door towards the street and a single door towards the back yard.:bliss

kbasa

01-08-2004, 08:08 PM

OK, now I'm jealous.....

ian408

01-08-2004, 09:29 PM

Originally posted by widebmw
It's finished. Double door towards the street and a single door towards the back yard.:bliss

Be right over with my stuff...

Ian

BradfordBenn

01-08-2004, 11:39 PM

Think the garage will ever be that clean again?

BradfordBenn

03-09-2004, 09:34 PM

Well I got my garage rearranged and cleaned up a little bit.

http://www.bradfordbenn.com/photolinks/closeddoor-small.jpgClick for a larger picture (http://www.bradfordbenn.com/photolinks/closeddoor.jpg)

http://www.bradfordbenn.com/photolinks/readytogo-small.jpgClick for a larger picture (http://www.bradfordbenn.com/photolinks/readytogo.jpg)

After seeing what I did, Mrs. Beemer Brad realized just how much I love motorcycling... notice what is outside and what is inside.

http://www.bradfordbenn.com/photolinks/lookingout-small.jpgClick for a larger picture (http://www.bradfordbenn.com/photolinks/lookingout.jpg)

I got tired of having to move my car out of the way to go for a ride.:eek

widebmw

03-10-2004, 11:18 AM

Interior decorating. Curtains.

lorazepam

03-10-2004, 09:25 PM

It appears that shelves go up much easier with no drywall in the way:D

username

03-11-2004, 10:49 AM

you dont need a stud finder either. :evil

jdcoffman

03-13-2004, 05:44 PM

This be my garage in need of cleaning out. OOPs I am little new at this picture thing just recieved my digital camera two days ago. So it might come in real big since I din't resize it....here goes

crvalley

03-13-2004, 06:08 PM

JD...

With a little bit of work, your garage could look like this!

BradfordBenn

03-13-2004, 06:20 PM

Originally posted by crvalley
JD...

With a little bit of work, your garage could look like this!

But that would take away from riding time.

jgr451

03-13-2004, 06:21 PM

Originally posted by jdcoffman
This be my garage in need of cleaning out. OOPs I am little new at this picture thing just recieved my digital camera two days ago. So it might come in real big since I din't resize it....here goes

Picture looked the right size to me!!
Hey whats the green bike in there?

kbasa

03-13-2004, 09:15 PM

Originally posted by jgr451
Picture looked the right size to me!!
Hey whats the green bike in there?

I'm gonna guess CL350?

crvalley

03-13-2004, 11:45 PM

Originally posted by BradfordBenn
But that would take away from riding time.

It doesn't matter...my bike is getting a major transmission overhaul, so I had a lot of time on my hands today...

Better luck next weekend...

jdcoffman

03-14-2004, 06:36 AM

:clap It is a Honda CL350 kbasa wins.....
It was a faded orange color so I painted it. Now if the guy I bought it from could only get me the title..:confused:

Colt03

03-15-2004, 10:39 AM

My first bike was a 1971 Honda CL 350. Metallic Gold.

I never realized I was ahead of the times, I guess you could call that a Dual Sport ? Only took it off road a few times, That seemed heavy at the time, but it weighed a lot less then my GS !

Thanks for Pic.

Craig Cleasby