Building my garage / workshop (56k death)

[Quick281]

Just looked around on motorcycle superstore to check out some of their products. I don't have to worry about theft too much around here. Surprisingly everyone is pretty well behaved on this campus so much that most people just leave doors unlocked and windows down during the day.

I am going to look into something like the disk lock for road trips that I take in the future. Right now if this summer in Alaska goes down, the bike will be sitting in a secured garage and then I won't know where I will be living. I assume I can get the big fucking chain if an apartment is where I end up.

Thanks for the help as usual.

[Carolina]

damn dude looking good I will be getting raped by the stealership for all my work. I am clueless when it comes to turning a wrench. I know a few guys I may try to start learning some shit though it's cool and saves some money. did u have prior knowledge or just grabbed your manual and starting breaking shit down this site helps though

good shii though bike and garage looking good i would be drinking and fishing all day though im lazy sometimes what do yall have in that lake some striper/shad/crappie???? whats the biggest fish yall caught.

[ceo012384]

Originally Posted by Quick281

Thanks for the help as usual.

No problem dude

Originally Posted by Carolina

damn dude looking good I will be getting raped by the stealership for all my work. I am clueless when it comes to turning a wrench. I know a few guys I may try to start learning some shit though it's cool and saves some money. did u have prior knowledge or just grabbed your manual and starting breaking shit down this site helps though

good shii though bike and garage looking good i would be drinking and fishing all day though im lazy sometimes what do yall have in that lake some striper/shad/crappie???? whats the biggest fish yall caught.

Thanks dude!

Really just grab a shop manual for your bike and figure it out. I've never done any of this shit before, I just try it and figure it out. I don't trust other people.

It's a pretty small lake, lots of sunfish and such, some small stripers, there are pickerel, and carp and stuff.

We caught a HUGE carp one time... it was about 2 feet in length IIRC. It snapped the fishing rod so my dad jammed a branch down its throat and pulled it out of the water that way.


















So I was able to do a very little bit on the garage this past weekend before heading up to the track. I had a lot of errands and such to do to get ready to head up there.

I sanded the last coat of mud that was laid down... man that work sucks and is messy.

Ghost hands:



Gettin' 'er done:



This weekend I'll be working solely on the garage and hope to have all the mudding and sanding done to be ready for paint. I also want to run a network cable down from the office and install an outlet for it by the workbench for internet access.

[Lamnidae]

Damn, lookin' good CEO. Keep it up.

[ceo012384]

Originally Posted by Amblyopic

Damn, lookin' good CEO. Keep it up.

Thanks bro

And thanks again for the photo/etc. help the past couple days Did you get my IM about the two digis I was considering?

























I was only able to put a large chunk of one day this weekend.

I finished sanding some mud and laid down a fresh coat over the whole garage. I think it is pretty much there in terms of coverage in smoothness. After a very light sanding, I think about 1/4-1/3 of the garage will need another very light coat of mud and then it will be done and ready to move on to paint. It doesn't look much different so I didn't take many pics obviously. You can see in these photos that there are some places where the mud is still a grayish color... i.e. it's still wet...:





A couple other odds and ends:

Down the street someone was throwing out these adirondack chairs, and they were really in decent shape and were the right color, so I nabbed them. I figure after a long day of wrenching on the bike, I can grab a beer and watch the sunset over the lake in these bad boys. Not bad for $0....:



The new tank panel and piece of stompgrip came in... threw those on. Someone suggested drilling a little hole and securing these with a ziptie like they did on their bike... I will probably do that soon. Back to normal:



A friend's dad was using a set of utility shelves in a storage unit he was going to be emptying out and didn't need them anymore, so I grabbed them for free. For now, they are in the main basement with a lot of bike parts and maintenance materials on them, but when I'm done they will end up in the garage. Another $0 deal:



Hopefully will have some more good progress after this weekend, although Kat is going to be visiting. We'll see... maybe I'll put her to work again.

[Katherine]

Originally Posted by ceo012384

Hopefully will have some more good progress after this weekend, although Kat is going to be visiting. We'll see... maybe I'll put her to work again.

Bring it!


p.s.
I have no purpose for this smilie, but I liked it so much I wanted to include it.

[Gas Man]

Lookin good!

[Lamnidae]

Originally Posted by ceo012384

Thanks bro

And thanks again for the photo/etc. help the past couple days Did you get my IM about the two digis I was considering?

No sir, I did not... but I see you stayed Cybershot. They're great cameras, good on ya.... and NP, happy to share knowledge.

Originally Posted by Katherine

Bring it!


p.s.
I have no purpose for this smilie, but I liked it so much I wanted to include it.

I do love that smiley.

[Carolina]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

Lookin good!

[ceo012384]

Thanks guys! It's almost there...

Originally Posted by Katherine

p.s.

Are you licking me? I like it.