Man Castles

comnoz · Nov 18, 2009

I have got to get back to finishing the Paris- Dakar Norton. It was nearly finished when I had my shop fire. The engine was a total loss and I'm sure the trans is a rusty mess inside but the frame and suspension came through with no problems. Jim

RennieK · Nov 18, 2009

WOW! I'd be happy just knowing what to do with 1/2 that stuff! You get my vote too!

Bobs850 · Nov 18, 2009

When I bought my house 10 years ago they made me sign a piece of paper stating the Barn was of no value. I said okay.

It is just nice to have dry space,

swooshdave · Nov 18, 2009

Bobs850 said:
When I bought my house 10 years ago they made me sign a piece of paper stating the Barn was of no value. I said okay.

I'm willing to wager that E-Type is worth more than the garage...

grandpaul · Nov 18, 2009

Yep, totally worthless.

Lowered your property taxes did it?

They don't let us set any property values no matter what the circumstance; the county appraiser does it all and there isn't a whole lot of breath worth wasting arguing thier findings.

Rob94010 · Nov 18, 2009

Bob850 has quite the nice "worthless" barn. A Jag E type, a Tr6, a Mini, was that 3 Brit bikes and a hidden 80's Camaro.

But Jim, a Paris to Dakar Norton? Is that the mono shock project?

comnoz · Nov 19, 2009

Yes, that's the monoshock project. Theres a big yellow plastic tank and fenders to fit up in the shelves.

Bobs850 · Nov 19, 2009

swooshdave said:
Bobs850 said:

When I bought my house 10 years ago they made me sign a piece of paper stating the Barn was of no value. I said okay.

Click to expand...

I'm willing to wager that E-Type is worth more than the garage...

The E type is a 69 Series 2 2+2. It runs great and gets lots of use. If it was a roadster or a coupe it would be worth 2 to 3 more and I would probably would not be driving it as much as I do.

Rob94010 · Nov 20, 2009

comnoz said:
Yes, that's the monoshock project. Theres a big yellow plastic tank and fenders to fit up in the shelves.

It could look like this when you're done...

RennieK · Nov 20, 2009

calbigbird said:
I saw this on another forum and it was a lot of fun.

Okay, SHOW US YOUR MAN CASTLE

This was a great idea and has proven to be more than fun! It's totally interesting but I keep thinking of some members like Debby who have been on here a lot longer than me and may feel excluded because of the title. Things have changed since the 60's and 70's and a lot of WOmen are doing what was traditionally guy stuff like military service, policing, astronaulting and bike building to list a few.

So comon gals, we showed ours now show us yours! Posters an' all! : )

Seriously gals, you've proven to be every bit a part of this forum as any of us and we value your input.

grandpaul · Nov 20, 2009

Here, here.

Debby, what about it?

debby · Nov 20, 2009

Ha! I will admit the title of this thread put me off a bit. But it's nice to feel included.

I don't have any pics up on photobucket at the moment, so I can't put anything up right now, being at work and all. :roll: I'll see about getting some snapshots of my humble little She Cave as soon as I can. Stay tuned...

Debby

Ron L · Nov 21, 2009

Man Castle? Not the term I would use to describe it. I'd love to have a big pole building like Grand Paul and Jim, but at least for now I'm cramming everything into a 20 X 20 (heated!) where I do the most of the work.

With the overflow and light maintenance in an adjoining (unheated) garage.

Taking these pictures made me realize how much I need to clean up and organize (again). Life and work keep me out of the shop more than I'd like, so it gets messy quickly. Someday when I retire....

coldcommandocafe · Nov 21, 2009

If this is still going in a month I'll post a pic. thats how long it will take me to clean it up.

Ron L · Nov 21, 2009

If this is still going in a month I'll post a pic. thats how long it will take me to clean it up.

That's not fair!!! Show it like it is when you work in it!

calbigbird · Nov 21, 2009

See? I told you this could be fun

For the ladies of the group, I will be more than happy to change the title to Bike Castles if you would like, but I truly did not mean to exclude you. :roll: I know there are more out there with work shops for their Nortons and other rides. Come everyone let's see your Bike Castles.

RennieK · Nov 21, 2009

Ron L said:
I'd love to have a big pole building like Grand Paul and Jim, but at least for now I'm cramming everything into a 20 X 20 (heated!) where I do the most of the work.

Sorry Ron but you get no sympathy from me. 20x20 plus about another 20x20 = 20X40. Nope, you get no sympathy from me.

I suppose if we could have everything we wanted there'd be a lot more Jay Leno's garages around. I wonder if he's getting over crowded yet. I don't think there is such thing as too much space.

RennieK · Nov 21, 2009

coldcommandocafe said:
If this is still going in a month I'll post a pic. thats how long it will take me to clean it up.

Yeah, none of us cleaned ours up! ... honest.

doug · Nov 22, 2009

Took this some time ago, so it does not look like this now........there has been another bike squeezed in since then!

http://s92.photobucket.com/albums/l38/c ... 0_1440.flv

grandpaul · Nov 22, 2009

coldcommandocafe said:
If this is still going in a month I'll post a pic. thats how long it will take me to clean it up.

HA!

It'll never happen.

...unless you stop tinkering and riding. Then, what's the point? I didn't clean mine...