I thought it was called man chowder in NE... not mud :lol:

Zing!

:lol: nice.

Na, i'll just throw the fuckers outside, if they run away, that's their problem

Theyre just cats who gives a fuck about em

:iagree:

sadly... comonboys

Good luck with that then

ya... she keeps telling me she'll get rid of me before the cats, but gets mad when i tell her i should just ditch both of 'em :idk:

Perfect. I fuggin' hate cats.

And this is why both my cats hate fuckin males too...........

Me too, I hate those little bastards.

I love cats. They are way more badass than dogs... Think about it... a 70lbs dog can be pretty ominous... but if you had a cat of the same stature, it would be insane. Cats are faster, more athletic, have more weapons at their disposal, and are way smarter...

but what good are they in life???

at least a dog (well, the right dog) will go get my bird after I shoot it.

My cat would too... He just wouldn't bring it back to me. :lol:

My one plays fetch... At least she did til Cutty came around...... And tazi would just beat the shit out of anything. Sooooo, prob won't have much to bring it back to me. She loves chasing leaves too. It's freakin hilarious.... But our town has a no-roam policy on animals they have to have tags and if they are outside they must be within a fence. Soooo. A fence is going to have to come up. Which we both talked about underground fences. I just want a "cat house" that they can be locked in when we aren't home..... I don't want them running around. Hell, they are 7 and 5. So they have maybe at most 10 years left. I think Cutty can just deal with it.... He has for almost 3 years now anyway....:idk:

10 years!!! damn... never had a cat live that long before at the farm.. :panic:

That a farm with other wild creators running around decline their life dear... You should have bought me a farm. Then they would have been outside without the worries of a fence. We still would have to have some shed for shelter but since you bought a house in town........
:whistle:

I'd love to own a cat house. ;)

Stop talking about cats in my garage thread, faggots. Cats suck.









Well as I said before, these couple weeks would see a shift in focus to getting the bike ready for the track and concurrently working on the garage (hopefully).

This past weekend it was real nice out so on saturday the first thing I did was go for a nice ride. Down the street from the office (where the garage is) is my folks' house, here's a pic of the lake. Awesome weather!

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...1234Medium.jpg

Back from the ride:
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...1459Medium.jpg

So then I spent the second part of saturday cleaning the garage. I organized all the tools and removed all the unnecessary ones and put them up in the 2nd floor apartment (next big project). The only things left are drywall related stuff, chop saw, vacuum, couple other tools. This took quite a while. Then I swept out the floor and it was ready for the garage's first REAL work to be done.

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2011Medium.jpg

So I brought the bike in, and cracked a beer. I know the garage isn't done yet and I've got a lot left that I want to do, but it felt pretty fucking great to be using it for what it's meant for:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2034Medium.jpg

Took the wheels off:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2145Medium.jpg

Took em down to a buddy's who has a no-mar tire changer and got the new tires mounted:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...1224Medium.jpg

Cleaned the shit out the whole drivetrain (sprockets, chain, wheels, cush). Before:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...1310Medium.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...1324Medium.jpg

After.... BLING BLING!!! (this is for you, azoom!):

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...1323Medium.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...1402Medium.jpg

Lubed the cush and cush rubbers, reassembled the rear wheel, looks mint! Mmmmm the smell of fresh rubber...:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...1500Medium.jpg

Stripped off the yamaha emblems:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...1803Medium.jpg

Installed gas tank sliders (don't want to crash and have that bitch explode!):

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...1812Medium.jpg

Installed stompgrips on the tank and gave the bike a quick detail:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...034aMedium.jpg





This coming weekend I'll be doing my 4,000 mile service, installing stainless steel brake lines and HH sintered pads, and hopefully doing some work on the mudding/sanding, but the bike takes precedence.

Looks good man. Really nice work.

Thanks dude. Appreciate it. I just want it to be DONE... but the bike has taken precedence, and other responsibilities keep popping up. I hope I can bang it out pretty soon and be really done.


















This weekend was pretty much dedicated to riding the bike and then working on it. Friday night met up with a couple riders and did a couple hour jaunt up the north shore of MA. Good times.

Saturday was very nice out:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...1112Medium.jpg

Rode for a couple hours and then decided to get to work. MAN did it feel cool to open up the garage doors and wrench on the bike in the nice weather while sipping a cold one:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...1435Medium.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...435aMedium.jpg

One bad thing, though... the side panels by the gas tank are known for having a tab that can break easily... well mine broke and fell off somewhere without me knowing it. I ordered a new one from mrcycles and called stompgrip and they are sending me the small piece that goes on that part for free. No big deal, I'll just try to keep a better eye on it from now on. This side without:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...1624Medium.jpg

What it's supposed to look like:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...1625Medium.jpg

As an aside, my tool collection is starting to be pretty sweet. I got a dremel and some accessories and a dremel engraver to engrave my tools. Figured I'd snap a photo of the growing collection:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...1413Medium.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...955aMedium.jpg

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First things first, time to do the 4k mile service. Lubed all pivot points, repacked the wheel bearings (did this when i got new tires last week already actually), readjusted the chain slack to the slacker side of the spec since I'll be at the track soon and using more of the suspension travel, adjusted my throttle cable free play and I like to keep it adjusted a bit on the tight side, also lubed the chain a bit. Did the oil change as well.

Then it was time to check the spark plugs. Lots of fun... you get to remove the gas tank, airbox, throttle bodies, the works... all to get to the plugs:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2043Medium.jpg

When doing this I noticed the back of my intake valves were a little cruddy. I use good gas, so I'm not sure why this is happening but a slight overfill in oil could probably cause it. I am going to run some seafoam through the bike and that should clean it up.

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2015Medium.jpg

Anyone know if running seafoam will heavily affect performance? If so, I'll wait until after my TDs next week to run it through.

Then it was time to sync the throttle bodies. Propped up the tank:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...1700Medium.jpg

Here's the throttle bodies. I've circled three of the adjusting screws and three of the plugs for hooking up the tuner:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...1704Medium.jpg

Basically you pull the plugs, hook up the sync tool, and adjust the screws to try to level them out. It's a sort of give and take, turning the 1 screw affects cylinders 1 and 3, turning the 2 screw affects cylinders 2 and 4, etc. After a little bit of messing, here's what you want it to look like:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...1750Medium.jpg

That was it for the 4k service. Lastly I wanted to throw on my Galfer SS lines (dark smoke... look great) front and rear, HH pads, and fresh fluid. Also got speedbleeders for all the calipers (helped a LOT, and they're stainless too). Here's the stuff:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...1457Medium.jpg

Then, my phone died because I left my charger in boston. Since my camera needs to be repaired, my phone is my camera right now, so I don't have any more pics. I'll snap some of the lines next time I get a chance. On the ride back to town, got the pads all scrubbed in... did a couple hard braking moves... HOLY SHIT do those things bite. Amazing difference from the stock lines/pads/fluid. Can't wait to get up to the track next week... been dreaming about it for six months.

Damn man. You had a productive weekend. All I did was sleep all day then wake up and drink, both days.

nice... yeah even just the SS lines made a big diffrence for me... especially on the rear... I locked up the rear A LOT the first day riding... partly because the lever on the new rear sets was higher and so I tended to brake harder than I really wanted each time.

No kidding. He makes me feel lazy.

Psst... Kat...Him ware'n you out... and you feeling lazy aren't the same thing

You were productive too... just not at the same type of things :lol:
I can't wait to wail on these brakes at the track... the difference just in street riding is night and day.
I'll put you to work again, lazybones!
You're asking for it :pebbs:
















Got some camera phone pics of the brake lines installed:

Rear:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...043aMedium.jpg

Front (didn't get the left side):

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...1042Medium.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...042aMedium.jpg

Front overfill reservoir (nice and clean/clear new fluid :D) and double banjo on the master:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...1043Medium.jpg

I left this coming weekend as a buffer in case I had any trouble with bike work (my first time doing all this bike work for the most part). Since I was able to get the bike work pretty much all done, this weekend I should be able to do some work on the drywall and such, along with getting all packed up to go up to the track.

Pics look great, you have been very busy! Where did you get your wheel lock? I would love to have some kind of anti theft device for the times that I can keep my bike in a garage. That little lock seems like a good deal as it is small and would keep the average idiot from going anywhere.

damn ceo, you da man.

looking good. bike and garage.

That is really only PART of my locking system. It's a kryptonite New York disc lock.... I use it in combination with the kryptonite 'fahgettaboudit' motherfuckinghugeass chain when I am at my apartment, along with a Nelson Rigg cover. At work, I don't need all that, so I just throw the disk lock on there.

I got the lock and chain as a combo about a year ago from motorcycle superstore... they had a sale and had the best price on it that I could find anywhere.
Thanks very much dude! How ya been? Haven't seen you around much since the old forum...

Where the hell do you carry your locks while cruising around? I am looking to get a tank bag eventually, but I would imagine that Fagetaboutit to be quite fucking heavy.

I leave the huge chain and the cover at my apt. That chain is extremely heavy, I wouldn't take it with me. The disc lock is the only thing I take with me. I throw it in my jacket pocket, backpack, or tankbag, depending what I've got with me that day.

An option if you want to lock at your destination would be to get a lighter chain to use with the same disc lock and bring that.

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. :rockwoot:

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.

No problem dude :cheers:
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:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...1702Medium.jpg

Gettin' 'er done:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...1706Medium.jpg

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.

Damn, lookin' good CEO. Keep it up.

Thanks bro :cheers:

And thanks again for the photo/etc. help the past couple days :dthumb: 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...:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...833aMedium.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...1835Medium.jpg

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....:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...1404Medium.jpg

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:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...1831Medium.jpg

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:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...1833Medium.jpg

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.
:ds:

Lookin good!

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

I do love that smiley.

:nothing:

Thanks guys! It's almost there...

Are you licking me? I like it.

this shit isn't done yet? FUCK! you better not take this long on my garage!

:lol: seriously dude, I'm as frustrated as you are. Basically, I work on it in my free time, which I have none of. And then the past month I was doing all sorts of bike work. It's really fucking close to done though. I'm psyched.

It will never be completely "done." You will always want to do something different. Building shelves, installing more light, organizing tools or space, etc.

Well I might want to tweak things and add new tools... but I have a plan for exactly what I want to do for me to consider it "done". Not too much more...

Made some good progress this weekend.

Finished the last coat of joint compound, and sanded it down. I'm not great with mudding and sanding... it's not the best job, but it's good enough for a garage. I'm anxious to finish it so I'm not going to kill myself doing any more coats and/or sanding.

Then, I completely cleared the place out, swept the ceiling and all the walls (drywall dust... yuck), moved out all the tools, the bike, the table saw, etc. Swept out the floor, and it was time to get down to business. Bought all my primer, paint, and supplies:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2565Medium.jpg

Laid down plastic everywhere and carefully taped all the borders, corners, outlets, lights, etc. I didn't want to paint the concrete kneewalls in either room because when I eventually do the epoxy floor coating I intend to do those surfaces as well. Prep work:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2566Medium.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2568Medium.jpg

Behr paints are so much better than the cheap shit in terms of not only looks, but coverage and spreadability. Do yourself a favor and don't cheap out.

Put on the primer:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2570Medium.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2572Medium.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2573Medium.jpg

Went for a good ride sunday morning, a couple hundred miles. Got back and did 1 coat of the finish paint:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2588Medium.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2590Medium.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2591Medium.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2593Medium.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2594Medium.jpg

Then I packed it up to watch the celtics game (GO C'S!!). Next weekend I'll do the last coat of paint.

Today I ordered the diamond plate baseboard that I mentioned ealier in this thread, it should arrive in time for me to install it this weekend. Then I'll seal it to the floor with caulking for waterproofing purposes, clean the shit out of concrete floor, and then it's just fun stuff left to do... like building all the shelves into the walls, building a workbench, setting up and organizing my toolchests, etc. So close!!

coming along nicely.

The paint alone is making the whole thing just look more finished. And great call on the behr paint, since I work in paint quite a bit at HD I get to try everything I want to and just tell them its for product knowledge and behr is the best hands down.

Wish I was there to help you out, ceo. I still think we should've gone with lilac instead of white.

Looks great!!! That is some hella work you have put into that!!!

White? Really? C'mon. Weaksauce.

After it's completely finished (shelves, etc.) I think you should post up a few pics in one reply, showing the beginning, the middle and the end.

Great project and glad we could follow along.

I agree on the coolness but to make it brighten the area its the best

Thanks!! :cheers:
Yeah hanging drywall up over the studs is one thing that makes it look like it's progressing, and then the painting is the other. Those two things just visually change it so much you're like Damn!!!

And yes... once you've worked with cheap paint and decent paint, you'll never have trouble making the decision again.
Precisely why I'm not upset you're not helping :lol:
Retarded.
Not retarded.
Good idea! Thanks man.

Yeah someone else suggested to me I take some photos that are from the same vantage point as a few of the original ones to show the transformation.

Another buddy suggested I print out one or two start photos and one or two finish photos and hang them up in the place when it's done; I thought that was a pretty cool idea.

YOU are fucking retarded, asshole.

Funny!

You've been really cranky lately, marko.
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...smdHEgNjDy.jpg

^^^^^^ :dvrofl:

That is a fact.

Lookin good duder, the white gives it a professional look. Deff needs some inspirational posters of Rossi and such.

Gotten a lot done so far this weekend, and more will be done tomorrow. Oh boy is it getting fucking sweet now :rockwoot::rockwoot::rockwoot:
Thanks dude! Yeah, I've got a couple tricks up my sleeve... more to come soon.

This long weekend I was able to get a lot of the final things done. I'm really psyched right now. Most of these things didn't require a ton of work, but they make such a huge difference towards the appearance of being done that it really looks great now.

I did the final coat of paint all around. I also repainted parts of all three of the thresholds in black, since they got joint compound and/or paint on them. Other little black trim stuff outside was also given another coat. Here's the final coat of paint:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2624Medium.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2625Medium.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2627Medium.jpg

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Intermittently I threw on all of the faceplates for the outlets and switches.

Next, I installed the diamond plate baseboard. I was able to do the whole main room with it. I couldn't do the one piece of wall I wanted to do in the small room because there were a couple pieces missing from the order, so I alerted the company and they will be here this week. Besides that, the people were nice and attentive (diamondlife I think the company is called) and also, the stuff looks great!!! Here's the parts that I did:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2657Medium.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2658Medium.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2660Medium.jpg

I used an aluminum-colored caulking meant for trim work to seal the baseboard to the floor all around the room. This means for washing the floor I never have to worry about moisture getting up under the wall, into the drywall and the wood. I could literally fill the room up with 4 inches of water. Here's a closeup of the caulking sealing the baseboard to the floor:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2656Medium.jpg

I installed shelving on all the walls in the small room. On the left are 8" deep shelves, the back wall has 12" deep shelves, and the whole right wall on either side of the doorway has 10" deep shelves.

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2651Medium.jpg

Here's a little bling I had lying around... a couple old street signs. The bike route sign is from chicago, forget how I came into that. I used a concrete nailer to hang 'em:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2679Medium.jpg

Because of the low overhang between rooms, I decided to paint some caution stripes on the threshold. Several people (including me once, forgetting to duck) had already hit their head. So I just measured off a bunch of stripes with a ruler and pencil, taped it up with painter's tape, and used some high gloss red paint:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2680Medium.jpg

Later, I pulled away the tape, and it came out pretty nicely I think:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2686Medium.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2685Medium.jpg

Next, I decided to take care of some more shelves in a few places. Since the shelves on the right wall in the small room are 10" deep, they protrude into the doorway a little bit. Thus, I figured I could utilize the space on the wall in the threshold between rooms.

I don't like having tons of bottles and aerosol cans everywhere and not being able to find them when I need them, so I designed and built a little rig to hold them:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2671Medium.jpg

I also cut some plywood shelves for the speakers and my stereo. I painted those and the shelves I made for the cans/bottles:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2672Medium.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2673Medium.jpg

Then I installed the can rig I dreamt up. It fit pretty well and looks like it will be very handy:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2688Medium.jpg

Also installed the shelves for the speakers and stereo, and wired up the speaker wire outlets they will all utilize:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2682Medium.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2683Medium.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2691Medium.jpg

This last picture was right after I used a floor degreaser called greaseaid, a bristle brush on my hands and knees, and rags to clean the floor. That drywall dust is really ground in there pretty badly. I'm a little pissed about this, but I'm not sure it's worth the effort to get it all off right now since eventually I will need to prep the surface in both rooms for adherance of an epoxy floor coating when I have the time and money to do it. That will probably occur this fall. That is, unless someone has an easy solution for cleaning the floor that I could do quickly soon.

Then, here's another trick I had up my sleeve... hung up this bad boy:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2693Medium.jpg

Then I opened up the craftsman roller chests I bought three or so months ago, finally. I bought them at that time because they were on a killer sale but haven't been able to bring them into the garage obviously. The 5-drawer top chest had been damaged from the manufacturer/shipper, the lid wouldn't close and when put down on level ground it wobbled. I had to take that back to sears and get a replacement. They gave me no trouble at all and gave me a brand new one in exchange right away. After that hiccup, I got them all set up. When everything is in place, the lid of the top chest JUST clears the recessed lighting boxes I built. Yeah, I planned it that way carefully... right... haha. Here's the chests:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2696Medium.jpg

All the tool companies charge an arm and a leg for drawer liners for tool chests, like $20 a roll. I found rolls at harborfreight for $3, and got 11 rolls. This is enough to do all of my toolchests as well as the drawers that will be in my workbench when I build it. I test cut one drawer and the stuff is great, just as good quality as the craftsman (and others) drawer liners, nice and sticky, etc. Good way to save money for those of you who need some liners:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2711Medium.jpg

Then I started bringing stuff in from the main basement, like the bike and stands, my jack and jackstands, backup (old) tires, gas,more of my tools, etc. This is the garage in it's current state as I left it at the end of the weekend... basically 95% done!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2705Medium.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...2706Medium.jpg


There is a bunch left to do, but for the most part, it's the way I want it.


Short term to-do's:

- Design and build workbench (I have a plan for this, just need to do it)
- Procure man-fridge to fit under said workbench to harbor tasty adult beverages (this is a HUGE necessity ;))
- Get everything out of the main basement that is mine, and get it organized and onto shelves and into tool chests
- Hang some hooks on the east wall for hanging up all my leathers and riding gear
- Finish the plumbing: right inside the main basement near the black door, install a big shop sink. Also, finish hooking up the outside faucet for washing cars/bike so the hose doesn't need to be drug out there every time.


Long-term to-do's:

- Grind/sand/etc concrete floor in both rooms, acid wash it, then apply medium gray epoxy base, then red/white/black paint flakes, then a nice think clear epoxy topcoat
- Buy a compressor, pour a concrete slab for it outside and build a 'doghouse' for it to 'live' in, plumb the air line in through the wall near the heater
- Tackle the main basement... lots of organization, trashing, and a little lighting/electrical work in there. Nothing anywhere near close to the work in the garage though. I'll take a break for now ;)






And it's not COMPLETELY done yet, but I can't help look back at this picture and compare:

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Next weekend I will be doing a little bit on the garage, but it will mostly be related to packing for my trip and prepping the bike (this will include an onboard camera setup ;)) for the trip and all the track days involved. I will be gone for about two weeks, doing at least 3 track days, 5 days in deal's gap, 4 or 5 relaxing in SC, driving 2500-ish miles with the bike on the trailer, and doing a 1-day work thing on the way back. Extremely psyched for this trip.

That garage looks fucking killer. How pissed would you be if your parents decided to sell the house?

Thanks dude!

And :lol: yeah that would be funny. It's their office building, actually... but yeah... they won't ever sell it... and then it will be handed down to me. I could always condo the place out if we wanted to sell it so I could retain the garage ;)

fuck if you did sell it... you just added a bunch of money to the price of the place


but damn... shit looks pimp bro! good work!

Nice job man. Looks great.

Good work man.

That looks FUCKIN AWESOME!!!!!

Thanks guys!!! :rockwoot::rockwoot::rockwoot::rockwoot:

Pretty psyched about it. Stuff left to do, like I said, but none of it is a pain. Just fun stuff.

Shit definitely looks sick, Comparrison of those two pics reminded me of the first time I saw that pic.. Never thought it could look that good..

See ya on Monday!

Thanks dude!! Yeah looking back it's pretty crazy. Just one weekend at a time didn't seem like much... but start to finish now looks like a ridiculous transformation.

And yeah, see you up at the track. I'll hit you up sunday night and we can all go get some food/beers. Also if you get to the point where you can bump to yellow maybe I can get some footage of you and vice/versa with my new camera system :whistle:

looks great, good work bruh.

I have a feeling I will be up in yellow this time..

Although, My frame sliders STILL HAVE NOT FUCKING COME IN.. :panic::panic::panic:

Thanks dude :rockwoot:
Nice man... hopefully I'll get some footage and maybe you of me as well, I'm going to try to make the system easily removable.

As for the frame sliders... what the fuck?!?! :lol:

What kind did you get? Why are they taking so long?

I don't know.... I ordered R&G straight from the manufacturer in England, back in Feb, They sent them in April, but they forget to send the modified coolant bottle, They sent some diff sliders :wtf: then they sent the right bottle in April. I got to installing before the first 2 track days and the spacers were wrong.. Then I asked them to send me the right shit, they finally got back to me 2 weeks ago and said they were going to send it out.. AND I STILL DON'T FUCKING HAVE IT.. So.. Ya.. I hate R&G..

That looks sweet as hell ceo. Love the diamond plate bases :dthumb:

so rough guess, how much you got into it (not counting labor)

*looks at own garage*

Dude, you have no idea how jealous I am of that! I want a dream wood shop someday but right now I make do with an over crowded garage that includes a washer dryer.

Looks amazing, man. Seriously! You are quite the craftsman.

I'll have to tally it up. Without the concrete floor, prolly like 2 gmoneys.
Thanks man! Now go work on yours!! :lol:

For reelz. Money's tight as is time, but I'm gonna start modeling cabinet and shelving designs for the "shop" pretty soon. Things is, I suck at dry wall. :cry:

I'd like to build a wall around the washer and dryer and install a sliding door much like closets have so the W/D don't get all covered in sawdust constantly. Not sure how I want to design it though.

I suck at drywall too dude! But it's a garage so I'm not sweating it... as long as it's not awful.

Crack into it... once you get going... it's fun as hell.

My next little project is the workbench build... kinda concentrating on the bike for now though.

At least you got a place to work on it!

I hear ya. I would LOVE an integrated workbench in the garage. Gonna do the shelving and junk soon when money frees up a bit. I'm getting married in October and the wife-to-be is demanding a spot in the garage to park her car. I've always parked my vehicles outside instead of in the garage so I'm going to need to free up some room with shelves. Possibly a shed in the back yard too.

I love doing projects. It's just getting my lazy nuts started that's the hard part. :lol:

If we meet up when I come home I want to drink at your place so I can be the first to puke all over your garage.

Here's the basic outline of the garage. It's a two car with single doors. The red shapes are the water heater, washer and dryer. I want to wall in where the dotted lines are but just around the washer dryer area. To the right of the walled in washer dryer, will be the integrated work bench with shelving above it.

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h6...ic/Garage1.jpg

Squeeze a fatty out in the corner. FTW.

EDIT: After more Nerdom on the pooter...I think I want the workbench and walled in area to look something like this:

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h6...ic/Garage4.jpg

EDIT 2: Dang. Recooping from surgery sure does give me time on the computer! The garage will hopefully look like this when done:

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h6...Capture2-1.jpg

That ought to give me enough space for things. There will be a 3 piece sliding door in front of the washer dryer, cabinet doors below the workbench, and peg board in the space on the angled wall and back wall in between the workbench and shelving. Hopefully this'll increase my house value too.

Well if we drink at my place and you want to throw up in the garage you're going to have to drunkenly jog 15 miles, dipshit.
That looks like a pretty good use of the space you have available. If you are going to make a really nice workbench, make it easily removable so you can take it with you when you move. That's what I'm going to do.

I would try to think of some ways to add more storage space in there... shelving over the W/D, etc.

Aw yea. Shelving over the W/D is a must. I already have a workbench so the one I build into the house will stay there. Especially due to the bench being molded against the angled wall. Hopefully I'll have some money to do this within the next 6 months or so. Then I can make my OWN workshop thread. ;)

Hey now. I gave you the go ahead to expand on our garage..... I would love to double the size of the big one........ You should have heard some of the ideas Mark came up with for it. A drive thru so we never have to back the bikes out. Totally cool....... If we only could do it....:rockwoot:

It feels like you can run forever when you are drunk. Then the drunk starts to wear off an you are SOL.

and as soon as you win the lotto we will.

Did a couple little things the other day. Had a lot of other shit going on though. Work has been pretty rough lately.

The rest of the baseboard was installed, and I caulked the bottom with the aluminum-colored caulking there as well:

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Then I used a clear caulking on the TOP of the baseboard all the way around, so that liquids splashed on the walls wouldn't seep in behind them. In this pic it still looks like white caulking since it hadn't dried:

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And this closeup shows it dried:

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Unpacked all my trackside stuff and some other things and started organizing the storage room:

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The blue painter's tape allows paint to bleed under a bit so there were lots of marks like this:

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So I just grabbed some black pinstriping and outlined it all:

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Ended up cutting all the drawer liners for all my tool chests:

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Now I'll be concentrating on building the bike back up in time for the next track days and installing all the goodies I'm getting. If there is spare time, I'll start the workbench... but for now all garage stuff will be on the back burner.

It's cool that I'm about to give this place some hardcore usage. Anyone wants to help when I get stuck and break shit, I'll food and beverage you :drink:

Sweet as hell.

I hate when the blue painters tape does that.

I guess the green stuff, gator tape?, isn't suppose to do that.

Yeah I hate it too!

I saw that new green gator tape and I was like "no way, that is expensive as fuck for a roll of tape"... but now I am wondering if it really does work better... if so It's worth the price for areas that require fine detail IMO.

GREAT job, Ceo! I am still unbelievably jealous. That is a fine workshop!

looking great!

details baby, details!!!!!! :dthumb:

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Yeah Ive been wondering if that green frog tape that we have at the depot is actually worth the $9+ a roll. If I get bored at work tonight Ill pull a roll off the shelf and test it out for you guys.

Looks good...

where's the stripper pole?? :idk:

yeah, :drool:

I'd be interested to hear if that stuff is worth the extra dough.

For fine detail work, if that stuff does what it's advertised to do, I'd say it's worth it. Otherwise you'll end up doubling the time you spend and spending the same money because your OCD-ass will be sitting there with car pinstriping and an exacto knife like me :lol:
More importantly, where are the strippers? :idk:

Let us know!!!

As promised I gave the frog tape a shot today at work. I grabbed one of the 2 inch rolls that retails at a little under 12 bucks, put a couple pieces on a paint stick and painted around them. I painted over the edge of the tape like most painters would and after it dried peels the tape back off. Nothing special to it. Heres the final result...

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/4158/tapekv5.th.jpg

Perfectly clean edges. I was kind of skeptical but was honestly very impressed. If clean lines is something that youre anal about while painting, this is definitely the tape for you.