Well im just echoing the comments of others, that this place is gorgeous. I have a double garage but it is a complete mess. A shed also a bit smaller than yours but it is filled with yard stuff....i'd love to have space for an extra shop.

I have a few questions though:

1. Do you service bikes in the community or for friends? I just don't understand why the need for all the rims and parts...its not like bikes break down THAT often. So im just curious why all the parts...2-3 forks..etc..

2. So what are you going to do with the motor? Do you intend to finish it or just keep it as inspiration? What was your father-in-law going to do with it? Was it supposed to power something?

Thanks for posting this, as it is a true inspiration. I feel like cleaning my garage now. I seriously need to learn how to work on my own bikes...<sigh>..

i definately need one of those, my garage is tiny, and usually i'll have 10-15 bikes there, so everytime i gotta go work on something i gotta move 5 bikes out of the way , haha....

1. I'm constantly building something new. As of this writing, there's:

a. Two finished bikes ('80 Schwinn World Sport and '99 Nishiki Manitoba) ready to be photographed for this weekend's Craigslist

b. Two AMF Hercules 3-speeds about to be torn down for parts

c. A Peugeot UO-8 that I was originally going to build for myself using Favorit components but will probably build as a fixie and sell because of

d. The Roger Riviere which will eventually give me three early '70's French bikes.

e. And I've had enough enquiries from around the area that I'm expecting some business to drop in from time to time. To the point that I've set myself up on Quick Books. Earlier this evening was a panic call from an occasional rider in our Sunday morning group needing some crank arm/pedal intervention after an idiot friend tried to install her new pedals.

f. I'm a parts junkie. You should have seen me when I worked for the Ducati shop. And rode and blue and white 906 Paso (one of a hundred made). That bike taught me to hoard parts.

And who knows what I'm going to find next. For starters, I never know what Poguemahone will come up with. And believe me, you wanna talk enablers among addicts . . . . .

2. The engine will stay as a memory of my father-in-law. I don't even come close with the knowledge about building it up and making it run. Hell, in seventeen years, I'm amazed I've never had my '69 Bonnie leave me dead by the side of the road, given my engine skills.

nice shop