FuzzyRSTD

Here is mine. Not boasting here, just thought it would be nice to see some different ideas. I know of at least two members here whom are in the process of building a garage. My garage has a small 4'x6' porch and the garage is 28' wide and 40' long. Used sheet rock on the inside walls,4" insulation in walls and 6" in the ceiling with insulated 10' wide x 8' tall garage doors . Never been below 38 degrees in my garage with out heat and at 5 below zero out side. Love my garage ...... [ATTACH]61037[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]61038[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]61039[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]61040[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]61041[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]61042[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]61043[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]61044[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]61045[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]61046[/ATTACH]

My co-worker and friend and brother in the Lord, Philip Howard, is need of prayer for his family. His son Ben Howard (20 yrs old) wrecked his four wheeler ATV yesterday afternoon and had to be flown to the UK hospital in Lexington,KY. He is in critical shape and may be paralyzed from his chest down. He is to be operated on tomorrow.The young man is a good Christian boy and that is very good. He is in need of prayer and please remember his family also. This is very devastating news to me and all those I work with. We are a close nit group that work together at the State Highway Department. We spend many hours working together and watching out for one another as we do a dangerous job, especially through the winter months. Please remember us all in prayer as we all pray for Ben and his family. Fuzzy

Good news. Just checking on the latest. Still remembering all in our prayers.

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Very nice job CR. I like it and also I like what you said about giving credit where credit is do. You really did a good job of explaining yourself and giving honor to all who helped. Just what I expected from a brother like you. Take care and that bike looks wonderful. Please tell your wife howdy for me. She is such a nice sweet person. Glad I met you all at Cumberland. Fuzzy

I know what you mean. I would not want to let my RSTD go for now at all. I love it and get around 44 mpg average. However I would like to have one of these for the extra bike to ride to work or where ever. My regrets are that I did not go for the RSV instead. My wife really does not ride much with me and that was also a factor. I ride my RSTD to work a lot. I added speakers/music and that makes a big difference. Hope the st1300 works well for you, and if you can, keep it and get yourself a good used RSV. Fuzzy

You are welcome. But do not let me discourage you from learning. If this is something you have always wanted to do and feel now is the time and can afford it, then by all means GO FOR IT. I once wanted a welder after I got my garage built. After thinking to myself, I said "Self, no more welding than you would need, just get Bub Price to do it." So that is what I did. I had him to make me a flag holder for my trailer hitch on my bike. I drew the plans and done the measuring, he looked it all over and I left it with him. When I went to pick it up, he had made some changes to my plans and it was great. I posted it here. http://venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=63619 Fuzzy

I agree. The Boss is "loaded", and should know the technician very well. They obliviously have worked together.

I have become addicted to VentureRider.Org . Yes 12 dollars is great. I believe it was free when I joined also. Thanks to Don and all the others whom give him a hand. Lots of laughs and lots of knowledge here, for just about anything for motorcycles and some other interesting topics come up some times. Great place to spend some time rather than watching the TV. Sometimes however, I do feel the need to read my Bible more, and also pay more attention to what is going on around me than reading the posts. My wife gets so mad when I am not listening to her. Fuzzy

Not really Sylvester. It is kinda junked up right now. The pics where not that good either. But I am proud of my garage and blessed and thankful to have it. My wife and I really love the garage, one of the best investments we ever made. She helped me a lot with ideas. I done all the finish work myself. The windows and all the trim. I painted my trim camouflage. I did organize everything and put up the cabinets and work bench. I got the cabinets from my brother in law whom tares down houses for right of ways for the state. Also got the shelving from him for cheap. How about some pictures of your garage Sylvester ? Fuzzy

I have been around welding all my life, but never really cared for it. I leave my welding up to a good friend whom has welded for many many years. I have welded some and it looked pretty good and held. The trick I learned is that what welding is,is this, you are melting two metals together. You must mix them together as the metals melt, and that is the trick that is hard to learn. You must set your welder correctly for every job and know your rods and setting up the welder. I never did get the over head welding technique down. I could not do it. Over head welding is tough. Unless you are planning a large project or building a lot, I would not recommend buying anything. Leave up to those whom already been there and done that. Spend the money to have the professionals do it. It is also a dangerous job, be very careful. I burnt my eyes once and once is enough for me. Fuzzy

My floor is 6" thick and 28' wide x 40' long and it cracked. Sawed four times (two wide and two long). The carpenter whom was building for me at the time, told me it would be cracked in the morning at the entrance walk in door way because it was in the corner. He said there is no such thing of concrete without cracks. I used the wire also. It was cracked there the next morning. But has been fine since. Yammer I had my block laid to accommodate the concrete and still be around 4" above the concrete floor. Worked fine for when you want to wash the floor and not have to worry about the walls. I also would highly recommend 10' wide garage doors. And put them 48" apart if you are putting in two, this is very adequate and you will not have to worry about being to close. I would also recommend putting in drains, I did not and just sloped half my floor toward the doors. It works, but I wish I would have spent the extra 2-3 hundred dollars and did the drains. I have to use a squeegee to get all the water out. I also added a concrete porch while building the garage (4' wide x 6' long). Some said why have a porch on a garage ? , but I love it. I put my grill there and there is room for me sit in the dry and watch it rain. I can grill on rainy days by sitting the grill on the ground and standing on the porch under the roof. I do not have to stand in the rain while opening the entrance door. I can leave the storm door window up and door open for air and do not have to worry about the rain. I also put in plenty of electrical outlets, about 48" from the floor and 6' apart. I also put electrical outlets in the ceiling for my lights and just general use. I hung florescent lights and put plugs on them to just plug them up and still have the light switches to control each one. But I would have rather had regular bulbs, since the florescent interfere with the music radio reception while listening in the garage. I also used what are called attic trusses in the garage roof. This way you can put you in a $100.00 pull down set of steps and have plenty of up stairs storage to get the junk out of the garage floor. If you plan on putting in an air conditioner (highly recommend). I would recommend doing the opening in the wall as you frame the garage. I purchased one from Lowe's that also has electric heat. Works great for those times when you just want to warm up the garage to do a job or have a birthday party or gathering. I put 4" insulation in the walls and then a plastic moister barer and then 1/2" sheet rock. I put 6" in the ceiling and also sheet rock there. I had the sheet rock fellows to just go over it a couple times to get it looking decent and then I painted it.The sheet rock was cheaper than the 1/2 inch wafer board and does not soak up all that paint. My garage has never been below 38 degrees inside. I do not have heat on all the time, just when I want to spend some time there. The heat from my vehicle helps to keep it somewhat warm to. You will love the idea of a garage when it is cold and raining. So nice to go get in a decent warm vehicle when it is zero outside. I also ran my electric from the house box. Just get a heavy enough main line and add a 100 amp breaker to your 200 amp box in the house and go from there. Works everything fine; freezer/lights/electric garage doors/plugs/air conditioner. This allows you to get by with out a separate bill and meter for the garage. I also did put in a outlet for a 200 volt plug in welder, but never have used it. I also put a outside plug in on my garage porch. Use it a lot. Just some thoughts here for you and if you have any questions or just want to discuss something, feel free to give me a call Yammer. I always like to talk to people that have been there, when I am going to do something like this. [ATTACH]61003[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]61004[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]61005[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]61006[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]61007[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]61008[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]61009[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]61010[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]61011[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]61012[/ATTACH] Fuzzy

Done some research on these critters, sounds like Honda has got a decent bike here. Adjustable windshield and 7.5 gallon of gas sounded good. I also read about a police special that had an adjustable seat, maybe they are all adjustable. It was only $3,500 and had some cosmetic issues. I would like to have one of these myself.

Mel, you dirty dog .....:rotf:

I would start with an e-mail to Carbon One.

Good Lord willing, I will try to be there next year if Don still has one. Then I will look this fellow up. I hear he works for peanuts, but that is more than I was charged last year. I also do not think he speaks English very well. So far two high for me and can't talk to him. Fuzzy

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Now I have heard it all here. I have heard that remark ever since that aggravating 30 minute show. My name is James Darrell Fultz ....... go figure.... And that bike might have been mine, Goose did sync my carbs you know. Thanks my feathered friend. Fuzzy

Wow, glad I have been blessed to own a jack and a bike lift. I am not bragging here. You all are worrying me. Lifting with a "come a long" or using hockey pucks and 2x4s and 2x2s. Please fellows, if you drop your bike from the height that it needs to be to change the tire, then you will definitely do more harm than good. It will cost you more to fix than an jack,adapter, or bike lift. I got one of the Harbor Freight red bike lifts and it works great. I also have an adapter/stand Carbon One I think. I also have a bike jack from Harbor Freight that works well. I do not use the adapter that much anymore. I bought a set of tire tools from Jc Whitney for $14.00 that work very well to. Come with the plastic rim protector. Wished you where closer and we could change those tires in just a little while. I would not trust the dealers (most) to do the job to my specs. I think you should lube the splines on both ends of the drive shaft and the fingers in the rear wheel. Also change the rear deferential oil at this time. It would be a good idea to also purchase a decent torque wrench to put the bolts back to factory specs, especially the axle nuts. Use Honda Molly grease. I have learned all this from these good people here on this site. If you need help, just holler at them and they will come running. Fuzzy

One Word,,,,Niceeeee........

Great video and pictures. Condolences to the family of another hero. Thank you for posting. Fuzzy

That is a bummer Randy. Yes it does take longer to heal as you age. Like a good friend of mine sometimes says,"Man it sucks to get old". Hope all turns OK for you. Listen to the doc and do as they say. Your eyes are very delicate and very precious. Fuzzy

Shoot, this is news to me. I have an 07 Tour Deluxe and have always noticed the low fuel flashing 'F' but never even knew there was a light. Thanks, I will notice next time I am low on fuel. Man I love this Forum. Another good reason to spend 12 bucks next year. Fuzzy

Yep, same everyone else here. Just normal break noise. Use them and pay no attention, 15,000 on my bike and the front breaks still look really good. I did change the back pads at around 13,000 mile, so watch them. http://venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=61475 Fuzzy

Maybe you should leave her a few Yammer, here and there. Get well soon and so forth before she gets home.