First stages of my paint shop...

[BulletTrain]

Well folks, the shop is under way. Dad broke ground today while I was still at work. I came home and snapped this before he quit for the day. It's on now! Gotta come up with a logo and a shop name soon. If all goes well I should have a shop to paint bikes in before too terribly much longer.

Hell yeah!!

 

[BigBSBusa]

Something to do with trains for the name and the logo?

 

[BulletTrain]

Something to do with trains for the name and the logo?

Dunno, I'm open for suggestions and ideas. Not set on anything yet. Sounds like an idea for another thread.

 

[PACIFICBUSA]

oh damn! Too bad I can't send you my bike to try out your paint skills on, BT.

BTW....looks like a nice bit of real estate you got there. Friggin big place, from the looks of it. Just the area in the pic looks like my entire lot...house and all...

 

[fstbusa]

sweeet

 

[BulletTrain]

oh damn! Too bad I can't send you my bike to try out your paint skills on, BT.

BTW....looks like a nice bit of real estate you got there. Friggin big place, from the looks of it. Just the area in the pic looks like my entire lot...house and all...

I've got four acres. It really IS big when I start cutting grass!

 

[BulletTrain]

sweeet

Sho'nuff!

 

[stkr00]

Looks Good BT. I'm jealous now

 

[BulletTrain]

Looks Good BT.  I'm jealous now

Thanks.

 

[sageronin]

That's good news ... and I'm in line to be one of your first customers !!

DJ

 

[Let 'er eat!]

Awesome! This ought to keep us in pictures for a few months

- I've got to spell on a name for a while.......

 

[BulletTrain]

That's good news ... and I'm in line to be one of your first customers !!

DJ

You certainly are, Sage. Can't wait to be able to hook you up, bro.

 

[BigBSBusa]

Looks like it will be very nice, BT! And very large!

 

[BulletTrain]

Awesome!  This ought to keep us in pictures for a few months

  - I've got to spell on a name for a while.......

Knowin' Pop and his impatient, insanely overworkin' self, the construction period will be more like WEEKS than MONTHS! He and I built and finished my new home in under four months from the day the batter boards and strings went up to mark where it'd stand to the day I moved in.

You CAN count on "in-progress" pics and updates though. Looks like the only thing that's gonna cost me outta pocket is the concrete floor for it. I'm goin' 40 X 50 so that'll prolly run a couple thousand dollars or so. Not a bad price for a 40 X 50 shop, huh?

 

[BigDawg_03Busa]

Congrats Train, good to see guys starting their own thing. It's truely
the only to earn your own money. There is a cost initially of
long hours, but remember you reap what you sow. Keep up
the good work my man and God bless your business.

 

[BulletTrain]

Looks like it will be very nice, BT!  And very large!

Yeah, it's gonna be 40' X 50'. That's 2000 square feet. Should give me room to walk around a bike while I'm workin' on it.

 

[BulletTrain]

Congrats Train, good to see guys starting their own thing.  It's truely
the only to earn your own money.  There is a cost initially of
long hours, but remember you reap what you sow.  Keep up
the good work my man and God bless your business.

Thanks Dawg.

I hope I can make a little money off of this while havin' fun workin' on bikes. They say that the best job is one you love. I love few tasks more than workin' on my bike. I think it's gonna be a lot of fun. I may also offer bike detailing when paint work is slow. I could prolly make a fair amount of cash off of the local Harley riders just with that part of it.

Now, if I could just find a wife that has a decent payin' job with family coverage health insurance so I could quit LE and go full time on my own I'd be one happy sucker!

Actually, I'm gonna try to put in at least four more years after '04 in LE to lock in some sort of retirement. After that's covered, I'm uncertain what I'll do. I guess it depends on a lot of things, like where I am with my career in LE, how the shop is doin', etc...

I'd also like to eventually have a small portrait studio set-up. I've always wanted to get into that.

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[Revlis]

Very Cool BT. Very Cool...

 

[Pit Bull]

Beautiful piece of property there BT. There's nothing like that red Georgia clay. I'd love to have some trees like that on my property - I've got 10 acres but it's flat as a board & it used to be a corn field - the only trees I've got I had to plant.
Good luck with the construction, sounds like you guys know what you're doing , it should be great.

Pit Bull

 

[BulletTrain]

Beautiful piece of property there BT. There's nothing like that red Georgia clay. I'd love to have some trees like that on my property - I've got 10 acres but it's flat as a board & it used to be a corn field - the only trees I've got I had to plant.
Good luck with the construction, sounds like you guys know what you're doing , it should be great.

Pit Bull

Thanks man.

And yeah, I love my place. My four acres are actually surrounded by 32 more acres of family land, all wooded. Not another house in sight from mine, no traffic, just beautiful country and PEACE & QUIET.