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Pale Rider
06-19-2007, 10:19 AM
Damn... I thought when I retired that I'd get some rest. Hell... all my phone seems to do is ring all day... "hey bra, can you do a service on my bike?" The Fatboy in the shop is the third service I've done this week. The good part? I'm making around $125 an hour... :D - :dance:

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/9835/garage0010zd2.jpg

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/1041/garage0020uq6.jpg

The bikes owner standing directly to left, Psycho Mike...

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Hagbard Celine
06-19-2007, 10:28 AM
Nice shop man. If you had a lift I'd be jealous. I guess you don't need one though since you work on bikes mostly.
Pale Rider
06-19-2007, 11:01 AM
Nice shop man. If you had a lift I'd be jealous. I guess you don't need one though since you work on bikes mostly.

Thanks, and yeah, a bike lift is in order. I've been pricing them. Handy's are the best... http://www.handy-lift.com/Motorcycle-Lifts.htm
Sitarro
06-19-2007, 12:01 PM
Congrats buddy..... people love their vehicles and when word gets out that there's someone out there who is not only an expert at their work but honest too........ get ready to expand.:clap::clap::clap:
Pale Rider
06-19-2007, 12:15 PM
Congrats buddy..... people love their vehicles and when word gets out that there's someone out there who is not only an expert at their work but honest too........ get ready to expand.:clap::clap::clap:

I have quite a few devoted customers that would only let me work on their rides from the Harley shop. Now they still want me to do their work, and they're telling their friends. Hell man... I need my play time... I'm RETIRED... :laugh:
Sitarro
06-19-2007, 12:19 PM
Nice poster on the wall, anyone we know?
Pale Rider
06-19-2007, 01:00 PM
Nice poster on the wall, anyone we know?

I don't think so. It's a Wurth (http://www.wurthusa.com/project/en/topnavi/home/startpage_1.html) calender, and the Wurth distributor would always bring a few around. They're better than the Snapon, Matco, Mac, etc., and scoring one was always hard. The models are unknowns I believe, but very hot none the less.
Yurt
06-19-2007, 08:18 PM
I think that poster on the wall in the second pic needs some work done... my rates are, eh em, more than $125 ... :laugh2:
manu1959
06-19-2007, 09:44 PM
congrats....read your lease or hoa agreement....i sense that running a business out of your garage.....could end badly....
Pale Rider
06-20-2007, 04:00 AM
congrats....read your lease or hoa agreement....i sense that running a business out of your garage.....could end badly....

AAAaaaah don't worry brother... the property "manager" has already had "HIS" bike in here. It's not a business manu... it's a hobby.