Mike’s Bikes

So, why do we drive crappy 200,000+ mile cars and wear our socks until they’re more holes than yarn? So we can spend money on bikes!

Here’s a little virtual tour of our shop, which will prove a couple of things; one, Mike’s not kidding when he says he owns a few bikes, and two, we’re insane.

Click pic above for a complete video slideshow of the shop

In 2006 we purchased a piece of property in Terrebonne that already housed a shop that was large enough for our junk. We innocently believed that all we’d have to do after purchasing the property was pay Adair to build a house and then pick out paint colors and window treatments. (photos here will enlarge when you click ‘em)

The money pit in 2006 - house basically done, shop done, garage in production

We were wrong. It’s 2011 and we’re still working on completing the place!

The first thing we did complete was the shop – guess that shows where our priorities lie. Our carpenter tore out a bunch of mistakes the previous owner made, re-did the stairway and installed 4.0 doors so we could roll bikes in and out easier.

The “showroom” section houses most of the bikes on the first floor, the front row is new stuff, the back row includes most of Mike’s vintage bikes.

Front Row – the “working” bikes:

Back Row – Vintage Stuff:

   

Left to right: Jawa, Honda, BSA, Triumph, BMW

Side row – Trials and small vintage bikes:

Our oldest bike, a 1920′s Levis on a pedestal in the loft area.

 

The loft is also home to the vintage clothing, toy, and book collection.

 

Through a door to the other side of the shop, the working area includes a bench and tools along with Mike’s current projects.

Two “barn finds” A Matchless and a Velocette. Definitely part of the project pile!

   

This area also has a loft which houses all Mike’s spare parts. The major portion of this side of the shop also has our motorhome and trailer (which have done plenty of sitting lately due to the cost of fuel!).

So, that’s all our junk, for what it’s worth!