Britman, recently I have had feelings such as these. No garage is ever big enough for folks who love motorcycles . They not only are the thing that keeps us grounded in life and it's realities but they are also the anchor that keeps us on the end of a short line, sometimes making us dependent upon the security and pride we take in our ability to understand and enjoy these strays that we nurse back to health. Some of us feel that these machines are like our own children and we get overly protective about them.
My thought a few years ago was that these machines of mine (my children) just needed more space than my 24'x36'garage could provide, and if I could give them more space that would most certainly provide them and I with an environment conducive for such a "family", and any issues related to this "family" of machines would simply disappear. So after following such thought, I have the 24'x 36 garage, 1/2 of the 1st floor of my barn and a 40 x110' commercial space all loaded with rebuilt machines and most of the parts to build a few more. And only this year have I realized that it makes no difference, there will never be enough space. Don't get me wrong these spaces are sacred to me and my favorite place in the world to be, but I wonder how much of life am I really missing by having this short line anchor"family"and does it really make any difference. Don't know that yet. But I must tell you , I have owned many machines including a bug eyed sprite project, and a bug eyed sprite could never fill the void that would be left once the motorcycles are gone.
It is all so perplexing really, and I would be interested to see if you could share the answer to all of this with us, if you find it.
