Topic: Can anyone identify this white stuff in my workshop?

[Nortstudio]

Well, I guess I have to now admit that winter is here, and my time of wrenching on the street is over!  So sad. 

I was feeling good about the 35 degree days when i would still go outside for a few hours, to tinker with things on the CB550, but today it seems that all ends for a while....

this is a shot of my "workshop."

[OldSchool_IsCool]

WOW!! What happened?  Did Donald Trump's coke bag rupture? 

[KingCustomCycles.com]

You guys are making National news with the snow.

[Nortstudio]

I just watched a snow plow (on the back of a huge dump truck!) get stuck.  Not good!!!

[wildcatmahone]

Said it was coming and sure as hell dont miss those winters. Time to take the bike up into the apartment

[Nortstudio]

Believe me, I've thought about it.  I think i am going to get it into the backyard, and do my work in the basement.  Maybe build a lean-to or something...

[apex_seeking]

Believe me, I've thought about it.  I think i am going to get it into the backyard, and do my work in the basement.  Maybe build a lean-to or something...

The basement is where my two bikes live in the winter. I've done my fair share of outdoor, winter time wrenching and I'm done with all that. Busted knuckles are one thing but cold busted knuckles are another.

[Nortstudio]

Unfortunately, I could never get the bike down there - unless I took the whole thing apart.  Even then it would be a struggle.  So the majority will have to stay up in the yard, and the parts I am looking to work on (forks, wheels, etc) will have to come down.

[Spanner 1]

I admire your tenacity, Ns.

[Nortstudio]

Didn't really have much of a choice, but thank You. Wish I could afford an indoor work space, but locally, the cost is prohibitive. I should be alright, as long as my cover can withstand the wind!

[gnarlycharlie4u]

Well, I guess I have to now admit that winter is here, and my time of wrenching on the street is over!  So sad. 

I was feeling good about the 35 degree days when i would still go outside for a few hours, to tinker with things on the CB550, but today it seems that all ends for a while....

this is a shot of my "workshop."

i hope that lump isn't your bike in your "workshop"

[Really?]

This should be a sign to grab as many SOHC's as you can and move to DFW, Texas!  Selling those SOHC's down here should give you a good start and we need some! 

[gnarlycharlie4u]

This should be a sign to grab as many SOHC's as you can and move to DFW, Texas!  Selling those SOHC's down here should give you a good start and we need some! 

no lie... I was just talking about moving down your way the other day.

My aunt lives in Dallas.

[Nortstudio]

Well, I guess I have to now admit that winter is here, and my time of wrenching on the street is over!  So sad. 

I was feeling good about the 35 degree days when i would still go outside for a few hours, to tinker with things on the CB550, but today it seems that all ends for a while....

this is a shot of my "workshop."

i hope that lump isn't your bike in your "workshop"

No . I was lucky enough to get it up against the building before the storm hit.

[Really?]

This should be a sign to grab as many SOHC's as you can and move to DFW, Texas!  Selling those SOHC's down here should give you a good start and we need some! 

no lie... I was just talking about moving down your way the other day.

My aunt lives in Dallas.

Homes are MUCH cheaper down here too.  Take a look online, you can get a whole lot for you hard earned money.  But don't forget the SOHC's. 

[Nortstudio]

If recording records was as popular there as it is here, I'd seriously consider it. I find my way down there from time to time on tour, and always love it. Always jealous of the weather and riding season. The idea of moving the studio is WAY too daunting!

[OldSchool_IsCool]

Whadayamean? Deep Purple recorded "Smoke on the Water" in a hotel bathroom!

[Nortstudio]

I never heard that, but whatever they used wasn't 8.5' long, weighing over 500lbs.  And that's just the console, let alone the tape machines, intstruments, microphones, .....

And then there is floating every floor, wall and ceiling in any space I would be moving to.

Not in the near future at least.

[Duke McDukiedook]

WOW!! What happened?  Did Donald Trump's coke bag rupture?  

Naw, that was Busch 4's coke bag, you might find a dead girl somewhere in that white stuff.

[Frankencake]

I never heard that, but whatever they used wasn't 8.5' long, weighing over 500lbs.  And that's just the console, let alone the tape machines, intstruments, microphones, .....

And then there is floating every floor, wall and ceiling in any space I would be moving to.

Not in the near future at least.

Two Words:  Mobile Studio.

 
 No one's doing it much anymore and touring bands need a way to find out they actually suck.  Niche market, my friend, niche market.

[gnarlycharlie4u]

Homes are MUCH cheaper down here too.  Take a look online, you can get a whole lot for you hard earned money.  But don't forget the SOHC's. 

I know I might be able to actually afford to eat. Right now my bikes eat better than I do.
Unfortunately there aren't a whole lot of SOHC's over my way. They're kind of hard to come by.
AZ and New Mexico is where we need to be looking. I would say the midwest too like Wisconsin and such but that's just a little too far out of the way.

[tango911]

thats crazy Nort!!!

[Nortstudio]

They still haven't plowed my street!

[tango911]

so your bike is under that pile or what??

[Nortstudio]

No, I got it up close to the building.  It had a bit on top of the cover, but knocked it off in one swing.