For sure you should try that first. The only real recommendation I got was 3M High Strength 90 spray adhesive. This one will hold very well and still allow you to take the film off later, but not sure about positioning. If these are spots you just need to get down tight that will probably work. If you need to move them while applying adhesive it probably won't let you do that (stretching the film).

 

Excellent, thanks so much for tracking that down. My wife is headed on a trip next weekend so I will probably hole up in the garage with a roll of wrap and my heat gun and see how much more I can get covered.

 

The shop design keeps changing...I have a more functional layout but still not quite there. I added a main work area with a motorcycle/ATV lift. It's a wider lift table because I have 3 ATV's and my Honda Trike. That unit can be moved out of the shop area when not in use.


I still have the project tables with the overhead crane, so actually have 3 spots to work on bikes. I combined the main shop and the metal shop together which also makes more sense.


I found some awesome tool box benches that are fairly reasonably priced and should look nice in there.


It will change again I'm sure, but can't wait to have the real shop space...it's been my dream for many years to have a real work space and it will come together this time.

 

Tool box benches sounds pretty interesting. Got a picture or a link?

 

Doc,


Let me explain a bit. I've always dreamed of that perfect shop with every tool and machine you'd every want...sort of like a Jay Leno wanna be. Problem is to do that is so expensive.


One of the things I love is having good quality rolling tool boxes that fit under the benches. I've seen shops set up like this and it's just cool. You need a small rolling tool box when you are working on a specific project, but organizing the tools for storage is always a challenge, and then your constantly looking for a specific tool or have to buy another one because you can't find it.


I can't afford to equip the shop with Snap-On tool boxes, and even lower grade boxes add up when you look at how I plan to do this.


These Seville Heavy Duty boxes have been rated pretty high for quality and use. They have roller drawers and stainless steel fronts and are pretty well made and strong. They have laminated maple tops. They make all sorts of configurations of boxes, benches and cabinets and are sold at a lot of different retailer's. You have to assemble them so that is part of how they keep the cost down.


Here is the 12 drawer which I may buy a couple of them along with some others and wall cabinets. They show them at $400+ on their site, but you can get them for $399 at Sam's Club and no shipping charge. I've checked them out and they are pretty nice...seems like a hell of a price and a nice cabinet and work bench combo.


Here's the link to the Seville site and the 12 Drawer:


https://www.sevilleclassics.com/12_d...bench_ultra_hd

 

Wow, that is slick. And the price is great. I have a sort of small/medium sized cabinet and I'm starting to experience tool overflow. Something like that might really work well in my little garage.

 

Well you know you never can have enough space or storage space. I started in a 2 car garage years ago and when I built it I though "Wow look at all this space." Was full in a month. Now I have the pole barn that I'm working in temporarily and my 3 car garage in the cities, and don't have enough room.


With the new shop I will have the climate controlled work space (so I can work year round) and the space of a 4 car garage in there, plus the pole barn for storage so should be set. I know it's hard for some to even imagine that much space but I've waited my whole life to have the "ultimate" work space and so wish I could have afforded to do it a long time ago but that's life.


The shop design keeps changing, because I keep seeing better ways to do it. I may have multiple work spaces. Seems like I could have a process area, sort of a "fix the easy stuff" or work on other peoples bikes area, and a major project area. It makes sense because then I don't have to interrupt anything to do the normal stuff like oil changes and such.


I like those boxes enough that I will likely buy two of the 12 drawer ones and a couple of the smaller ones to have site tools and storage for tear downs etc. I have so many ideas they are overflowing in my head right now.


I got to spend some time in the shop building over the weekend looking at my strategy for tearing down walls, etc and everything is good. I had the right load bearing walls and pretty much everything is right on. I decided to ditch the kitchen completely tho...it was infringing too much on the work space and really would work better for bench space because there are 20 amp outlets everywhere. I also am ditching the laundry area. I thought it would be nice to be able to wash towels, but the dryer is electric and I need the power for machines and welding more than I need clean towels.


I can't wait to get clearance from my docs t be able to actually do some work again.

 

Good to hear you are up and around. If your shop goes anything like my projects you will just have to start putting stuff in there to your plan, and then every once in a while a light bulb will go off over your head and you will see exactly the right way to fit some part of it together.

My "shop" for my work is a listening studio where I evaluate our new products. Before we moved in I spent a lot of time figuring out where to remove and add walls, position the equipment, install acoustical treatment, set up seating, put in storage. After four years of using it I think I almost have the setup adjusted the way I like it.

Come to think of it the bike is going sort of the same way. I had played with several approaches to the finish on the bike besides the vinyl wrap. One was anthracite colored Plasti Dip. Though it is useless on gas tanks (gas literally washes it off), it looked really nice on my seat fairing when I tried it. I have failed twice at vinyl wrapping the seat fairing's compound curves. Added to all this is the fact that I tried a gray vinyl on the lowers. I liked the gray look but the vinyl is not the quality of the black vinyl that I am using and the color is too bluish.

Sooo, I saw a pic of a bike where the seat fairing and the lowers had been painted a different color than the uppers and tank. Looks nice, as the separation line of the low to mid fairing is roughly the same angle as the rake of the seat fairing. The colors of the bike sort of look split diagonally. So I have redipped the seat fairing anthracite and plan to remove the gray vinyl and dip the lowers. The rest will still be the CF look vinyl. Sounds a little odd, but I think the result might be pretty nice. And if not, it is all easily removed for some other treatment.

 

"Up and around" are the operative words. I should have said I barely got into the shop over the weekend. I am still in recovery and walking and moving has to be kept to a minimum. I'm wearing a brace. My doc will probably say I did too much just walking around in there. But I wanted to verify some things as the only thing I can do is work on layouts and wiring stuff on my computer.


I hear you about how things want to change later, but in this case there is demolition that has to be done and I don't want to rebuild it a bunch of times. Most of the changes are to maximize the use of the space.


Not sure I like the dip idea...never cared much for that. Maybe you can change my mind.

 

I was looking at the color of the Plastidip on the seat fairing and it's pretty close to the color on the engine cases. With the Glossifier sprayed over the anthracite it's pretty close in terms of sheen too. So if the dip doesn't hold up to scrutiny I might just redo it with the engine enamel. The CF vinyl is not very shiny like real CF usually is, so a satin finish on the other surfaces helps to pull off the illusion, making the vinyl look a little more shiny in comparison. Got a fairly busy week ahead but I'll try to get some pics posted if I am able to get more finishing done.

Having cold start issues too, so when I get the mid fairings off for wrapping I will double check a bunch of stuff on the engine - compression, valve adjustment, pilot screw adjustment and carb balance. I know the choke cable is adjusted right and the fuel pump seems to be working well so I have some other issue.