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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by faruquehabib
got any pictures of this triumph?
Why yes I do........in this first picture there is a snow blade and a motorcycle there that wont be there in the future. The blade sets outside during the summer.....and the motorcycle is sold and waiting for the owner to pick it up.













.....andI found a good use for an old seat out of my wrecked mini-van.....computer chair, it even has a cupholder.

 
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 05:20 PM
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Aaron, any chance of making up a "fleet roster"?
 
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Snow Rider
Aaron, any chance of making up a "fleet roster"?
Yeah I used to put it in my signature line but as it grew I stopped bothering...

Road Bikes
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1975 Honda CB400F Super Sport (made into a cafe racer)
1984 Honda Goldwing Aspencade
1980 Kawasaki KZ1000
1981 Kawasaki KZ440 (little rat/bobber was in The Horse)
2000 Kawasaki Ninja ZX6E
2001 Yamaha VStar 650 (military theme bobber also in The Horse)
1998 Ural Deco sidecar rig (kid hauler)
2007 Yamaha VStar 650 Midnight Custom (girlfriends bike)
1981 Suzuki GS650GL (its the one waiting to be picked up)

Dirt Bikes
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1978 Suzuki DR370
2005 Suzuki JR50 (daughters)
2004 Yamaha TTR90 (sons)

ATVs
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1994 Honda Foutrax 200 Type II
2001 Honda TRX250EX
2001 Suzuki King Quad 300
1988 Suzuki LT80 (sons)
2008 Kazuma Wombat 50 (daughters)
2006 China wheeler 110 (girlfriends sons)

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2005 Carter Turbo Turtle (daughters)
2007 SunL SLGK110 (sons)
 
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 06:06 PM
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WOW! I imagine that all of that keeps you busy. I'd hate dealing with maintaining them all, though.... Two Warriors and a Lakota is enough for us!
 
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Snow Rider
WOW! I imagine that all of that keeps you busy. I'd hate dealing with maintaining them all, though.... Two Warriors and a Lakota is enough for us!
Well Im the only one that rides the road bikes.....so they each get probably one oil change a year, thats about it for maintenance for them. The Goldwing gets rode the most.....I put mad miles on it compared to the others, it gets maybe 4 oil changes a year. Other then tires occasionally they arent much trouble really.

My off-road stuff I ride fairly sanely (probably cause Im the one that has to fix something if it breaks)......so even thats not to bad.

The kids stuff just eats my time up like no other. Ive always got a couple kids toys down......its a nightmare sometimes.

I have a whiteboard hanging on the wall to keep track of what needs done, what supplies I need (2 stroke oil, grease, etc) and where stuff is if its NOT in the garage (if I loan my generator out to a buddy I write it on the whiteboard and he signs it out). It has probably been the best "tool" Ive ever bought, really helps me keep my head straight.

I bet I probably spend 2 to 4 hours a week in the garage doing maintenance.......that includes my cars as well. Thankfully I only have 3 of those.....and again they are all mine so I drive them sanely so I dont break stuff.
 
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 01:58 AM
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White board! Why didn't I think of that before! Awesome idea.
 
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 02:15 AM
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Originally Posted by voodoo574
White board! Why didn't I think of that before! Awesome idea.
I also use a program called Cars to track my maintenance.

It allows you to input info (such as color, vin, purchase price etc) about each vehicle as well as add a picture. You can log all maintenance done to the vehicle.

This was I can pull a record for an ATV and see when I last changed the oil.....what oil I used etc. I can see how many miles tires lasted as well as other things.
 
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 09:34 PM
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I built a rack to store ATV's on top of each other. Easy to make, frees up a lot of floor space.
 
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 10:53 PM
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Nice Tj. Looks good! Can you drive out from under the rack fairly easily? Or does it require a little bit of disassembly to get it out?
 
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by tjpolaris
I built a rack to store ATV's on top of each other. Easy to make, frees up a lot of floor space.
That looks great.....I could implement that with the smaller dirt bikes and ATVs as well.

Looks like I could store a couple childs dirt bikes under a LT80 sized machine with ease.
 
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