Above 1200 Sq/FT Knucklehead 61's 2 car garage with room to store a few antique motorcycles & parts

BigMike62 · May 12, 2026

Just finished scanning this thread and what a great build. I've been a Harley guy for 30+ years and love seeing the old bikes. I retired a couple of years ago and finished my first retirement project bike - 1990 Grey Ghost. I can't imagine how difficult it is to source parts for the early bikes. Looking forward to more updates.

Old Man Roger · May 12, 2026

knucklehead 61 said:
picked up a cherry Chicago Dreis & Krump 8' 18ga sheetmetal brake yesterday.
was sorta looking for a 10', but this was cheap enough to not pass up.

also, my CG started installing the man doors yesterday, so that's more progress.

Is that a TW 200 I spy behind the new brake?

swsman · May 13, 2026

knucklehead 61 said:
curious to me how little interaction this thread gets.
so few questions or comments.

I do not post a lot, but have been following this with a great interest.
That shop is built with purpose and it shows.

Not a Harley guy, I do ride/maintain (Ninja 650/Suzuki DR650/Zuma 125 scooter)

Keep up the great work. Pool of talented enough people being able to work on those old bikes has to be shrinking each passing year.

BigMike62 · May 13, 2026

I'm too jealous to reply LOL. Not a fan of where it is (Southeast Conservative) but definitely love everything about it.

Did you give an overview of what all of the rooms are going to be? I'm getting kind of lost moving through the pictures.

knucklehead 61 · May 13, 2026

Old Man Roger said:
Is that a TW 200 I spy behind the new brake?

it's a 1986 TR 200 Fat Cat, works great on the mile or so of trails on my property.

knucklehead 61 · May 13, 2026

BigMike62 said:
Just finished scanning this thread and what a great build. I've been a Harley guy for 30+ years and love seeing the old bikes. I retired a couple of years ago and finished my first retirement project bike - 1990 Grey Ghost. I can't imagine how difficult it is to source parts for the early bikes. Looking forward to more updates.

thanks. i've never had a fatboy, but have had a 90 heritage, 88 springer softail, & currently have a 95 heritage that i hardy ever ride. i much prefer to ride 1920's & 30's bikes.

knucklehead 61 · May 13, 2026

BigMike62 said:
I'm too jealous to reply LOL. Not a fan of where it is (Southeast Conservative) but definitely love everything about it.

Did you give an overview of what all of the rooms are going to be? I'm getting kind of lost moving through the pictures.

yes, i am surrounded by whack job bleeding heart liberals & hippies here in oregon. that's the polar opposite of me, but this is some beautiful country here.

first floor rooms are:
car & bike parking / general storage.
welding / fab room.
bike repair shop.
machine shop.
museum.
(all 10'-3-1/2" ceilings)

second floor rooms are:
warehouse / general storage.
tool room.
tire room.
storage room.
parts storage room.
bathroom.
office.
(all 8'-2" ceilings)

total of 9,600 sq ft.

BigMike62 · May 13, 2026

knucklehead 61 said:
thanks. i've never had a fatboy, but have had a 90 heritage, 88 springer softail, & currently have a 95 heritage that i hardy ever ride. i much prefer to ride 1920's & 30's bikes.

I'm getting to the point I like riding the Fat Boy instead of my CVO Limited unless it is an extremely long ride.

Some bike ****

hbabler · May 13, 2026

Amazing shop and really cool bikes

It’s pretty awesome to see that you are riding them regularly talk about living history

I love HD’s never owned one and probably won’t but seeing you run 20’s bikes on the road gives me encouragement for my long term goal of some brass era Hudson’s that I drive regularly

Old Man Roger · May 13, 2026

knucklehead 61 said:
it's a 1986 TR 200 Fat Cat, works great on the mile or so of trails on my property.

Never had a fat cat but always wanted one. The TW’s are great little bikes for trails and small town commuters. A little too slow for big cities though. I miss mine.

Trapps · May 15, 2026

I just discovered this gem of a thread. At the risk of sounding cliche, what an epic build.

Although I am a motorcycle fan, I'm not a Harley guy in any way. Having said that, your bikes are very, very cool!

My shop is 10x22; the museum part of your shop is 22x100....

You might consider the perceived lack of comments/engagement as an endorsement of sorts. No criticism, as what you're doing looks very well planned and executed.

I'm a fan and subscribed.

knucklehead 61 · May 15, 2026

Trapps said:
I just discovered this gem of a thread. At the risk of sounding cliche, what an epic build.

Although I am a motorcycle fan, I'm not a Harley guy in any way. Having said that, your bikes are very, very cool!

My shop is 10x22; the museum part of your shop is 22x100....

You might consider the perceived lack of comments/engagement as an endorsement of sorts. No criticism, as what you're doing looks very well planned and executed.

I'm a fan and subscribed.

thanks for the compliments. i'm trying to build it as nice / clean as possible.

st4ngster · 2026-05-22T08:47:38-0400

BigMike62 said:
I'm getting to the point I like riding the Fat Boy instead of my CVO Limited unless it is an extremely long ride.

Some bike ****

beautiful bike, I have been looking for a grey ghost for quite a while now. I you can find one, most of the times they are halfway dead or are tremendously overpriced.
Yours looks absolutely stunning

I feel the same way, riding lighter bikes is more enjoyable unless it is a long ride.
Harley’s touring models have all the bells and whistles (which is nice) but you feel the weight.
I myself have ’19 CVO Street Glide but I enjoy my older Road King on short trips much more (although this is still not comparable to a Softail Evo in weight).

I will keep my eyes open for a ’90 FatBoy, maybe I am able to find a nice one someday.
Your picture just reminded me of how much like these bikes.

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