Updates

The updates from the shop are few and far between nowdays but sometimes the ordinary life makes itself visible and stops wrenchin' temporarily.
The renovation of the house is running great, just by the plan, but not all time is spent there.
Also som quality time planning Speedshop Mk II have have appeared lately.
Did a schematic sketch over my new hideout.
The shop will be divided in three parts. Machine room, storage and workshop/garage.
Machine room is for drillpress, lathe, grinders....
That part is also divided by a curtain to keep the dirty jobs in there.
Storage is what it sounds like, a storage room. So most parts, material, good-to-have stuff  etc. will have it's place here.
Workshop/garage
Also what it sounds like.
Both where the bikes are parked and where mechanical work is done.
In here it also will be a another retreat, the Bombus chill zone equipped with stuff like music, TV, magazines, books and appropriate cold and hot beverages.

And don't be surprised if the weather smiles towards us there can be both seating and BBQ outside the shop.

Hibernation

So 2018 came with full force, but in the shop it's calm and quiet.
All my darlings will be resting for some more month.
The BMW, Burgman and the Speedster will wake up first, hopefully for the journey to the new shop.
The Zündapp and the Dragster will rest for longer time and will not make the move with their own power.
The Zündapp will be the first project out of the new shop in the spring of 2019....together with the BMW, in the shape of a Kaferacer.
But until then full focus will be on the house renovation and in a couple of months then focus will shift to building Speedshop MkII.

The Speedster

Zündapp Kaferacer...in the making

The Italjet Dragster is hiding behind a pile of junk

Moto Morini Batbaby for the little ones

BMW K75 covered up for the winter

Suzuki Burgman 125 always redo for battle

Blank canvas

This is what the area later known as Bombus Speedshop MkII looks like today.
A blank canvas, 4 meters wide and 8 meters deep.
And behind the left wall another 12+4m² that's gonna be part of the garage as well

Lots of work, but damn so fun!

Shoptruck vision

I`m blessed with many awesome friends, and one of them is a wiz with the pencil.
He have helped me many times over the years to visualize my twisted ideas, always with super result.
This time he took my beloved shoptruck, the Bombus Beater to the next level with this vision.

Thanks Kristian !

If I´m gonna fulfill this vision is kind of a catch-22.
My life will from now on be heavily focused on renovating our house and the build of Bombus Speedshop MkII with the Berlingo as a steady companion.
And when I´m "done" with my building projects more likely the Berlingo will be replaced with a more appropriate vehicle.

Swapmeet

This past weekend it was time for swapmeet again.
Me and two friends arrange this every year in November
This year held for the sixth time.

Our annual motorcycle (Harley) Swapmeet at the classic venue Rotundan in Hindås, Sweden.

Rubber side down

The mighty Beater needed some more appropriate shoes to conquer it´s new destiny.

Found myself a nice set of  used 15" studless winter tyres which is not only quite handy in the winter in Sweden, it´s also legal requirement.

The 15" for the winter

The OEM 14" steelies will be replaced by a hefty 17" wheel set, also bought used, when the upcoming winter let go of it´s grip, but this set need two new tyres because the were very worn.

17" for the summer

Shoptruck

Living downtown in a flat doesn't make car owning an easy task
and two cars doesn't make it more easy.
But with the upcoming move to our newly bought house and the non motorcycle season
quickly approaching the need for a second car became apparent.
I managed with the almost impossible task to get a second parking space in our
building's multi-storey car park. So suddenly the hunt for a candidate was full on.
I've wanted a small panel van for a while so finally I got to live out that dream.
But I had some requirements, black, petrol engine and glass in the rear doors.
Not a easy task in a world that almost just contains white, diesel ones.

But I found my little gem about 4 hours drive away.
A black, petrol with glass rear doors, Citroën Berlingo a.k.a. Bombus Beater with both
reasonable state, milage and price.
A little beat and some DIY, but nothing I can't handle myself or with help of friends.
Gonna be the perfect companion for both simple A->B drives, commuting and all the future,
often rough, transportations associated with the new house.

The black beauty that gonna offer both smiles and gray hairs years to come.