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Man caves-The Motorcyclist cafe Barn and Bunkhouse

Postby Deans BMW on Tue Jan 25, 2011 9:15 pm

Went out today and shot a selection of my ultimate Man cave, the MC B&B as it is called. Built the entire thing all by myself, started the 4th of July 1996. It is still a work in progress though it is over 95% finished, some say that it will never be finished as we constantly have new ideas to incorporate.

A little background, we live out in the North eastern Arizona Mountains at an elevation of 6,300 ft in the middle of a large plot of land :D . We are miles from any utilities like Power, Water, sewer, etc. Our place is totally solar powered to include our well.

This is the spot that my wife and I selected about 500' from our house on our place back in '96.

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Here it is today two stories over 3,000 sq ft. The down stairs is post and beam construction while the upstair is a conventionally framed 10 bed guest house.

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The question is, Would you like a pictorial tour and would that be appropriate in this section or this forum for that matter.
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Re: Man caves-The Motorcyclist cafe Barn and Bunkhouse

Postby Ed F K on Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:11 am

Dean,

You might consider posting a pic inside the garage/shop with all of your bikes... (And, perhaps point out the spot reserved for the soon-to-arrive red K16!)

It's been quite an experience to watch you build the MC B&B piece by piece...from your first thoughts, to reality.
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Re: Man caves-The Motorcyclist cafe Barn and Bunkhouse

Postby sundog on Wed Jan 26, 2011 5:26 am

i would be keen to see the progress from beginning to end... i'm sure if you included a few garage shots, it could nestle nicely into this category... :D
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Re: Man caves-The Motorcyclist cafe Barn and Bunkhouse

Postby Deans BMW on Wed Jan 26, 2011 11:39 am

Hey Ed, how are you doing. I'll post when I am going to go and get it, you are welcome to try it out. I'll be heading out to Wills for pictures and an article in the RA Mag, pass right by your neck of the woods..... :D

Here is the latest collection, A fellow is flying up this weekend to pick up the CLC and the funds will be going toward the new K16GT.

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Lt to pic rt, R1200S , R1200CLC, R1200 GS 30th and a G650GS.
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Re: Man caves-The Motorcyclist cafe Barn and Bunkhouse

Postby Deans BMW on Wed Jan 26, 2011 12:07 pm

Looking from the house,

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Immediately inside the large overhead door looking to the right (west).

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Immediately inside the large overhead door looking to the left (East) showing the stairway to the upstairs guesthouse, the door to the down bathroom with shower, next the utility sink and the washing machine for guests, the dryer is around the wall.

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Standing at the overhead door looking into the shop.

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Looking foward to the workbench area.

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Tire changing equipment, air is plumbed through out will pull down air hoses. Lots of natural light and summer ventelation.

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Wood burning stove to keep it toasty warm in the winter, the entire building is well insulated.

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Thats an Aprilia Mana suspended above the lift that is being lowered for my wife, fork tubes and rear shock are out being shortened.

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Next the upstairs.
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Re: Man caves-The Motorcyclist cafe Barn and Bunkhouse

Postby Deans BMW on Wed Jan 26, 2011 12:45 pm

Damn, I just spent 20 min posting the upstair guest house and accidentially hit the save button rather than submitt.. :oops:

Oh well I'll do it later.................... :drunken:
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Re: Man caves-The Motorcyclist cafe Barn and Bunkhouse

Postby sundog on Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:54 pm

that is one sharp looking workshop! That bigger and better equipped than some local professional bike shops around my way!
Damn impressive!
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Re: Man caves-The Motorcyclist cafe Barn and Bunkhouse

Postby Bernardo on Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:58 pm

can't wait the upstairs pics... :)

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Re: Man caves-The Motorcyclist cafe Barn and Bunkhouse

Postby ssduc on Wed Jan 26, 2011 3:07 pm

Bernardo wrote:Chile flag?


Texas!
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Re: Man caves-The Motorcyclist cafe Barn and Bunkhouse

Postby Bernardo on Wed Jan 26, 2011 3:09 pm

Ooops! , is the same, sorry :)

Issue of international forums :wink:
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Re: Man caves-The Motorcyclist cafe Barn and Bunkhouse

Postby badger on Wed Jan 26, 2011 3:43 pm

Wow.

That seems to be more of a man-mansion though... !!

Looks great! You'd better not park a KTM in there with that big BMW logo/shield though - the KTM may explode on sight. No wait, they do that anyway... :lol:
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Re: Man caves-The Motorcyclist cafe Barn and Bunkhouse

Postby ssduc on Wed Jan 26, 2011 4:23 pm

Bernardo wrote:Ooops! , is the same, sorry :)

Issue of international forums :wink:


Close, but not identical. Even Texans can get confused!

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Re: Man caves-The Motorcyclist cafe Barn and Bunkhouse

Postby Bernardo on Wed Jan 26, 2011 4:42 pm

you're right ss, thanks :)
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Re: Man caves-The Motorcyclist cafe Barn and Bunkhouse

Postby Deans BMW on Wed Jan 26, 2011 8:23 pm

We have had all kinds of bikes come and visit. My driveway is 3 miles long of.......unmaintained dirt and gravel road :twisted:

The entire project has been built with out any plans, each day I would just do some part. I found that if I tried to envision or think about it an anxiety attack would ensue. We initially just wanted a barn or something similar to do stuff in and a place to work on the motorcycles. Initially all we knew is that the slab was going to be 30' wide and 50' deep as we had a neighbor several miles away that had a 30x40 and it didn't seem big enough.

This is the entire build thread, now 238 pages long,

http://www.motorcyclistcafe.com/forums/ ... e-and-Barn

The upstair guest house.

When we started, an upstair was never even thought of, the building evolved on a day to day basis into what it is today.

Looking into the front all purpose room from the door at the top of the stairs, the kitchen area is on the right side towards the back.

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Looking across from the other front corner, the small bedroom is on the left in the center is the hall way to the back large 6 bed bedroom, bathroom on the hall left and a 6x9 closet on hall right.

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Looking to the front of the all purpose room you see the pellet stove for heat, it gets cold here in the winter. The large windows give a great breeze in the summer.

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This is looking into the front small bedroom with twin antique beds and antique furniture. This is perfect for a couple as it has 5 windows with a great view and breeze. All of the trim around the windows and doors along with the baseboard I made with my table saw and router out of notty pine from the local Indian reservation's saw mill.

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The small bedroom showing the 5 windows.

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This is the large back bedroom with 6 beds, the hallwat to the front room and just to the right of the door is another sink.

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From the hallway to the large back bedroom showing the double doors that lead to a large deck out back.

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The 18'x16' back deck that is 10' off the ground.

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On the back deck looking south east. There are no visibal neighbors with the closest being 1 1/2 mile away. Perfect silence and you can see every star at night as the air is pristine clear.

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The upstair bathroom.

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We have our own well of the best tasting water I have ever tasted. Some time when working hard on a project you don't quiet realize just what you have built, sometime when I walk out to the barn from the house, I just stop and ask, How in the world did that happen?

Let me know and I will post more. The MC B&B is for the use of my friends that I have ment around the world that I have ment I have ment since my involvement with the BMW community in 1972.
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Re: Man caves-The Motorcyclist cafe Barn and Bunkhouse

Postby Bernardo on Wed Jan 26, 2011 11:34 pm

Absolutely amazing Dean!

My congratulations for your job and dedication :)
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Re: Man caves-The Motorcyclist cafe Barn and Bunkhouse

Postby Ed F K on Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:54 am

Dean, It would be great to see you again...
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Re: Man caves-The Motorcyclist cafe Barn and Bunkhouse

Postby ssduc on Thu Jan 27, 2011 4:26 am

Really beautiful place. My question is how you ever get people to leave! :lol:
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Re: Man caves-The Motorcyclist cafe Barn and Bunkhouse

Postby Gimpyz on Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:59 am

NICE....

Makes me want to come for a visit...
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Re: Man caves-The Motorcyclist cafe Barn and Bunkhouse

Postby jp- on Mon Feb 14, 2011 9:44 pm

Awesome, just awesome!

This is why I wanted the garage section of the forum. You have really built a work of art there. I am truly envious. Again, very, very nice work.
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Re: Man caves-The Motorcyclist cafe Barn and Bunkhouse

Postby delirious on Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:43 am

Errr. Only slightly jealous. Honest! And you call that a barn :shock: It's bigger, lets say, waaaaay bigger, and much better equipped than my house in Tokyo. Oh and my neighbour is about 15cm's not 1 1/2 miles away!!!! And you can forget stars at night here with the acres of neon glaring out constantly. Do you want to do a home exchange for a month....
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Re: Man caves-The Motorcyclist cafe Barn and Bunkhouse

Postby Deans BMW on Thu Jun 23, 2011 2:26 pm

Guys, lets keep this Man Cave thread going.....

The current BOYZ TOYZ collection.

K16GT, R12GS 30th, R12S Candy cane.

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Re: Man caves-The Motorcyclist cafe Barn and Bunkhouse

Postby icedfusion on Thu Jun 23, 2011 3:10 pm

All i can say is WOW - Here in the UK, a single car garage is the 'norm' and I feel lucky to have a 1.5x wide garage for my bikes - but that 'barn' is amazing.

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Re: Man caves-The Motorcyclist cafe Barn and Bunkhouse

Postby T2pd1 on Thu Jun 23, 2011 3:39 pm

The barn is perfect, and it looks like you have all the bases covered with your bike selection. Great job! :)
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Re: Man caves-The Motorcyclist cafe Barn and Bunkhouse

Postby r1 Convert on Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:14 am

badger wrote: the KTM may explode on sight. No wait, they do that anyway... :lol:


Badger, have you killed it already ?!!!! Are you missing a certain Beemer ?
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Re: Man caves-The Motorcyclist cafe Barn and Bunkhouse

Postby r1 Convert on Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:59 am

Dude, the toilet of your man cave is probably bigger than my house !!

Stunning spot to call a den !! My name is Jon, now that we are introduced and could be classed as friends, I'll be with you early September ;)
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