Garages

Garages

Every machine has a life. These are a few from one garage in New York, with their records open.

DreamThe one you've wanted since you were seventeen.
ProjectThe one in pieces on the bench.
ActiveThe one you ride.
StoredThe one under a cover until spring.
PastThe one you sold and still think about.
Jean Grey, a 2013 Triumph Scrambler 900, on her ride page in Moto Frontier
Active · 8,667 miles

Jean Grey 2013 Triumph Scrambler 900

Found on Craigslist in May 2023, picked up from a guy on the Lower East Side who was having a baby. Five grand. Two years later the record has crash bars and LED fog lights (an achievement, July 2025), a Bear Mountain run with a crew (62 miles, four stops, the overlook over the Hudson), and a storage checklist that's six of seven done.

The next thing on her card is an oil change due November 19. It'll be there until it's logged.

See Jean Grey's ride profile
Build Lab milestones for the 1999 Yamaha Bear Tracker, 97 percent of tasks complete
Project · 97% of 38 tasks

Bear Tracker 1999 Yamaha

"This quad has been sitting for over three years." That's the first milestone's note. The goal wasn't a show machine. It was to bring it back.

A Build Check in May flagged what was wrong: battery, tires, brake pads, fluid, bulbs, air filter, carb boot. Those became the parts list. The parts became tasks. The tasks became milestones: Get Quad Started (May 18), Engine & Exhaust Refresh (June 22), Restore Front Brakes (June 25), Electrical & Lighting (June 27). $694.60 in parts, every receipt in the budget. Two goals left: wheel spacers and tires, cosmetic and frame.

It runs. It's back on all fours. The wrap can wait.

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A Moto Frontier garage with nine current machines: active rides, projects and a stored e-bike
One garage · 9 current, 2 past, 6 dream

The whole garage

A GoldWing named Yatti. A Subaru Sambar kei truck named Truck Truck, in kilometers. A 1981 CX500 called Mad Rat, an SR500 called Ya MaMa, an XS650, a Buell XB9R, a Jesse James e-bike under a cover till spring. Two that were sold. Six that are still just ideas.

Every one has a card, a status, and a history. The sold ones didn't disappear; they moved to Past. The dream ones have a place to collect parts and plans until the day they're real.

Visit this garage on Moto Frontier

Your machines tell a story.

Yours doesn't have to be nine machines or a restoration. One bike, a few oil changes and the first long ride is a history worth keeping. Start your garage; the first machine takes a minute.

If you've got a build or a machine with a story, we'd like to see it: moto@motofrontier.com.