Fire Destroys motorcycle shop

LOUISVILLE, Ky.
A father and son spent Monday cleaning up after their longtime motorcycle shop went up in flames. The fire started Monday just before 5 a.m. at Cycle Works, in the 3300 block of Preston Highway.
It's been a hard day,” said Duane Anderson of Cycle Works.
In five words, Anderson described the end to more than 30 years of hard work that came out of the motorcycle shop.
“You break down crying. Everything you worked for is pretty much gone,” Anderson said.

The fire destroyed thousands of dollars worth of helmets and motorcycles.

“Me and my dad had just got done putting most of our inventory into that building and had planned on opening it up by March. So we lost pretty much everything we've got as far as inventory goes,” Anderson said.

Anderson and his dad, both with a passion for bikes, started their business in 1979.

Most recently they had begun remodeling part of the building, which once served as a hub cap store.

“I got a phone call about 5:30 from a concerned customer. She thought it was actually another building, then I turned on 32 news and found out it was our buildings,” Anderson said.

The Andersons said the only thing left for them to do now is regroup.

“It's been in the family too long to quit now. We struggle every winter. It's just a shame it came during this part of our year,” Anderson said.

Anderson said he's not sure what could have started the fire, but said he's had a couple of problems with homeless people living inside the building as recently as two nights ago.

He said he will likely look for a new location to rebuild.

It took firefighters about 30 minutes to put out the fire. Fire officials are not sure yet what started the blaze.

Fire officials said oil and grease inside fed the flames.

There were no injuries