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Wednesday, February 20, 2019
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Eagles in Flight set to take off
Prairie City motorcycle
shop to open in March
By Richard Hanners
Blue Mountain Eagle
A new store and shop in Prairie
City focused on motorcycles will
open for business in the first part of
March.
The Eagles In Flight motorcy-
cle shop is located on the north side
of Front Street between the Oxbow
Restaurant and Hotel Prairie
Owners Rob and Tish Tygret
moved here from Concrete, Wash-
ington, “which is smaller than Prai-
rie City,” Rob noted.
Rob came up with the name for
the business.
“Eagles are found on lots of
motorcycle accessories. It stands
for freedom,” he said.
The Tygrets bought the for-
mer Prairie Drug and Prairie Hard-
ware & Gifts building along with a
home west of town featuring spec-
tacular views of the Strawberry
Mountains. Moving here was a
logical decision, they said.
“The riding around here is
amazing,” Tish said.
The Tygrets are familiar with
tough economic conditions. Most
of the store fronts in Concrete are
closed, they said.
“But Grant County is full of
doers, full of people who say, ‘Let’s
get it done,’” Rob said. “There’s a
tremendous sense of pride in com-
munity. You can’t say that about
every place.”
They said they’ve had a very
positive experience with the peo-
ple they’ve met.
“We’ve been really impressed
with how welcoming the com-
munity has been,” Rob said, not-
ing that rancher Ken Holliday was
the first person in Grant County to
greet them.
Rob has been working on
motorcycles for 22 years, includ-
ing 13 years at Harley Davidson
franchise shops. He is a certified
master mechanic who also can do
custom engraving and build cus-
tom motorcycles to order.
Eagles In Flight is not a Harley
Davidson franchise shop and will
sell a diverse variety of motorcycle
Eagle photos/Richard Hanners
Tish and Rob Tygret, owners of the Eagles In Flight motorcycle shop that will open in Prairie City in March, stand next to a 1958 Harley Davidson Duo
Glide with a panhead engine.
Rob Tygret, a certified master
mechanic with 22 years experience
working on motorcycles is also a
skilled engraver.
The Eagles in Flight motorcycle shop in Prairie City will offer rider
accessories as well as motorcycle parts and service.
parts and rider accessories.
“We’ll work on all brands of
motorcycles and carry parts for
them,” he said. “This will be a
good destination stop for riders.”
The rear door is not wide enough
to accommodate three-wheelers,
but if a bicyclist stops by during
the summer needing an emergency
repair, he’ll offer assistance, Rob
said.
Rob has a full complement of
tools, from a mill, lathe and valve
grinder to a tire changer, sand-
blaster and three motorcycle lifts.
He has shelves and bins full of
parts, many that he acquired when
he bought out the Harley Davidson
shop in Bellingham, Washington, in
2012.
“It took 21 trips to move every-
thing here,” Rob said.
He and Tish did all the moving
themselves. They’ve been remod-
eling the old building, cosmetic
changes like attaching used corru-
gated tin to the ceiling and setting
counters and benches in place, Tish
said.
“It’s been a big effort, and the
dust is just settling,” Rob said.
“But we’re creating more dust,”
Tish added.
When completed, the west half
will feature a customer lounge and
show room with helmets, cloth-
ing and other accessories for sale.
The east half will have the check-
out counter, more clothing and the
repair shop.
The Tygrets plan to settle down
in Grant County. Their children
attend college in Washington,
but this is their new home, they
say.
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