“Lets start with the female manager doing a smokey burnout and the entrance to the service bay,” describes Larry Friedman, the designer of this Lego bike shop. The three-story building makes room for four bike service bays, an accessories department … Continued
The converted industrial warehouse that houses Falcon Motorcycles is tucked away at the dead end of a gritty street just off the I-10 freeway in downtown Los Angeles. There are no signs, the exterior is bland and the surrounding buildings … Continued
Barely a year since the grand opening, Roland’s shop for RSD has been extremely busy. The back is crammed with projects for weirdo rich folk who demand insanity like glorious MotoGP replicas turned into desmo trackers, as well as one-off … Continued
Wilzig Racing Manor is a 275 acre estate of dirt trails, woods, a lake, watercraft, guns, a 2+ mile road race course, race cars, race bikes, carts, dirt bikes, a multi-bay service station, the most amazing collection of Italian Superbikes … Continued
Just off the 110 Interstate, right before it dead-ends into San Pedro, California is a tiny unassuming shop where underground legend Earl Kane has quietly been building some of the best SoCal British bobbers the exact same way for decades. … Continued
Faded, marked up, plastered over, worn in, labyrinthine, and impossibly full of a seemingly infinite supply of categorized odd and rare parts for vintage bikes, exploring the back of Century Motorcycles down in LA’s San Pedro neighborhood is like falling … Continued
To call Shinya Kimura a customizer or builder is almost to denigrate his art. Because that’s what he really is, an artist. Just one working in metal and engines and speed instead of oil on canvas. Last week we visited … Continued