I have been a fan of F1 Formula race cars since I was a teenager, regularly watching the races on our 3 channel television, I loved watching these guys in the JPS Renault Lotus and my First Motorcycle that adorned the Motorcycle world was based on Emerson Fittipaldi’s Black and Gold F1. Now, over half a Century later, not only did I create a fun Cafe bike representing the JPS styling, I am now going to create another F1 livery Motorcycle for my Brother, but this time in the Ferrari F1 colors.  This will not be a replica of that machine but will have the accents of the Italian Stallion bea ..read more

Well, we are getting another downpour in Southern California, something that we really do not get much of down here, the last storm was the worst in over 100 years but i think that this weekend storm is just light rain, just hope the hills hold out a little longer.  But when it rains its keeps people inside, same as me, I have 16 bikes to try and put together in my own time frame but I am still working on getting the inside of the workshop into a usable area and not just storage. But, when you have crap weather, it gets you motivated to get on with a few jobs you have been putting off. Th ..read more

I have always loved the Isle of Man, I remember in 1975 heading out to Ramsay as a wild teenager and couldn’t wait to see and hear the likes of Rocket Ron Haslam, Mick Grant and Mike the Bike head on off for a 37 mile lap of the infamous Island Road Race. There are a few old videos about I wanted to share today to give you some insight as to what turned my Dial as a teenager and gave me my inspiration to always been involved with Motorcycling. I know many of you watch todays racing and are amazed at the speeds, when I was a teenager they were reaching around 140 Mph but if you have ridden an ..read more

Well, next year will be my 25th Anniversary of creating machines over on this side of the pond, many people have asked would I replicate the infamous K5 with Cafe on the tank to celebrate a quarter of a Century building Motorcycles, and I thought, I may go along the similar lines to that very Bike that kind of put me on the map so to speak. But what should I do?  On reflection I think it is indeed a cool idea to do something like that very machine but, with some extra cool parts and exhaust system etc but I do have a NOS Paul Dunstall 5 Gallon Manx Tank in my Barn and will probably use t ..read more

Tom Simpson | Owner | Designer | Builder | Barista !  Tom was a blacksmith with an interest in motorcycles that stretched back to when he grass-tracked on mopeds around a field. “The seed of my bike obsession took hold when my dad brought home a knackered Suzuki GT250 Ram Air,” he says. He’d been given it as part payment for some work but couldn’t get it going so after a lot of pestering it was given to me. My uncle and I got it to start, but a stripdown found a bent con-rod. “That was it for that bike but I was hooked. Smoking around on a mate’s GS500 was the precursor to my first big bi ..read more

Well, the old year is almost up, a New year just around the corner and to be honest, I am looking forward to it, new challenges but new idea’s and New parts to be offered for a number of machines, something that I do like to do and offer to everybody. So, literally a Truckload of exhaust systems finished and some will be Ceramic coated and some will be Raw steel, as many like to paint or wrap them for them selves. I ship all over the world and continue to help my Customers, I of course build the Motorcycles too, I make sure they fit and these do not leave my place until I am happy with them ..read more

Sometimes when an artists hits that “BLANK” wall in designing something head turning, it can be way simpler to go “Back To Basics” and there it is, a work of pure art and creativity. And this is the case with a Motorcycle shop in Cedar Rapids , Iowa. Trying to think outside of the box sometimes is a way lot less stressful than you may ponder upon and Chris Kent and his Team of specialists at the shop thought to themselves that as they were not that far away from the National Motorcycle Museum and as they have visited numerous times, they always seem to be drawn to the area of the classic “Boa ..read more

Crazy to think that 102 days ago the picturesque Polynesian town of Lahaina was engulfed in flames, a sad day for us all and a very meaningful memory for me as we were there a few months back as Jennifer’s family were from there.  In 1795, Lahaina was conquered by Kamehameha I, and established the town as the capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii—even before the unification of the Hawaiian islands. A statute of King Kamehameha. According to Lahaina’s official history, “In 1802, King Kamehameha made Lahaina the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Fires have reportedly damaged the old Banyan t ..read more

As many of you know, I have always liked anything fast but when there could be a world record at stake, then my eyes and ears are wide open, so this weekend, Jennifer and I will load up the truck and take the 2 hour jaunt up to the desert and to El Mirage Dry lake to watch the SCTA sanctioned races that’s held to close this years racing event. This year I have way too much on to bring a Motorcycle out here but it was Jennifer’s idea to come out and camp,watch the Motorcycles and Hot Rods run as well as listen to the Coyotes howls and the stars sparkle out in the cold desert. Come on out and l ..read more

Wow! That time of year got here really fast and me on the hop as usual, still at least not on the crapper at least, lol. but wanted to wish you all a great Halloween. Only fair to add some Halloween style videos to keep the tradition going eh?   Wishing you a Ghoulish evening at Halloween time ..read more