NEVER TRADE THE THRILL OF LIVING FOR THE SECURITY OF EXISTANCE

My mission for this website is to share information about the motorcycle builds I have made in order to inspire you to put your own mark, or your own spin, or your own signature on your motorcycle, however small or simple, which always leads to an increase of your knowledge of how things work, electricity, painting, math, physics, welding, science, machining, etc., etc..

I will be adding information to this site from time to time, so check back from time to time.

At my core, I like to make things.  I can’t help myself. Its somewhere in my genes.  I spend a lot of time every week in my shop: imagining, thinking, drawing parts, turning metal on a 1940s South Bend lathe, welding and endlessly filing insignificant little pieces.  Each year the combined odometers on my motorcycles total around 14,000 miles and my lifetime miles are, as of 2020, over 375,000 miles. Needless to say, I watch almost no TV.

I make what I call similarias, a made-up word I use to describe a motorcycle with the similar look of an old original machine, but made more practical and functional for riding, lots of riding.  These motorcycles are at the intersection of form and function, where great attention is paid to the details in every part.  I think the old motorcycles have an elegant look of gracefulness and simplicity, where nothing is hidden and every part has a function.  The eye picks up the distinctive colors of brass, copper, aluminum, and nickel. My goal is to make motorcycle similarias with that old look, but capable of running continuously at 70 MPH, with good brakes, good lighting, enough electrical power to use heated clothing, and “good to go” for the next 20,000 miles.

Safe riding,
Bob