Comments on: Garage Company

By: ken

ken — Thu, 14 May 2015 19:02:56 +0000

The world needs more places like this!

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:51:56 +0000

wow. this place is awesome. I am also very intrigued by the motor setup on that drag bike. That motor is definitely installed backwards and whatever fabrication that went into installing that supercharger is pretty impressive! I would love to know more about what went into that engine build. I bet the internals are every bit as impressive as what we can see from the outside. Would be great to know what kind of power that puts out as well!

By: adam

adam — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 14:42:59 +0000

Yea that drag bike is insane. I’m impressed with what it probably took to make that thing. Guys would have to be part fabricator, engineer, machinist, welder, etc, to make something like that. A whole other level of creating a motorcycle.

By: Mike Ashleigh

Mike Ashleigh — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 02:05:08 +0000

I dont remember taking note when I was there, but it actually looks like the the whole engine is backwards. The cylinders look like they are canted backwards instead of forward, and it looks like the right side of the rear wheel has a bigass sprocket on it, where the rotor normally goes. I guess if you are running that wide of a wheel, you are going to have an outboard bearing on the countershaft, or run a offset shaft. Either way, the offset should be enough for the drive chain to clear the crankshaft and whatever is still attached to it.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 21:22:03 +0000

I keep looking at that drag bike and I can’t figureout that KZ motor setup. Is the intake facing the front of the bike?

By: Mike Ashleigh

Mike Ashleigh — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 14:34:15 +0000

Yeah that’s the only time I’ve seen a Rickman. Same for the Bimota. I was super psyched on the RZ500 and other Yamaha 2 stroke road bikes as well.

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 12:25:54 +0000

That green Rickman Z1 with gold wheels, looks sick.

By: Chris francione

Chris francione — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 17:00:28 +0000

I’m jealous, it’s on my list for my next la trip, he has no favorites as he builds a bit of everything. His cb750 drag bikes are rad and he even built Beckham’s antiqued harley. Thanx for the cool photos mike!

By: adam

adam — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 14:56:40 +0000

Nice photos. That place looks awesome

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 03:58:51 +0000

Looks awesome. That’s cool the owner got into motorcycles after video games.