Recently I was asked a question: Why do I build Motorcycles?

The question kind of took me by surprise. In all the chaos of day to day business,I guess I never really thought about ,“Why”.
 
To sum it up, I've been interested in motorcycles for a long time now,way before I could even think about being able to afford one.I’ve owned at least one  Harley for somewhere around 18 years now,but like all of us,I had wanted one way before that.

At first,it just started with riding, but soon my interest turned to customizing my bikes.I was always very concerned about the aesthetics and the look of the motorcycles.It initially started with choppers and I rode for many years with my friends on Dave Mann looking styled bikes.
Over the years as things progressed,I built several different style motorcycles and sold one to buy another.A flat track style bike, a bobber,multiple choppers etc..

Fast forward to 2013. A lot of miles and a lot of life changes later,I found myself at a crossroads in life.

Not only did I hate working where I was currently employed,but it wasn’t exactly panning out financially either. My wife had watched me pursue a lot of hobbies,but out of all of them she really liked what I did with motorcycles the best,and with a lot of encouragement and support she convinced me to pursue what I was most passionate about as a career.

She and I had just finished putting a motorcycle together that I had been working on when we first met and were searching for a guy to add the finishing touches with a leather seat and saddlebag. After finding out that most really good guys were very expensive and having dabbled in a bit of leather tooling in the past,I decided to have another go at it. This snowballed into a bunch of seats and oddball leatherwork as I pursued the leather business for the better part of the year.At the same time I was trying to finish another personal bike, but what was really starting to happen was that things were transitioning into a full time bike shop.
 
In 2014 We outgrew the first small shop space in North St Augustine,and moved to a location closer to Jacksonville where I completed several full bike builds and was slowly starting to line up clients that liked my style of bikes.

That location however was short lived and in July of 2014, I reconnected with an old friend and collaborator,  Mike Wilson that convinced me to move back to an old Hot Rod shop we shared together years ago.We gradually started to transform our old shop into the full time bike building facility we have now.

With a full-size paint booth and almost 5 times the space that Alleyway originally started out with, this facility allows us the space to continue to push the limits and creativity that is quickly putting Alleyway bikes on the map across the world. Things are happening, and I couldn’t be happier to bring my clients more than they could have ever expected.

We were honored to be showcased in Hot Bike this summer.

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Alleyway Kustoms was featured in the February edition of American Iron Magazine. 

Our Death Machine was featured inThe Horse Back- Street Choppers Magazine in 2015

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