After building numerous NHRA Best Appearing, Best Engineered, National, Divisional and World Championship winning race cars from 1978-2007, my interest in the history, design, processes and craftsmanship of vintage racing motorcycles, race cars and hot rods from the early 1900’s to the 1960’s reached an all-time high.
Inspired like never before, my passion now is to preserve a piece of that era with new builds with that distinct styling and finish.
We start by designing an attractive, functional and affordable custom motorcycles or hot rods with the help of our computer aided design software before a single piece of metal is cut, formed or fabricated. Once a design has been finalized, CNC machining centers, water jet and laser cutting are used to produce components that are exact duplicates of our computer designed assemblies.
Next, we painstakingly duplicate finishes, function and design elements influenced by motorcycles, aircraft and automobiles of that specific era which help contribute to that correct period feel. There’s still plenty of hand fabrication and craftsmanship required which enables us to produce exceptional hand-crafted, meticulously detailed, custom vintage motorcycles and hot rods that are brand new but often are mistaken for 50-100 year old restoration projects.
– Don Yates, Lucky’s Speed Shop © 2011