
Based around a 1980 H-D 74 cu. in. stock motor that was rebuilt with new S&S internals, the “Drag Bike” as it’s simply called, gets its slingshot profile thanks to a handbuilt mix and match combination of gooseneck front end and rigid tail.

Not only does Yoshi restore vintage iron and build custom bobbers, he takes it to the racetrack as well, good enough to earn a national AHRMA title in 1993 in Formula 250. While originally a source for British, European, American and Japanese vintage, classic and collectible motorcycles and parts, the shop now focuses on Old School customs, mostly American but also a tasty Trumpet or Beezer custom now and then. Yoshi and the garage company crew began building custom bikes about four years ago and now have completed 20, each one as unique as a fingerprint.

As for the Drag Bike’s gnarly cosmetics, it was sprayed badass black and gray by Scott Craig cranked up by laser sharp pin-striping by Skratch, who Yoshi considers the best in the business. In the audio department, that open megaphone sounds like a Bose on steroids, a low, thick thump-kathumping that just sings the Bonneville blues.

While he’s busy building bikes, Yoshi takes time out each year to put together the Corsa Motoclassica, an enthusiast oriented bikefest and race venue held at the famous Willow Springs Racetrack in the high desert north of L.A. Scheduled for April, it attracts all manner and make of motorcycles from all over the U.S. and overseas for the three-day weekend of high speeds and high spirits. The vintage bike show brings out some rare machines, several debuted for the first time at the event. You’ll see everything from 50cc to XXXccc competition machines and the men, and women, who race them.

As far as the “Drag Bike,” if you see what you like, Yoshi can make more. Pick a motor…knuckle, panhead, shovel, even flathead or Evo, Yoshi can get it for you. If you’re thinking of a bike…well, that’s all it takes to set loose Yoshi’s fertile imagination. “Just tell me Old School, very low, drag race or that you have a 1957 T-bird, some bit of information, and I can build you something unique.”

SPEC SHEET
OWNER Matt Musial
SHOP NAME Garage Company
SHOP PHONE 310-821-1793
WEBSITE www.garagecompany.com

YEAR 2004
FABRICATION Garage Company
ASSEMBLY Garage Company
BUILD/REBUILD TIME three months

YEAR/SIZE 1981 80 cu. in.
TYPE FL Shovelhead
BUILDER H-D/Garage Co.
CASES H-D
FLYWHEELS H-D
RODS H-D
PISTONS S&S
CYLINDERS H-D
HEADS S&S
VALVES S&S
ROCKERS H-D
ROCKER BOXES H-D
PUSHRODS S&S
PUSHROD TUBES H-D
CAM(S) S&S
LIFTERS H-D
CARBURETOR S&S E
AIR CLEANER Paughco
IGNITION points
EXHAUST Garage Co.
FINISH natural

BUILDER/YEAR/TYPE H-D FL
FINISH stock
CASE H-D
TOP/SIDE COVERS H-D
CLUTCH Barnett
PRIMARY DRIVE Primo Belt Drive
FINAL DRIVE chain
GEARS 22/49

FRAME
YEAR/TYPE 2004 custom gooseneck/rigid
RAKE 45 degrees
STRETCH stock
MOLDING none
FINISH powdercoat
SWINGARM none
SUSPENSION
FRONT
BUILDER V-Twin/Garage Co.
YEAR/TYPE Springer
MODIFICATIONS none
TRIPLE TREES it’s a Springer
REAR
YEAR/TYPE 2004 rigid
MODIFICATIONS Garage Co.
SHOCKS none

FRONT
SIZE/TYPE 18-inch spoke
TIRE MAKE/SIZE Coker 450×18
HUB/SPOKES K-Model
CALIPER(S) K-Model
ROTOR(S) – Garage Co.
REAR
SIZE/TYPE 18-inch
TIRE MAKE/SIZE Coker/450 x 18
HUB/SPOKES H-D
CALIPER(S) GMA
ROTOR(S) BUILDER: Garage Co.
FINISH/PAINT
COLOR(S) Black & gray
PAINTER Scott Craig
GRAPHICS & ARTIST NAME Skratch
MOLDING none
CHROME PLATING/POLISHING Supreme Plating
POWDER COATING Foremost Coating

FRONT FENDER none
REAR FENDER NOS
FENDER STRUTS Garage Co.
GAS TANK(S)&CAP(S) NOS
OIL TANK H-D
DASH none
GAUGES none
HANDLEBARS Garage Co.
RISERS none
MIRRORS none
HAND CONTROLS Garage Co.
FOOT CONTROLS Rocker
FOOTPEGS NOS H-D
HEADLIGHT CCI
TAILLIGHT CCI
TURN SIGNALS none
LICENSE MOUNT Garage Co.
OIL COOLER none
SEAT Garage Co.
ELECTRICAL Garage Co.
COIL CCI
STARTER H-D
OTHER Kick Only
