FEATURED BUILDER:
Mesa Cycle's Ralph Aguirre

"You gotta love what you do..." Great word of advice from what many believe is one of the great motorbuilders of our generation. Ralph Aguirre. "...cause you're never gonna get rich building bikes." Ralph follows up with a reality check.

We see good builders on the TV lately who make some incredible bikes and we see the glory and ease in bike buildiing. What we don't see are the excruciating headaches when the parts you order finally come in only to find that they sent you the wrong part. Or trying to find good, reliable help. Or, all the planning that takes place in chopper building that is skimmed over in these shows. Ralph is a REAL bike builder. Ralph and Mike at Mesa Cycle put their sweat into each bike, cause it is the sweat that puts soul in steel. Each custom bike is carefully crafted to exact customer standards. And with over 30 years in bike and hot rod building, Ralph knows the ins and outs on what makes a bike, not only ride safe and performs well, but that is a work of art in itself.

Ralph reflects a bit on Rocky. Rocky from Bob Taylor motors taught him what he knows about engine building over 15 years ago and Ralph keeps Rockys legacy alive by teaching Mike the relationship of top-end and bottom-end engine building. The finesse of wiring a Mesa cycle. Mike has been with Ralph for the past couple of years on a full-time basis riding his Road King to the shop from Riverside, no matter the weather. Ralph says of Mike: "I appreciate the fact that he 'knows to ask' when he is stuck on something."

Building and repairing motors and trannys are the core of the business. "It's what pays the bills." Not very glamourous. His engine work is sought after as far away as Japan, where recently he sent a crate of knuckle-heads. It's building custom choppers that gets his blood flowing. Ones like the Damon's painted black with traditional flames chopper he is finishing up for Doc. Like the one he is building for himself, Long, Low and Hard. Look for Doc's bike as our featured bike coming soon.

Give Ralph a call or stop by his shop. And tell him you heard about his shop at Bike-Shows.com.

Mesa Cycle
Ralph Aguirre
1308 Logan Ave. Unit E
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
714-546-3621