Service Facility & Staff
Employing mechanics our customers can trust is what sets us apart from everyone else. We don't employ just anyone, we focus hard on quality repairs and service on all brands, as well as giving each of you that one on one personal care you just cannot find nowadays.
Our huge 20,000 square foot building allows us to perform expert repairs and upgrades to your motorcycle, while you enjoy our complimentary gourmet coffee and browse hundreds of motorcycle accessories for all makes and models in our famous retail showroom.
Meet Our Lead Mechanics
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Charlie Tissen is our lead technician and is both a famous racer and is known as being one of the best mechanics in the motorcycle racing world. Charlie's mechanical abilities and racing career are well known worldwide. Winning 4 Gold Medals in his racing career, as well as being lead mechanic for the famous Ivan "Iron Man" Stuart in the stadium offroad championships. Winner of 11 National Championships in both 250cc & 500cc racing, he was lead technician for Mad Max Pappas and the Saleen race team at the Indy 500 and Lemans 24 hour races. |
Our other lead mechanic is Earl Geenwald, he is a certified factory Yamaha and Suzuki mechanic, he has over 30 years of hands on experience wrenching on all brands of both street and off road motorcycles.
Earl also has a strong background in fabrication, welding and engineering. Both Earl and Charlie are primary builders of our motorcycle trike conversions for Honda Gold Wings and Harley motorcycles. Earl has worked in multi franchise dealerships over the years and has the experience you can trust when working on your motorcycle or ATV.
Our other technician is AJ Palomer, he has been around motorcycles most of his life as well as heavily involved in car racing and custom electrical fabrication. AJ adds his expertise to our team and is always here to answer any questions you may have regarding installation and creation of custom GPS, lighting, XM radio configurations on just about any motorcycle.
Whether your riding a Harley, Honda Gold Wing, Yamaha R1 or an ATV, you can trust your bike will get worked on by mechanics you can trust
Call or stop by for an appointment, after your repair or maintenance work is completed, we're confident you'll agree our mechanics are the best around no matter what you ride.We appreciate your business and will continue to work hard to earn it.
Big Thanks to all our happy service customers, by word of mouth, so many of you have spread the word and allowed us to grow and build this New Motorcycle Repair Center.
We appreciate your business and will continue to work hard to earn it...
Rick Arnoldo
President - SoCal Motorcycle Service
