San Francisco Area Motorcycle Shops (and Infomonger MC Page)

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Contents: [SF Area MC Shops] [Insurance] [Rider Training/Safety] [BMW] [Miscellaneous]
Related: [Motorcycle Gear Page]

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San Francisco Area Motorcycle Shops

There are some scooter listings here, too.

Berkeley Honda-Yamaha-Seadoo, 510-525-5525 735 Gilman @4th St, Berkeley. 510-678-2174 (pager). (TR9-7,MWF9-6,S9-6.) Towing.

Bob Dron Harley-Davidson, 510-635-1900 200 Hegenberger Rd, Oakland. (M-F10-7,S9-6,U10-5.) Buell/H-D.

BMW of San Francisco, 415-863-9000, 1675 Howard St, SF (cage + bike). (Sales M-F8-7,S9-6,U11-5. Svc M-F7-6.)
BMW Santa Cruz, 408-476-6262, 5100 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. (TWF9-6,R9-7,S9-4.)
California BMW Triumph, 415-966-1183 2490 Old Middlefield Way, Mountain View. (Sales/parts: M10-5,T-F830-7,S9-330, service: M10-5,T-F730-6,S9-330.)
California Choppers 415-431-8181, 1490 Howard St, SF. Formerly Frisco Cycle Parts. "Harleys Only." (T-F10-7,S11-5.)
City Cycle Salvage, 415-588-3546 1266 San Mateo Ave, South SF. (T-S10-6.)
City Cycle Werkes, 415-292-3577 761 Ellis St @Polk, SF. (M-F830-6,S9-5.)
Cycle Gear, 415-546-0212 700 2nd St & Townsend, SF. (M-R9-6,F9-7,S9-6.)
Cycle Gear, 510-888-9100 22249 Mission Blvd, Hayward (Rt 238-A St).
CycleFinish (Bobby Keith) 650-361-8927 Redwood City, does fairing cosmetic and paint at his shop.
Darwin Motors, 415-284-9514 212 Ritch St, SF. (M-F9-6,S10-3.)
Dave’s Cycle Transport (David Schermerhorn) 415-824-3020 (24 hrs). "Towing" for motorcycles, all over the bay area. Storage available.
Details R*uss (Russ Johnson), 415-201-3294 (pager), motorcycle/auto detailing (at your place), m/c towing. ($75 for 4 hr job?)
Die Werkstatt (Jennifer Brohme), 415-552-8115, 199 Capp St, SF. (M-F9-6.) Motorcycle repair.
Dubbelju ("w") Motorcycle Rentals, 415-495-2774, 271 Clara St (betw 5-6th, Folsom-Harrison), SF. BMW and H-D rentals.
Dudley Perkins Harley Davidson, 415-703-9488, 66 Page St, SF.
Eaglerider Motorcycle Rental, 415-503-1900 1060 Bryant (@8th) St, SF. Rents Harleys. Part of nationwide chain.
First Kick Scooters 415-861-6100 275 8th St, SF. (T-S10-6.) Merging with SF Moto.
The Frame Man 916-927-9712, 1645 Silica Ave, Sacramento CA 95815. Frame straightening/repair, forks, wheel straightening, etc. Dealers and racers from all around send their work here. Will do business via UPS.
Fremont Cycle Salvage & Accessories, 510-796-3131 37531 Dusterberry Way, Fremont. Used parts; tires, batteries.
Golden Gate Cycles, 415-771-4535 1540 Pine (Polk-Van Ness), SF. Honda/Suzuki/Yamaha. (M-S9-6.)
Hayward Kawasaki-Yamaha, 510-537-2257 27185 Mission Blvd (Harder-Tennyson), Hayward.
Honda of Milpitas, 408-263-6060, 166 So Main St, Milpitas. (M-F9-7,S9-6,U11-4.)
Honda Peninsula Ducati/Bimota, Sunnyvale.
Hypersports, San Jose. Work on sportbikes.
International Motorcycle Exchange, 510-537-9050 25392 Mission Blvd, Hayward. (M-S10-6.)
Johnson Leathers, custom and very nice leathers, 415-775-7392 Polk St SF.
K.C. Engineering, 415-957-1533 689 Harrison @3rd, SF; (M730-445,T-F730-6,S9-5.) Motorcycle tires, parts, towing, repair.
Kosman Racing has closed in SF. Their Windsor location is at 7706 Bell, 707-837-0127. Stainless steel brake lines.
Mars Custom Motorcycle, 415-252-6666, 1339 Mission (9th-10th St), SF. Service, accessories.
Mean Marshall's Motorcycles, 510-834-6335, 1714 16th St, Oakland. British (classic/antique). (T-F10-6,S10-4.)
Mike the Seat Guy (C. Michael Kimball), 415-861-2134. Upholstery repair.
Mission Honda-Yamaha, 650-992-1234, 415-333-1234 6232 Mission St, Daly City; (M-F10-6,S10-5.)
MotoJava, 498 9th St (Bryant), SF. Motorcycle shop (service/used bikes/gear) and cafe.
MotoStrano 650-780-9306, 880 Hurlingame #A, Redwood City. (M-F8-6.) Bikes and accessories (emphasis on racing).
Mota Motorbike Gear for Women, 888-539-MOTA 1477 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley.
Oakland Yamaha/Discount Jim's, 510-532-3140 4351 E 14th St (nr High, 42nd Ave), Oakland. (M-F10-6,S10-5.)
Psycho Cycles Unlimited, 415-567-9310 2739 Geary Blvd (nr Masonic), SF. Consignment, parts. Small shop.
Rand Dobleman Custom Motorcycle Painting, 415-440-4474 2340 Lombard St>SF.
Recommended Service (Dave Gardner), 415-822-2041, 1064 Revere Ave, SF. BMW service. (M-F1030-7.)
Road Rider, 408-227-6936, 2897 Monterey Hwy (~4 blks S of Tully), San Jose. (M-F9-6,S10-6,U10-5.) Accessories, good helmet prices/selection.
San Francisco Scooter Centre 415-864-6490, 365 11th St, SF, scootshop@aol.com. Vespa & Lambretta repair, restoration, sales.
San Jose BMW, 408-295-0205, 1886 W San Carlos, San Jose. Incl. CC Products.
Santa Clara Cycle Accessories, 408-730-0600. Accessories. (Parent is Fremont Cycle Salvage?)
Santa Cruz Vampires Motorcycle and Scooter Club.
Schleicher Motors, 510-569-5520 7956 Macarthur Blvd, Oakland. (T-F9-6,S9-530.) Parts mgr. Larry Cohn. Suzuki dealer, BMW service and parts (no longer authorized dealer).
Scuderia West, 415-621-7223 69 Duboce St, SF. (10-6,F10-9,U12-5.)
SF Moto & Scooter 415-255-3132 275 8th Street, SF. (T-S10-6.) Used motorcycles & scooters, plus gear. Merging with First Kick Scooters.
SF Scooter 415-348-0388 278 Clara St (5th-6th), SF. Has "skateboard with a stick" (as opposed to ride-on) scooters; motor- and foot-powered.
Sonoma Performance Cycles, 707-428-4951, fax 707-428-4951, 50 Main St, Suisun City. Owners Chuck Gardner and Ben Davis (Davis Saddlebags).
Spears Enterprises (Greg Spears), 408-879-0724, 100 Cristich La, Campbell. Machine shop service. Sometimes overloaded. Have recently read unfavorable report on ba-rides list.
Stompers Boots, 888-BOOT-MAN, 323 10th St, SF. (12-8 every day)
Subterranean Cycles, 415-775-2999, 886 Geary (at Larkin), San Francisco. Used bikes, service, upholstery, paint.
Supercycle, 510-827-3444 2465 A-B Vista Del Monte, Concord. Salvage.
TAP Plastics, 510-357-3755, San Leandro. Plexiglas work (cutting fairings, etc.).
Vanson Leathers, see BMW of San Francisco.
V-Town Cycle (Vallejo) is no more. See: Sonoma Performance Cycles.
See also below under Salvage and Junkyards (in Miscellaneous) for lists of salvage yards in the area (and nationwide).
(In this section, BMW-specific ones have a dark bullet)

Services

Schapiro & Leventhal 877-835-7800, "The Motorcycle Attorneys".
West Coast Powder Coating 650-871-0400, 165 Mitchell Ave, South San Francisco CA. Electrostatic powder, custom colors, sandblasting.

Bay Area "Regular" Rides

ba.rides mailing list, send a "subscribe" e-mail to ba-rides-request@rtfm.com.
Sunday breakfast ride starts in Burlingame. Every Sunday since 1949.

SF Area Insurance

Fern Insurance, 800-464-0322, San Rafael.

Marketing Direct Insurance Services, 800-9BIKERS.
Mike Felder Insurance.
Progressive, 800-999-7704, discounts for AMA/BMWMOA/MSF.
Sullivan & Sullivan Insurance, 800-696-1478 1160 Chestnut St, Menlo Park.
Tom Weber Insurance, 800-349-8946.

Rider Training and Safety

Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF), 800-446-9227 for rider training referrals nationwide.
California Motorcyclist Safety Program 800-CC-RIDER for rider training referrals within California.
Alcatraz Moto, Vincent Ho, Oakland. Sidecar and Trike Education Program (S/TEP).
Bay Area Motorcycle Training (415-285-8827, 707-446-3801) holds MSF classes in SF and Napa.
CLASS Motorcycle Schools, Reg Pridmore, 805-933-9936 Monterey/Sonoma.
Doc Wong's free motorcycle clinics.
dp (Dennis Pegelow) Safety School Morrow Bay CA, 805-772-8301, on-the-track riding school.
The Hurt Study. "Read me first."
Motorcycle Tips and Techniques (James Davis) is well worth reading.
Road Rash Care.
Snell Memorial Foundation tests and certifies helmets.

BMW Resources/Clubs/Info

Corporate: BMW Motorcycles (USA). BMW Motorrad (Deutschland). BMW Canada. BMW Zentrum museum, South Carolina. BMWNA customer service hotline: 800-831-1111.
Airheads Beemer Club and mailing list.
BMW Bikers Ring, a Web-ring of sites.
BMW Santa Cruz Tech Pages has some pages on BMW serial numbers, helmet laws, Slick 50, etc.
BMW Club of Northern California.
BMW MOA (Motorcycle Owners of America).
BMW RAI (Riders Association International).
GS and G/S page (micapeak) covers R80G/S, R100GS, etc. BMW-GS Mailing List.
Central Cal BMW Riders.
IBMWR (Internet BMW Riders). IBMWR-Euro.
- The Marketplace (BMW ads).
- My imperfect Article Collection/Archive.
- Prezzidential Homepages (the Prez Dispenser).
- Abbrevs/Acronyms Dictionary.
- Full-Text Archive (Jean-Stephane Szijarto).
Monterey Bay BMW Riders.
Possi's Motorradseiten-Wegweiser.
Slash 2 page (Kees van der Heiden).
Slash5.org pages for BMW /5 enthusiasts.
Spagthorpe Boxer legend.
Spy Photos of new Beemers may sometimes be found at Motorhuis Myuen or Motorrad Online.
Transmission notes from MO-Magazin article 2/96.

Be sure to check the Motorcycle Gear Page and parts & accessories for your Beemer!

Miscellaneous Useful and/or Interesting

Chrome on friend Sloan's Triumph Thunderbird

Alices's Restaurant, famous biker hangout in Sky Londa CA.
AMA American Motorcyclist Association.
Bikesters "an Adventure in Racing and Technology" by Fred Vosk, a set of illustrated online stories, originally created to be a TV series pilot.
City Bike weekly newspaper distributed free in the Bay Area and mailed by subscription.
Clubs and Associations has a worldwide list (site is based in Australia).
DoD Homepage. An Aussie one. DoD SuperFAQ has good practical info. Another DoD SuperFAQ [dod.no].
Great Roads List. North American Sport Bike Registry, another list. Scenic Roads Registry [NMA].
Euro-Moto motorcycling in Europe.
Helge Pedersen, author of 10 Years on 2 Wheels.
Humor:
- Squidly's Online,
- NANMRA (which has been called "a couple of guys in Texas with a camera"),
- You're a Yuppie Biker If...,
Iberian Motorcycle Tours runs tours through Spain/Portugal/the French Pyrenees (on BMWs :-).
Interactive Motorcycle e-zine.
Intermot motorcycle show in Munich.
Iron Butt Association, "World's Toughest Motorcycle Riders."
Kelley Blue Book has used-motorcycle valuations.
Laguna Seca racetrack.
Link Mania Got Links?
- AllAboutCycles, MC metasite.
- MotoDirectory claims 9,000 links. That ought to be enough for anybody.
- Motorcycle Web Index (Ronnie Cramer) has tons of links.
- Motorcycles on the Web (Tom Coradeschi), nice links.
- Unofficial Bikers Homepage.
- Yahoo! Motorcycle Listings.
Mailing List Roundup of motorcycle e-mail lists you can subscribe to.
Maps On Us gives driving directions that "take the scenic route" (avoids major highways).
Motorcycle Consumer News (MCN), the Consumer Reports of mc publications.
Motorcycle Shopper Online
Motorcycle Online (zine).
Motorcycling Amateur Radio Club (MARC), hams on bikes.
Motorcycling in California includes Great Road list pointers.
Motorrad Online [German].
Motorworld Online (zine).
National Motorists Association (NMA) lobbies against ridiculous speed limits and has ticket-fighting information.
Rec.Motorcycles.Review [FTP] Reviews of bikes, accessories, rides. Some of this is pretty dated.
The Ride Board seems to be defunct. Was http://www.reconsulting.com/ride/ridehome.nsf
Salvage and Junkyards and Lists Thereof
- Acer's list.
- C. Wilhelm.
- CycleMallUSA.
- Iron Horse, 520-327-0773, used parts.
- MotoSalvage has a used-parts locator, and list of salvage shops state-by-state.
Sears Point Raceway.
South West Bike Travel-Zine.
Shipping a motorcycle to Europe. Shipping Digest. See also the file on my IBMWR archive.
Short bikers homepage (FAQs and mailing list). Short Bike List & FAQ (Noemi Barry).
Sidecar.com.
Wer-fährt-was Liste [German] is a registry of riders and their bikes.

Hacks

(No, not sidecars -- "hacks" in the computer geek sense, i.e., clever [?] pieces of work. Use at your own risk.)

J-Light - Show your Halloween spirit.
Converting Holiday Lights for 12V Operation - You, too, can achieve that Electric Cowboy effect on your iron horse.

Fine print: Day codes are M-F=Mon-Fri, S=Sat, U=Sun. Provided as a public service, and also a quick-reference for myself to print out and carry with me :-). None of these links is an endorsement. YMMV. Ride with your head, not over it. Corrections/additions are welcome. Enjoy!

'88 R100GS • DoD #2034 • AMA #594926 • BMWMOA #78158 • IBMWR Prez • AAA #128332096