As first a Southern and then a Hoosier I have been torn between two world. You wouldn't think that a river and a bridge would make that much difference in a person life or the life of a motorcycle shop, but it does. When I first started out on the quest to become a motorcycle builder I was under the influence of the Louisville bike scene...(bicycle that is) and I was looking to my alley cat roots to build upon, and I did. The first bike that I built was a play on the load bicycles that were being built at the time and to the Japanese culture that I hold so dear, but that was just the beginning As I have matured in my thoughts on motorcycles I have begun to go back to the roots of cafe bikes even more and I wanted to more generalize the name of the shop to reflect that. I'm still a rat at heart but it's not all about rat rods and and bicycles anymore....and I feel like a name is needed that more reflected the refinement and style that I want to put out into the world.... edgy style with home town flair and a southern twang.
With this in mind I have re-branded the shop Southern Hoosier Speed Shop...SoHo Speed Shop for short. We are focused on building fast two stroke Japanese bikes with style. We are primarily interested in cafe racers but have been working on several designs for bikes that are going to highlight our fabrication abilities. Our current build is a 1973 Suzuki GT250 that will be a billboard for what we will do in the future. It has many unique feature that we hope will draw attention to our mission. We hope to debut the bike at Beatersville in Louisville Kentucky Sunday May 27 2013. Then we are taking it on the road to AMA Vintage Days July 19-21 2013 and will be posted up at the Cafe Racer TV pavilion hanging with the folks from Louisville Vintage Motorworks. Then its on to Barber Vintage Festival October 11-13 2013, with what ever events we can find in between, with the bike finally coming up for sale at that show.
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