About MotoMorphic:
Who we are

MotoMorphic is a 3200 square foot storefront/service department/machine shop located in bucolic Petaluma, California, about 40 miles north of San Francisco. The front of the shop is the showroom, featuring MotoMorphic project bikes, a diverse selection of used bikes, and some unique accessories that you won't see anywhere else, including Fastbag tail packs, GatorRamps, and IrfenBirks. (If you don't know what IrfenBirks are, you really need to visit MotoMorphic)

The rear of the shop houses the service department and motorcycle machine shop. The centerpiece of the shop is our custom engineered frame rack designed and built by Gerry Piazza, who has corrected thousands of the errors introduced into motorcycle components by unintentional impact forging (that'd be crashing). Surrounding the frame rack are the tools of the trade - machine tools including milling machine and lathe, cutting and welding equipment, hydraulics, bike lifts, toolboxes, and a variety of precision measuring devices. This is the place where the magic happens.

The Staff
Jim Davis is the concept guy and founder of MotoMorphic. Gerry Piazza is the shop foreman and Master Straightener, as well as Chief Fabricator. Our A-technician Dave Mones and assistant fabricator Greg Baeders contribute their considerable skills to creating very special bikes, and customer satisfaction.

Gerry Piazza, Shop Foreman:
Gerry has worked in the motorcycle industry since 1978. He is a master technician, machinist, welder and fabricator. He was sole proprietor of Cycle Riders of Napa from 1982-1998, where he did everything from fix mopeds to build pro stock drag and road race bikes, including engine and chassis set up. In 1983 he engineered and built a motorcycle frame and wheel straightening rack, and since then he has straightened hundreds of frames and wheels, as well as countless other components. Gerry also utilizes the frame rack as a fixture to assemble custom frames with perfect alignment, a technique that he has developed into an art. Gerry has a very competitive spirit. He started drag racing in 1986 on a 180 HP Kawasaki KZ-1075 turbo drag bike that he built, and in 1991 he got hooked on road racing. Gerry hand built a custom Formula Single racebike that he raced in the AFM from 1992 until 1998, when he moved to Michigan. For the two years he spent in Michigan (1999-2000), he competed with the GLRRA road racing organization, and won the 1999 Expert Sportsman Championship. His knowledge as a technician, ability to troubleshoot, fabricate, and tune, as well as his riding experience make him an invaluable asset to the company. We're very proud of the fact that Gerry can literally fix anything.

Jim Davis:
Former engineer, now scared of going fast, has strange ideas about what is good when it come to motorcycles. Builds on other people's bad ideas about project motorcycles, too. Used to operate the Hawk Connection, raced a Hawk GT in CCS, AFM Formula 650 Twins, and AMA Pro Thunder. Now races YSR-50s, fielding a YSR race team called Joking Schmoes Racing. Learning to hang glide, change diapers, and be a daddy. Very proud of his wife Drusie and daughter Belle.