Fifty years of
first kicks.
Patina Cycle Works is a two-person shop that has spent half a century returning vintage and classic motorcycles to the road — and the feeling — they were built for.
It started with one dead Triumph.
In 1974, Hollis bought a seized 1968 Bonneville for the price of a good dinner, swore at it for a winter, and brought it back to life in spring. The neighbours noticed. Fifty years later the philosophy has not changed: take the time, keep the receipts, and never hand back a machine you would not ride yourself.
June came aboard in 1989 with a gift for paint and a stubborn eye for period detail. Together they have logged six hundred restorations, and they still argue happily about jet sizes most afternoons.
Four rules of the bench.
Honesty first
If a machine is not worth the spend, we tell you. Trust outlasts any single invoice.
Everything documented
Photographs, part numbers, and hours — a complete record of the work.
Period-correct
We chase the right part, the right colour, and the right finish for the year.
Patience as a method
We take few bikes at once so each gets the time the metal demands.
The whole crew.
Hollis Ward
Founder · Engine & FrameFifty years deep and still the first one in. Hollis lives in the bottom end — cranks, cases, and compression.
June Reyes
Partner · Paint & DetailJune owns everything you can see: colour, chrome, pinstripe, and the kind of finish that stops people in the street.
A short history.
Hollis opens a one-bay shop on the east side of Portland.
June joins; the shop takes on its first full frame-off restoration.
Patina moves to the current warehouse and adds an in-house paint booth.
Two benches, one logbook per machine, and a waiting list worth the wait.
Ready when you are.
Tell us about the machine. We will give you an honest read on what it needs.
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