I have always been interested in engines and things mechanical as far back as I can remember. My first real job was in the machine shop of a local factory that made smallspecialized electrical components. All of the specialized assembly machinery was in house designed and hand built. I learned early; you can not always buy off the rack, sometimes you have to invent it and make it yourself. I started work as a professional motorcycle mechanic in 1975 at Honda of San Diego after graduating from motorcycle technical college. Within two years, I was working and tuning on a Yamaha TZ250, we finished tenth novice in the U.S. 1977. More road racing including exposure to the early L.A. Superbike scene. I later moved back east and started working for E.C. Birt, the father of twostroke porting and motorcycle hot rodding in America, where I became the head cylinder porter. I did all of the porting including the secret back door Team Honda and Team Kawasaki factory barrels.

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