Imperial Cycles

5 day death build

2011-07-31T23:52:00.000-07:00

5 day death build - 5 days, 3.27 hp kawasaki gokart motor, micargi royal modified frame. An almost impossible task to get a newly designed motorbike ready for the shiny side up Behind bars show in san jose ca in 5 days. These were uncharted terrirtories for us. Customizing a frame dealing with a stretch frame and taking an old engine and getting it to work in this new setup.However with due diligence, and creative thinking we built our first stretch cruiser in imperial style. From chopping the micargi royal frame's top tube and bottom tube to have a gooseneck and more rack to creating a custom engine mount and getting it started this build seemed to be overwelming from the start. This is not fully finished yet but we are close to the finishing stages.

Imperial Cycles _Others BC Low Life video

2011-04-13T03:05:00.000-07:00

Low Life Motion Visuals from John Coyne on Vimeo.

Look for imperial cycles in the video 8:13 - 8:40 min into the video. Also, check out our dope bike club the Others BC.

Thanks, to Trevor traynor - http://trevortraynor.com/

And thanks to John Coyne for the video.

Customer Build

2011-02-07T02:27:00.000-08:00

Another customer of ours Ashley Caviness just built another boardtracker using our boardtracker tank. The bike looks awesome, and it really has smooth and sleak lines while still keeping that vintage look. Enjoy.

A customer does it himself

2011-01-11T19:11:00.000-08:00

Customer David Reynoso of Santa Barbara built this awesome rat rod style bike utilizing one our board tracker tanks. The tank really sets off the bike giving it a more aggressive look to it. Awesome job.

::eric::

The grey

2011-01-03T12:06:00.000-08:00

Going out to customer skylar of Oklahoma is the grey. A beautifully built bike designed after the vintage boardtracker style bikes. This bike uses a 4 stroke honda engine with a $300 q-matic transmission. This bike can reach speeds up to 45 mph. A beautiful and fast machine we are sure the customer will be happy with the bike.

El Gigante

2010-12-19T21:30:00.001-08:00

Custom build for Mayhem Customs of switzerland. Modified Hornet build with custom monark springer fork, bullet headlight, clubman bars, Brooks springer saddle, white tires, custom boardtracker gas tank, grubee 80cc two stroke engine, and custom boardtracker low profile seat post. Jerome out did himself with this perfectly built motor-bike he dubbed "El Gigante" Shipping soon to Switzerland.

Stretched cruiser frame motorbike concept

2010-09-29T23:50:00.000-07:00

It's 11:50pm tired from work but still got some things in my head I want out so I was just doodling around and came up a new design. The stretched cruiser concept. For people who are much taller and want to have a more low seating stance this bike is perfect. Styled after the Midnight model this bike brings a totally new look.

Black Hornet concept going to Vegas

2010-08-09T00:53:00.001-07:00

Customer concept rendering bike for Vic in Las Vegas. 3-4 weeks buddy, soon you will be ripping up the street on your custom motorized bike. Modified Hornet model with 49cc 4 stroke engine, custom gas tank, leather springer saddle, chopped springer forks, white tires, and black mag rims.

Patina

2010-07-26T19:26:00.000-07:00

My latest personal build. Black powdercoated Shorty Fatz/ Imperial frame, custom orange marine vinyl seat, custom boardtracker gas tank orange/ gold color, all black powder coated triple tree forks, front disk brakes, extra wide 3-piece crank, black aluminum mag wheels , 2.25" thick wheel s in rear and 1.5" thick wheel in the front, black oury grips. A true beauty to look and to ride.

::eric::

2 years ago my first bike build

2010-07-20T21:24:00.000-07:00

This was my very first motorized bike build. I randomly found this picture on some guys flikr page. thanks for taking the picture. I had it displayed in the Aristocrats store in Japantown San Jose. Damn it was a beautiful bike. I miss her. Maybe I will build another one just like her.

::eric::

Peanut Tank to customer in Las Vegas

2010-07-19T09:10:00.000-07:00

Here is one of our peanut tanks on a customer bike. Bryan Burgess of Las Vegas built this awesome beach cruiser modded motorized bike and fitted our peanut tank on it. The bike has great lines, and I wish I could see it in person.

::eric::

Custom Boardtracker style gas tanks

2010-07-02T16:13:00.000-07:00

Custom boardtracker style gas tanks. Italian made new old stock gas tanks comes with gas cap and petcock. As seen on the Bullet and Hornet model bikes. For you DIYers build an imperial bike.

To purchase gas tank go to our parts store here - http://imperialcyclesstore.blogspot.com/

Rolling Chassis (For Sale)

2010-06-23T17:57:00.000-07:00

For Do it your selfers, or anybody with issues on shipping a bike to they're country we now offer rolling chassis. These are the bikes ready to go minus the engine. The engine you can supply yourself and install yourself. This will save on cost, and it will give you everything you need to start your project with the classic imperial look. We have two rolling chassis options seen above the Bullet, and the Hornet. Both classic looking styles that you can bring automatically to your build.

For pricing on these bikes please contact us at - imperial.cycles@yahoo.com
Or if you want to design out your own rolling chassis please let us know too.

::eric::

Gonzy

2010-06-17T13:08:00.000-07:00

With work slowing down it seems finally I have some time to reflect and search the infinite internets for weird, inspiring, boner making images, videos, or blogs. On this blog - http://ohoh2.blogspot.com, I found the above image. you just gotta love the gonz; who skates with a grey suite and pastel shirt (miami vice).

Which makes me think of a song lyric that goes:

"Make a point of having fun
It'll help you get through life
"Life sucks and love is dumb"
Golly, that's a real lie

::eric::

Australia Order Update

2010-06-16T20:08:00.000-07:00

The last two bikes of the updated order for Australia. So, 6 total beautiful bikes. Its a shame to see them go and it was an adventure to build them. These builds incorporated a lot of new bike hardware that we haven't used before like front drum brakes, disk brakes, wide cranks, rear dropout style chain tensioners. Which overall gave a more clean bike with better aesthetics and functionality. Test riding these bikes and making sure they are working properly was a real treat especially the 4 stroke bullet bike. The thinner tires, aluminum mag rims, the grubee 4 stroke with a 5 to 1 gear ratio made it seem to glide and cut corners quite properly. A metal beast indeed. Check out the pictures I apologize in advance for the poor quality, I lost the charger for my D-40 camera but as soon as I get it I will put up better pics.

::eric::

Behind The Bars Build

2010-05-11T19:52:00.000-07:00

Imperial Cycles is a Sponsor for the upcoming Behind The Bars Show this June 13th at Trailhead Cyclery in San Jose which means we get to enter 4 bikes. Here's one. Not too much to look at but trust me, it's getting there. It's fun racking my brain on how to make everything work and fit properly. Went from plan A, to B, to C and now I think I'm at plan Q. Started out as WCC bike which I started to chop to give it a digger style rake. Turns out that it shrank the bike dramatically so I went back to the drawing board in my head. Right now, I hopefully have everything figured out and did some test bends. Everything looks good so far. Hope it stays this smooth here on out. If not, I'm gonna be making up some new letters for my plans soon.

-jero.b

New bike for local San Jose Customer

2010-05-10T16:05:00.000-07:00

Our first local customer Jack recieves this beauty of a bike I dubbed azul. Custom Shorty Fatz Imperial Cycles frame, 4 stroke engine, Metal flake board tracker gas tank, origin 8 drop stem, shortend handle bars, blue metallic flake grips, Leather springer saddle, white wall tires, rear drum brake and front drum brake. This bike totalled at $2,300. It was a great build and I was actually sad to see her go.

-E

Australia UPDATE!!!

2010-03-10T18:26:00.000-08:00

Here are the last 3 bikes for the Australia order. Midnight-A 2 stroke pull start, with rear drum brake, Midnight-B 4 stroke engine with custom shorty fatz frame and rear drum brake, Bullet with mag rims rear disk nrake 2 stroke pull start.

-E

Imperial Cycles Goes to Austrslia

2010-02-19T18:56:00.000-08:00

If you haven't heard 2010 has been very good for us especially with our first big order overseas to Australia. The order consists of 4 bikes including: Midnight, Midnight w/ shorty fatz frame and 4-stroke engine, Blue with a 4-stroke and shorty fatz frame, and finally the bullet bike. Shorty fatz did there part and finished the frames and got them powdercoated now its up to us to finish them. Below are picture of the first bike we got done blue with a shorty fatz frame and 4-stroke enjoy:

-E

2010-02-01T10:36:00.000-08:00

Our full website is finally up.

go to:

http://www.imperialcycles.com/

You should definitely check out the specs tab and play with the 360 viewer of the bike, its pretty coool.

-E

Custom Gas tank

2010-01-26T09:20:00.000-08:00

Custom peanut style gas tank. Holds about 3/4 of a gallon of gas, and it comes with frame mount hardware, gas cap, and petcock. We sell these tanks retail for $82 each.

to purchase gas tank go to parts store here - http://imperialcyclesstore.blogspot.com/

Custom boardtracker style gas tanks. Italian made new old stock gas tanks comes with gas cap and petcock. As seen on the Bullet and Hornet model bikes. For you DIYers build an imperial bike.

to purchase gas tank go to parts store here - http://imperialcyclesstore.blogspot.com/
For more info contact us at:

email - imperial.cycles@yahoo.com

Custom Imperial Cycles/ Shorty Fatz Frame

2010-01-26T09:02:00.000-08:00

Custom hand built frame from shorty fatz. Co-designed with the shorty fatz company we came up with a functional and aesthetically appealing frame to bring a more custom and aggressive look to the bikes.

to purchase frame go to parts store here - http://imperialcyclesstore.blogspot.com/

For more info contact us at:

email - imperial.cycles@yahoo.com
phone (eric) - 408.515.3169

Goldie

2010-01-09T14:24:00.001-08:00

Check her out. Our recent winner for best motorized bicycle at sf ride bike expo 2009. For the shorty fatz / imperial cycle motorized bicycle frame information contact us at - imperial.cycles@yahoo.com

-E

first 4 stroke build

2009-12-18T08:41:00.001-08:00

We just completed our first 4-stroke build for a customer and it's a beauty. Check it out, four-stroke engine, blue speck custom tank, dropped and lowered springer forks, dark brown leather spring saddle, white wall wheels, coaster rear brake with clamp brake for extra stopping power, blue speck grips, and a chrome bullet headlight.

-E

It's the little things...

2009-11-04T14:29:00.000-08:00

Something as simple as a CAD drawing for our frames can get me excited. Because I know something little as this can turn into something beautiful at the end.

-jero.b

Imperial Cycles on SF Bike Expo Website

2009-11-01T23:42:00.000-08:00

Coolbeans. We were mentioned on SF Bike Expo!!! Now we gotta come sicker than swine flu for sure. See yall there.

-jero.b

http://sfbikeexpo.com/?p=900

1 Rare Peashooter

2009-11-01T23:20:00.000-08:00

This 1929 Harley Davidson VR1000 Factory Racer is one of only 50 superbike racers built by the Company to compete in the AMA Superbike Series all in it's original, patina'd glory. Rarer than rare steak. It has been auctioned off sometime ago and sold for 86314698163826489173 dollars.

-jero.b

Bullet

2009-10-31T16:54:00.000-07:00

Vintage Schwinn frame, bare metal tank, aluminum mags, Brooks Saddle, Quill Stem, Oury grips, shortened bars and a dropped springer to give it a lower, more aggressive stance. A real blast to ride, especially when you're reaching the limit of it's top end speed and things start to feel unsafe. All while carving corners, splitting lanes, and other things that'll make your bullocks turn brass. Dangerous? Maybe. But safe is boring.

Coming to terrorize a street near you

2009-10-28T19:04:00.000-07:00

We hook up with one of the world's premiere custom bike builders Shorty Fatz to come up with this design. For more info please visit http://imperialcycles.com/ (coming soon) and http://shortyfatz.com.

Custom one off bikes of this frame will be sold at our website. Each bike will be different from the previous. This will be the exclusive of exclusives!!! Stay tuned...

SOLD

2009-10-28T18:46:00.001-07:00

Fun while I had her.

Once upon a time....

2009-10-27T12:33:00.000-07:00

....during a warm summer day in San Jose California. 4 grown men decided to take advantage of their unemployment and venture off to a metropolitan land of Golden Bridges, inclined hills and drunken hobos. Equipped with their trusty motor bicycles, satchels full of beer and high spirits, they rode through the land zipping through red lights, fast hills and streets flooded with foreign tongued tourists who traveled across the seas. During their adventure, one man crashed in front of a group of beautiful wenches and broke his pride, another terrorized pedestrians with his unmuffled iron horse while the other 2 smoked a magical herb that gave them incredible insight which guided their course. After the day was done, all felt a sense of satisfaction knowing that they just had won a battle against a beast they called the recession.

Can it be that it was all so simple then?

2009-10-27T02:04:00.000-07:00

In a world of EFI motorcycles, and 2 wheeled RV baggers complete with surround sound 12" woofers, I have to look back and appreciate yesteryears simplicity.

.vision.design.create.art.

2009-10-19T00:03:00.000-07:00

the process of something beautiful.

Congrats to Eric for Best Motorized Bike

2009-10-09T14:12:00.000-07:00

Congrats to Eric Soriano of Imperial Cycles for winning best Motorized Bicycle at the Behind Bars Inc. Bike show. Here he is with his boardtracker inspired beauty. Congrats once again, you deserved it!

Behind Bars Inc. Bike Show

2009-10-09T14:07:00.000-07:00

Imperial Cycles and their fellow "The Others" showcased their customs at the Behind Bars Bike Show.

Imperial Cycles at SJ Bike party Aug. 2008

2009-09-02T02:04:00.000-07:00

This is a image of me at the August 2008 bike party in san jose. We decided to ride our motorbikes that night. Although there was a good response by a lot of people of how nice the bikes look there was also little resentment to the ease that we rode through the bike party. A couple of participants in the party did yell "cheater!!" at us, but we just waved and smiled. To be honest on that 37 mile ride I think it was a great idea to ride the motor-bikes

Imperial cycles mission statement

2009-04-11T14:18:00.000-07:00

A company dedicated to bring compelling and fresh designs to the emerging motorized bicycle industry. Pushing envelopes, opening new doors, and boldly getting there. Inspired by the 1920's board track racers our bike designs incorporate a fresh look using new bike technologies, and innovations. Please join us for the ride.

FAQ

2009-04-11T14:05:00.000-07:00

Frames:
A - 26" Hand built custom shorty fatz/ Imperial Cycles frame
B - 26" beach cruiser style frame.

Engines:
A - 2 stroke grubee skyhawk engine. 66cc 3 hp engine can reach speeds from 20-30 mp. These engines require oil and gas mixture. Pedal or pull start options.
B - 4 stroke grubee 4g engine. 49cc engine 2.5 hp with 5 to 1 gear ration belt drive can reach speeds up to 25 to 35 mph. Runs on pure gasoline no oil. Cleaner emmsisions, and epa approved.

Gas tank capacity:
Normally the enngines will get 150 mpg.
A - Peanut gas tank - 3/4 of a gallon
B - Board tracker style gas tank - 1 gallon

Rims:
A - 36 spoke rims. Outer rim can be painted to customers spec, and spokes can be to customers spec.
B - 6 spoke aluminum mag rims - comes in black, red, blue, or white.

Brake Options:
Disc Brake rear for mag rims
Drum brake rear
Coaster brake rear, and drum brake for front rim

Riding laws:
Im California there is no need for license or registration for motorized bicycle. In california a motorized bicycle is a pedal bicycle with a motor mounted to the bike for pedal assist, and the engine should not exceed 2 brake horse power. You should find out the motorized bicycle laws in your area.