— The Workshop

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.

Our story

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.

A restored motorcycle outside the workshop
Since 1974
What we hold to

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.

Two benches

The whole crew.

HW

Hollis Ward

Founder · Engine & Frame

Fifty years deep and still the first one in. Hollis lives in the bottom end — cranks, cases, and compression.

JR

June Reyes

Partner · Paint & Detail

June owns everything you can see: colour, chrome, pinstripe, and the kind of finish that stops people in the street.

The long road

A short history.

1974

Hollis opens a one-bay shop on the east side of Portland.

1989

June joins; the shop takes on its first full frame-off restoration.

2003

Patina moves to the current warehouse and adds an in-house paint booth.

Today

Two benches, one logbook per machine, and a waiting list worth the wait.

Bring it in

Ready when you are.

Tell us about the machine. We will give you an honest read on what it needs.

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