Awesome Aluminum Body Work

Hi Cyril, ‘I’ve been reading your blog for quite some time now. I really enjoy seeing the new parts that are becoming available because I love motorcycles. But after seeing the Ferrari concept, I felt it was time to show you mine. I design, fabricate and finish my bikes myself. My bikes are based around Japanese sportbike engines. BUT, the only thing that I use from a sport bike is the engine.. nothing else. I make my own frames, swingarms, suspensions, handlebars, Stainless Steel exhausts, the list goes on and on.  Every piece of body work is ALUMINUM hand pounded and smoothed by me. I have so many people ask me who did the “fiber glass”… Although I take it as a compliment since people seem to find it nearly impossible to get metal to look as if it was poured from a mold…. I must admit it does irritate me a little because of the countless hours that I spend pounding out an smoothing my ALUMINUM body work. So I’ve attached a few pics of the latest build… RAW and finished. This particular build is featured in the Robb Report Motorcycling Mag (oct/nov) issue out on newsstands now. P.S. There’s more of my concepts  on my website Ramsom Motorsports LLC”. Sincerely, Wayne Ransom,

25 Responses to “Awesome Aluminum Body Work”


  1. 1 Rodent Oct 6th, 2008 at 8:36 am

    Nice piece of art…

  2. 2 NY Nick Oct 6th, 2008 at 12:12 pm

    Beautiful.
    Well done
    Good for Rodent to shoot

  3. 3 customfighterer Oct 6th, 2008 at 1:00 pm

    wow! ransoms come a long way from their first bikes. really interesting build!

  4. 4 aft customs Oct 6th, 2008 at 1:16 pm

    Nice piece of work.i like to see a minimalist approach to a sport bike platform.

  5. 5 jatinder Oct 6th, 2008 at 1:55 pm

    Much much beautifull than the ferrari.ramson builds are real nice pieces.

  6. 6 Greg Oct 6th, 2008 at 2:03 pm

    Very cool.

  7. 7 Ron Oct 6th, 2008 at 2:17 pm

    Awesome bikes! Wish I could afford one of’em!

  8. 8 Frank Oct 6th, 2008 at 3:01 pm

    Wayne, Great craftsmanship!! You’ve mastered an art that has been almost lost over the years.

    Good luck with your business.
    Frank

  9. 9 FUJI Oct 6th, 2008 at 4:06 pm

    And just to think some master buiders become rich and famous for pounding out a tank and fender.
    A nice eye appealing twist making the compound curves draw your attention to the beauty of the beast.

  10. 10 krugger Oct 6th, 2008 at 4:32 pm

    very nice work ,congratulation!!

    My best wishes in your business!

    Always cool to see a work clever, innovative, different, and with perfect craftsmanship!

  11. 11 steveb Oct 6th, 2008 at 5:18 pm

    cool & unique, super well done from technical as well as aesthetic perspectives.
    I am all over your tube bending artistry…wow

    and I see your from NJ….a-ighty!!

    East Coast Rules!!

  12. 12 RANSOM Oct 6th, 2008 at 9:43 pm

    I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for the kind words. Have a Blessed Week!

  13. 13 EVSWAY Oct 6th, 2008 at 11:18 pm

    Very Cool! any specs?

  14. 14 GAMBLER Oct 7th, 2008 at 1:18 am

    glad to see subdued paint!

    most the Euro fighters/US extended swingarm bikes are mucked up with garish paint, cartoons, & tribal graphics.

    nice work.

  15. 15 Mike Kiwi Tomas, Kiwi Indian MotorCycles Oct 7th, 2008 at 9:16 am

    Extremely sweet bike. I can only imagine what you go through doing this to something non Harley based. All original thinking and nothing out of the box. I’ve been watching what Jim at Aft Customs has been doing over the last few years and it’s no easy task for you guys. Congratulations and I wish you the very best.

  16. 16 Jim Gianatsis Oct 7th, 2008 at 11:56 am

    I’d love to shoot one of your bikes for the FastDates.com Calendars. Nice Work! The only question is….would it go in the fast Dates Racebike Calendar or the iron & Lace Custom Bike Calendar, or BOTH? 🙂

    I hope you will bring your bikes to the 2009 LA Calendar Motorcycle Show Weekend July 18-19th next year for display, entering in the Calendar 8ike Building Championship and for me to shoot for the FastDates.com Calendars.

    You might want to also consider doing a custom metric sportbike which is still uniquely your own, but does not sacrafice the good handling charactistics and performance of a sportbike. There is a huge market for this among the thousands weathy sportbike enthusiast who have no problem spending $70 for a limited edition MV Agusta or Ducati Desmosedici.

    Best regards,
    Jim Gianatsis, Director & Photographer

  17. 17 burnout Oct 7th, 2008 at 12:29 pm

    VERY nice lines! peace

  18. 18 madpuppy Oct 7th, 2008 at 2:49 pm

    They have a very cool web site, and are real nice people , doing awesome builds!

  19. 19 Jeff Nicklus Oct 7th, 2008 at 4:16 pm

    This young man does some very nice work!

    Over & Out,

    Jeff

  20. 20 Fausto Simoes Oct 8th, 2008 at 5:39 am

    Great looking bike!

  21. 21 Stefy Oct 8th, 2008 at 6:06 am

    gorgeous!! congrats!!!

  22. 22 Conrad Nicklus Oct 24th, 2008 at 12:38 pm

    WOW….Great job

  23. 23 Petey Feb 15th, 2009 at 1:30 pm

    Ransom has unmatched talent! A True Perfectionist. everything he builds on these bikes are simply amazing and innovative..Even the welds look like artwork. Pictures Do these Bikes no Justice. Keep up the good work Buddy!

  24. 24 shafiq Jul 18th, 2010 at 4:28 am

    i brought the green bike from wayne called ABEL,
    over in the UK. this bike has a stand alone show were ever i go,
    one can’t belive the crowd it genarates in london on the street or at the Ace Cafe Meet.

    this bike takes it to another level,

    great work. and i recomend anyone to deal with wayne as theres not many left like him.

    shafiq
    UK’

  25. 25 AnthonyS Nov 3rd, 2010 at 4:18 pm

    You glorify GOD! Amen!

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