From the entrance, looking in. We borrowed that KR-TT for the Grand Prix display.
Finally made my first trip to Garage Company in LA, to return the bikes we borrowed for our Long Beach Grand Prix display. Click on these photos to enlarge them…though it’s hard to get a feel for the insanity of it unless you go yourself.
Yoshi Kosaka and Motorcyclist Editor Brian Catterson
The owner, Yoshi Kosaka, is a longtime motorcycle addict, vintage enthusiast and road racer. In 1984 he moved from Japan to California, where he created a garage to work on his own motorcycle collection. As people discovered Yoshi, a small business grew. And grew. And grew.
These Happy Days are yours and mine...
Today, Garage Company is 18,000 square feet of everything you can think of related to vintage motorcycles, and probably a lot of stuff you didn’t even know existed — not to mention an extraordinary collection of beautiful old bikes. You can’t get in and out of there quickly, if you have the heart to leave at all. The place makes you want to immerse yourself for a long time, wandering in a sea of motorcycles and memorabilia.
I think the best thing about Garage Company is what it represents, at least to me: everlasting dedication to motorcycles. Especially when we’re all watching trend after trend come and go and wondering what, if anything, will last.
Did I mention there are a lot of bikes?
There’s something really solid and comforting when you walk into this warehouse full of relics and treasures, because it could only come from decades of genuine passion. It traces much of the history of motorcycling, and I guess, like the house I grew up in, I just always want to know that it’s there.
