Bios

An extraordinary motorcycle can only be built by an extraordinary team.

At two, Jim Davis begged his Dad to put a chain saw engine on his push-scooter "motorcycle". At 10, he got a Honda Z-50 and customized the handlebars. In his 20's he completely covered his Norton Commando in python skin and rode it across the US. You get the picture; Jim was born with a deeply embedded motorcycle gene.

After earning engineering degrees and holding down RJ's (real jobs) in the über competitive world of silicon valley high technology, Jim decided to ditch it all and put his vision and unfettered imagination to work creating truly unique motorcycles.

Never satisfied with the status quo, Jim has the imagination and the confidence to conceive of and to try what has never been done; and the analytic ability and perseverance to refine and see his idea through to fruition. He believes there are others like him who value exclusive, esoteric bikes that really do stand out from the crowd-radical but eminently rideable.

Of course he still enjoys riding on the street, track and dirt, and occasionally widens his motor enthusiasm to four wheels, driving real race cars and participating in the ever ridiculous 24 Hours of LeMons racers.

  1. What trait do you value most in people?
    Integrity and honor - if you don't do what you say you will, what good are you?
  2. What is your favorite food?
    My wife's home cooked food-probably orichetta w/ broccoli rabe & Italian sausage. If we're eating out, sushi and Thai food are in a close race.
  3. What's your motto?
    Mine is different.
  4. What motorcycle was most influential to you?
    Honda Hawk GT without an engine that I got in trade for a bass amplifier, which prompted sourcing bike parts that became the foundation for frankenbikes built by combining different engines, suspension, and frames, and evolved into the Hawk Connection, which was the predecessor to MotoMorphic.
  5. What is your idea of perfect happiness?
    Creating something special with my family and close friends
  6. What is your most treasured possession?
    Material things are just things; the really priceless stuff is family & friends. I won't be getting rid of my '68 goldtop Les Paul any time soon, though, and the prototype JaFM is special, because it represents the fruit of a lot of resources and imagination.
  7. What do you consider your greatest achievement?
    Getting my wife to marry me. Oh, and the kids.
  8. What's your favorite movie?
    The Road Warrior
  9. What makes you the happiest?
    Creating something-from imagination to realization.
  10. Can you remember the biggest mistake you've made?
    No, the concussions seem to erase the incidents...
  11. Who's your biggest hero?
    John Britten
  12. What would you say is your defining characteristic?
    My polarizing personality, or my ADD...hey—let's go riding!