"The others don't 'seem to have
the enthusiasm that
MOTORCYCLIST's editors do."
-Harry Maillet
PHOTOS: NICK IENATSCH
Name: Harry Maillet
Occupation: Owner, The Performance Works
Company description: "The
Performance Works started about
1976. We got into racing just for
fun and saw there was a street
market for many of the specialty
items we were using on the racing
equipment. Ours is a one-stop
shop: a person can get a tune-up or
a complete bike built. I enjoyed
racing, but for me. the real challenge was creating a marketplace
for expensive toys. Some of the Bimotas we sell cost in excess of
$30,000, and the people who buy
them are the ones who really appreciate high-quality machinery. '
Often they have a collection of
cars-Ferraris, Porsches-and are
multi-bike owners. They're not
looking for something that everybody else has; they want the quality and something that is unique."
Projects: "Our latest was the Bi-
mota SB4S, which we tore down to
the bare frame tubes and recreated.
I see the SB4S as The Performance
Works' rolling showroom; it dis- .
plays what we can do and the way
we accomplish our objectives . My
personal favorite of all the bikes
I've built is probably my 1979 Kawasaki MK II."
Riding history: "I've been into
motorcycles since I was a kidI've never been able to get away
from them. I owned a series of Triumphs and BSAs until the Japanese market really hit about 1973
and I got .into Kawasakis. I did a
lot of club racing years ago and
had my share of wins and losses.
We also did some building for riders like Harry Klinzrnann and
Steve McLaughlin back then and
still do some minor sponsorship."
Highway 33, or the Angeles Crest
Highway."
Magazine: "When I got into this
business one of the first things I
did was sort out the magazines to
see who was reaching the kind of
performance-oriented rider I'm after, and what it boiled down to
was MOTORCYCLIST. The others don't seem to have the enthusiasm that MOTORCYCLIST's editors do."
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Riding preference: "Like most
of our clientele, I'm a sport rider. I
try to get in a ride at .least every
Saturday or Sunday morning, and
I really enjoy riding the Ojai area, .
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