It all started in 1985 when I was five years old. I wandered off into the woods behind my parents house and found a minibike in a scrap pile and wheeled it home. From that moment on, I was hooked on motorcycles and anything with an engine.
Fast forward to 1996, I got a start in my career when Fort’s Industrial Engines hired me on to work on small engines. The combination of working on small engines and machine shop experience helped me get a foot in the door at Pittsburgh Cycle Center. I found this Honda and Kawasaki dealership just south of Pittsburgh while attending art school right after 9-11 happened. They offered me a full time position and to send me to Honda and Kawasaki school to become a certified technician. So, I dropped out of school and began my career in the power-sports industry late in the winter of 2002.
I worked at the dealership and a privately owned shop until 2005 when I decided to take on a job with Harley-Davidson and Buell in R&D as a test rider. March of 2006 I switched careers and with the experience I had with working in a machine shop, small engines, dealership experience and R&D. I became an Instructor at the Motorcycle Mechanics Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. I wanted to give back to the people that love motorcycles as much as I do. I worked this job for almost eleven years and made some great friends, and I learned a lot.
Now that I had pulled a Forrest Gump and traveled from one ocean to another ocean and done just about everything you could do in the motorcycle industry, I decided I finally wanted to become the captain of my own ship. I was a certified technician with almost 25 years experience in the industry. It was time to look for shop space.
At Jon’s Motorworks, in Mansfield Ohio, we offer many services from tire changes to oil changes, mower tune and service, free safety inspections, or if you just need advise we’re here to help. If you’re ever in the Mansfield area and need any help with motorcycles, ATV’s, or small engines see me.
I’d love to work on your machine. For that brief moment it comes into my shop I promise I will treat it like it was my own and I would love the opportunity to earn your money you worked hard for to be able to enjoy a passion we both share. Come down to Jon’s Motorworks, whether it’s to get advice, talk motorcycles, or sharpen a blade for your mower, we’re here to help you. We love anything with an engine or motor.