Dirt Floor Cycles “It all started in a tiny backyard”
Dirt Floor Cycles a Tribute to Marcus
It all started when a group of friends were wrenching on their own Harleys in a tiny backyard shop with a dirt floor that jokingly became known as Dirt Floor Cycles. As time went on, friends and locals began bringing their bikes for repairs, and as their knowledge and love for working on Harleys grew so did their customer base. It became obvious there was a need for real down to earth people in the motorcycle industry down South, so David and Buck decided it was time to share their expertise.
A new much larger shop was built and outfitted with all the tools and equipment required for today’s needs. David opened the doors of Dirt Floor Cycles, LLC to the public in August of 2015. It wasn’t long before DFC was set up with several parts distributors and business began to pick up. Meanwhile Buck, a retired combat vet, relocated to Daytona, FL to attend Wyotech’s Harley-Davidson Technical program, where he graduated top of his class in December of 2015 and returned to Dirt Floor Cycles as the lead technician.
Today the shop is much larger and the floors are concrete, but the spirit and dedication that turned a joke among friends into a reality is still at the heart of Dirt Floor Cycles.
Dirt Floor Cycles lost a true friend and member of the crew in February of 2015. Marcus Hodges, David’s nephew was taken too early by a car accident. Afterwards the shop acquired his 95 Sporty from the family and ideas to honor him through the bike started flowing. Choppers, bobbers, they’ve been done. David had a dream one night about an off road trike, and thought it to be the perfect tribute (Marcus was really big into four-wheelers, three-wheelers, and dirt bikes). They started figuring on how to make it work after several discussions about if it was the right thing to do. A custom swing arm was built to accommodate the live axle, converted to chain drive, custom seat mount, rear fender, and tail lights. Off road tires were a must for the look they were going for, as well as making the v-twin hook up in dirt. It all came together in 13 days start to finish, and turned out to be an awesome performance machine. They are very proud of this special project and are sure Marcus is smiling down as it’s being twisted to the lock.
