Come for the macchiato, stay for the custom motorcycles.
A pair of caffeine-addicted motorcycle buffs have opened a combination hog shop and coffee house in Williamsburg.
“We wanted to take all the things we love and combine them,” said Adam Kallen, the co-founder of Jane Motorcycles. “We made it for us, but we hope other people like it, too.”
Jane is sparsely furnished and decorated around a retro, chrome aesthetic. The shop sells helmets, leather jackets, art books about motorcycles, and shirts that picture the machines. The wooden coffee tables are littered with Italian motorbike magazines and old-school hip hop blasts through the shop speakers.
“Most people who come in buy a coffee and a T-shirt,” said Kallen.
But that is not all the store offers. Customers can also hire Kallen and his partner, Alexander DiMattio, to build them a custom-made bike.
The pair specialize in Japanese and European brands such as Ducati, Yamaha, and Moto Guzzi and have no interest in helping people put together choppers or cruisers.
“I have a general vision that would take hours to explain,” said DiMattio, who started working on motorcycles when he was eight and now rides a Triumph Speed Triple.
His custom motorcycles have so far ranged from $10,000 to $30,000.
But do not go expecting to see engine grease on your barista’s hands. The garage is not out back; it is in Queens, where the two gear-heads work with Stefano Venier, of Venier Custom Motorcycles.
In the three months that Jane has been open, the pair have already built six rides that were commissioned through the shop. The custom bikes take between two-and-a-half and six months to get into riding shape, they said.
Jane Motorcycles [161 Grand St. between Bedford Avenue and Berry Street in Williamsburg, www.janemotorcycles.com, (347) 844-9075).
