"He's like my dad, and one of the people I respect the most for taking me in when I was a young fella and came to work here," says owner Mick Cawthorn.

He was talking about the business's founder and namesake Robert Kane Sr. Mr. Kane hired him on a bet when Cawthorn boasted he could repair a bike that the shop's mechanic had deemed 'unfixable' at the time. He's been with the business ever since, purchasing it from Mr. Kane. Mr. Kane was actively involved with the business and rode Harley-Davidson® motorcycles until his health began to fail just a few years before he passed away peacefully on January 19th, 2003 at the age of 89.