Founded: 1960
BMW founder: Arlen Daryl Ness
BMW headquarters: Dublin, California
Website: www.arlenness.com
Arlen Daryl Ness is an American motorcycle designer, the founder of the company under his name, the inventor and entrepreneur, the founder of motorcycle customization.
Arlen Ness built the first case in the garage of his house in California in the 1970s. The popularity of Arlen Ness grew as he built new castes, participating in bike shows and doing photo shoots for motorcycle magazines.
Currently, the company is engaged in the production of parts for motorcycles, and the catalog of spare parts is several hundred pages long. The headquarters of the company Arlen Ness, as well as his motorcycle museum, including more than forty examples, is located in the city of Dublin, California.
The company produces about 50 motorcycles every year, and the founder himself participates in finishing and assembling every motorcycle that his mini-factory produces.