SIK
Werks
Seattle’s Motorcycle Painting and Restoration Center
Over the years, numerous paint and body shops for motorcycles
have come and gone, making it tough on dealers and individuals to
know where to go next when one closes its doors.
Photo: Ken Moi and Brian Marier with a few gems painted at SIK Werks
In June of 2008 with the recession well under way, several such
shops shuttered their doors and that’s when Brian Marier and Ken Moi
made their move to open SIK Werks in Seattle’s University Village
neighborhood. The duo had 30 plus years of experience behind them in
painting and repair work and the time was right to make a go at it
on their own. Since then numerous shops and insurance companies have
retained their services with good success and their business is
growing at a steady pace.
SIK Werks, aka Seattle Innovative Kustom Werks, opened for
business with one goal in mind - to bring high quality bodywork and
paint repairs to a growing population of riders in the Seattle
market. Dedicated exclusively to motorcycles and scooters makes SIK
Werks the only shop in the Seattle metro area specializing in body
and paint repairs for our two wheel customers. Plastic, fiberglass
or metal: if it can be repaired, they can fix it.
The shop itself is nothing fancy. No multi-million dollar
build-out, just a simple place where the job gets done right and on
time. Inside the former furniture repair shop you’ll find a prep
area, spray room and sand blasting area. Their arsenal features
plenty of tools used to straighten, repair, restore and paint
bodywork back to its original condition.
 The pair can match virtually any paint color or create one
together with a customer based on their specs. Their selection of
paint mixing swatches goes from present day back into the 1960s
making it a good place to take in a restoration. They’re also adept
at blending and matching to paint chips.
Before and After: This BMW arrived with some
scuffs. Rather than repaint to original spec, the pair peeled away
the original decals (note left panel on the left), picked up on the
lines of the bike and created what some may think is an undiscovered
BMW model. Sometimes simple is better.
Working with plastic bodywork is an art in itself. Moi has spent
hundreds of hours perfecting his style of repairing cracked plastic
so it won’t crack in the same place again. Several years ago plastic
welding looked like the answer, but Moi has figured out more
reliable methods that work better. Missing a tab on your bodywork?
Moi can re-create a new tab where the old one was so the fit comes
back together like new during re-assembly.
It only takes a few minutes with Marier and Moi to realize these
are two of the nicest guys in the business you’ll ever meet. Their
easy-going attitudes, sense of humor and on-the-level approach puts
a customer at ease the minute they walk through the door. Onsite
estimates can be scheduled in advance and are available during
regular work hours.
But for those adept riders who want to tear the parts down at
home and bring them in to enjoy a savings on labor, that’s perfectly
fine, too. Simply bring over the parts and the job gets done.
Stuff happens and that’s why anyone who gets paint work done
receives a small bottle of touch-up paint should they need it later.
Today SIK Werks is the go-to paint shop for Ride West, Moto
International, Vespa Seattle, a number of insurance companies,
motorcycle training schools and many individuals. It’s good to know
that today we’ve got a pair of pros here in the Puget Sound with a
dedication to motorcycle paint and bodywork.
SR/Fall 10
For more information visit the SIK Werks website at:
www.sikwerks.com
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