Published April 2005

Cycle Barn expands
with new Lynnwood facility

Illustration courtesy of Cycle Barn This new home for Lynnwood Cycle Barn, at 17222 Highway 99, is due to open in late May and will be home to Honda, Kawasaki and Triumph motorcycles and accessories. The bikes will be transferred here from their present home at the Cycle Barn at 188th and Highway 99, which will become Harley-Davidson of Seattle, selling Harleys exclusively.

By John Wolcott
SCBJ Editor

For Lynnwood’s Cycle Barn motorcycle dealership, opening a new site a mile north of the main facility is “just another barn raising,” said spokesperson Dave Preston. But this “barn” is a $7 million property and facility investment for the well-known Harley business.

Due to be completed in late May, the third and newest facility being built by the Cycle Barn MotorSports Group already has the tilt-up concrete walls in place at 17222 Highway 99, adjacent to Value Village.

A move by Harley-Davidson to market their products exclusively at Harley stores led to the construction of the new site, to be known as Lynnwood Cycle Barn, housing motorcycles, motor sports products, accessories, gear and clothing from Honda, Kawasaki and Triumph, as well as a wide array of products from after-market manufacturers.

The present facility for Harley sales at 188th and Highway 99 will become Harley-Davidson of Seattle.

“This (new facility) is so much different than our first building, which was almost literally a barn,” said owner Jim Boltz. “It’s fascinating to see the changes technology has brought to the construction business, as it has to motor sports.”

Cycle Barn MotorSports Group, the largest motor sports dealership in several states, celebrates its 33rd anniversary this year. Overall, the group markets Harley-Davidson, Buell, Honda, Kawasaki, Triumph, Yamaha, Polaris and Arctic Cat products, as well as carts for racing and hundreds of motor sports products.

During the grand opening celebration, Boltz envisions commemorating the move with a parade of motorcycles, powered by thousands of “horses,” into their new barn.

The property was purchased from the Sunset Group. Adam Clark at Gary Parkinson Architects in Everett designed the structure; Jim Fagerlie’s Premium Construction Group Inc. of Everett is building it; and most of the subcontractors are from Snohomish County, according to Craig Southey, director of operations for the Cycle Barn MotorSports Group.

For more information visit www.cyclebarn.com or www.sscracing.com.

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