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Reliable Cycles

★★★★★ 4.9 / 5 · 29 reviews

📍 37th St, Oakland, CA 94609, United States

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About Reliable Cycles

Reliable Cycles is an auto repair shop on 37th St in Oakland, CA, handling general auto repair and engine repair. Customers frequently praise mechanic Taylor for honest, thorough, and meticulous work, including reviving vintage bikes like a 51-year-old Harley 125 enduro and a 1974 Honda CB360 that hadn't run in decades. Holding a 4.9/5 rating from 29 customer reviews, the shop has earned a reputation for dependability and careful craftsmanship.

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★★★★★ Ryan Nov 17, 2024

Their name says it all: Reliable. Top tier craftsmanship and dependability. The only shop that I trust with my life and my family's life in the saddle. There is no shortcut to success; fortunately, there is Reliable Cycles. I am always thrilled to brag that when our bikes have "that Reliable Tune!" You need it done right, you need it done well, you need Reliability, you need Reliabl…

★★★★★ Dave Libby Nov 16, 2024

Taylor is a great mechanic. Honest, thorough, meticulous, tenacious and extremely knowledgeable. I brought him a 51 year old Harley 125 enduro that wouldn't start. He diagnosed and fixed, in no particular order, electrical gremlins, fuel delivery, spark delivery, timing, and a host of carburation issues. He didn't stop until it was perfect. He sent videos of the work in progress describi…

★★★★★ Diego De La Puente Aug 09, 2024

I had the pleasure of working with Taylor at Reliable Cycles on my 1974 Honda CB360, which hadn't run in 40 years. Taylor meticulously went through every part of the bike, restoring it to a condition that rivals its original showroom state. He also upgraded it with modern features, including LED lights, a new electronic distributor, and an updated rectifier/charging system. The bike now runs …

★★★★★ Kit Castagne Nov 09, 2022

Taylor runs a great shop. He's as knowledgeable as they come, clearly loves and cares about what he's doing, and is communicative and transparent throughout the whole process. I brought him my 1970 2 stroke Kawasaki which had a laundry list of issues big and small. Taylor walked me through everything that was wrong, explained it all clearly, and sent lots of videos as he was fixing thin…

★★★★★ Rob Calame Oct 22, 2022

This guy is great!!! I found Taylor through a friend and brought my 1970 ct90 in for what I thought was just going to be a carb cleaning, but he discovered the previous owner had done some pretty janky stuff to the electrical and that the carb wasn’t actually an issue. It didn’t take long to realize he knows a ton about older bikes of all sizes and loves sharing his knowledge; I had zero problem l…

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