Charlie's Place

Karel van Hulthemstraat 36, Gent, Netherlands

Charlie's Place is a vintage Honda motorcycle shop in Glendale, CA, run by Charlie O'Hanlon since 1993. If you're into classic bikes from the 60s and 70s, this is the spot. They handle everything from showroom-perfect restorations to custom cafe racers and street builds. No half-measures here. The team knows their way around Superhawks, Dreams, Scramblers, and Supersports, and they're all about keeping those old Hondas running better than they did back in the day. They even make their own modern upgrades, like electronic ignitions and regulator/rectifiers, plus reproduction parts for stuff you literally cannot find anywhere else. They ship worldwide, so distance isn't an issue. Charlie himself is apparently obsessed. Beyond the bikes, he makes sculptures and guitars out of Honda scraps, which is a whole vibe on its own. The shop is open Monday through Friday by appointment only, so it's not a walk-in kind of place. You go there because you have a project, a problem, or a dream bike in…