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Taylormade Racing products are all the creation of two major design talents; engineering director Paul Taylor, who has a long history of creating winning race bikes with leading edge technology – and design supremo John Keogh, the international motorcycle stylist who has worked extensively with major manufacturers such as Triumph and most recently Buell, on the XB9Firebolt.
Taylormade People
Paul Taylor
Engineering Director and company owner Paul Taylor is English and has lived and worked in California for several years.
His background is in bike racing technology and he has worked with several manufacturers, and with private teams developing winning racebikes using cutting edge technology.
His Saxon-framed Triumph Speed Triple was second to the all-conquering Britten twin in an epic Daytona Speed Week Battle of the Twins race and featured Paralever-style suspension subsequently developed by BMW, Front centre air induction (used on the later Honda SP1) and a rear-mounted radiator.
Taylormade Racing first became known for its carbon-fibre components developed on race bikes using F1 technology and manufacturing processes. Paul produced his first carbon fibre mufflers for 2001 GSXRs under the Motapsycho brand.
Email: paul.taylor@racetaylormade.com
John Keogh
Another Brit. Taylormade’s styling expert John Keogh trained as an automotive designer in the UK and Switzerland and has been a professional motorcycle stylist for fifteen years. He is a regular contributor of styling drawings and articles to motorcycle magazines worldwide.
John has worked with many manufacturers in between designing his own prototype specials such as the Ducati Terminator, which he developed with Paul Taylor as well as working on Paul’s racebikes.
Mainstream projects have been with Triumph and Buell-Harley-Davidson, where he was a major member of the design team on the radical Buell Firebolt and Lightning.
John has also been involved with a number of racing teams including Roberts GP and WCM as well as working with racing car manufacturers Lola. His latest show bike was the VeeTwo Squalo.
On this site you can see more of John’s work and find out more about how Taylormade’s bikes and components are created.
Email: john.keogh@racetaylormade.com
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