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“THE ART OF MOTION”
By Alexander Cartigan
Photos By Emily Presser
Jarred’s relationship with machines began long before Motorsport Exotica. As a teenager, he worked at a Porsche race shop in Connecticut called Speed Sport Tuning, sweeping floors, cleaning lifts, and watching; always watching the professionals work. “I wasn’t allowed to talk or touch anything,” he recalls. “I was the grunt of the grunts, but I loved it. The smell, the vibration of race cars in my chest, that was heaven.”
That early exposure shaped his understanding that both cars and motorcycles have what he calls a soul. “You can have two identical machines off the line, but they’re never truly the same,” he says. “Each one feels different, sounds different. They talk to you. They let you know when something’s off, and when everything’s dialed in, you’re not just riding or driving; you’re being.” For Jarred, tuning is equal parts science and art.
“Suspension and engine work are about data, telemetry, metrics, numbers, but also about intuition,” he explains. “You can’t tune purely from a screen. The rider has to trust it. Sometimes the numbers say it’s perfect, but the feeling doesn’t. That’s the art.”
Shoutout LA
“MEET JARRED FIXLER”
By Shoutout LA
Photos By Emily Presser
Jarred, we are so thrilled to be connecting again and can’t wait to hear about all the amazing things you have been up to. Before we jump into all of that, some of our readers might have missed our prior interview, so can you take a moment to reintroduce yourself?
My name is Jarred Fixler and I am the owner of Motorsport Exotica. We specialize in high performance motorcycle applications including race preparations, custom projects, dynamometer tuning, suspension and trackside support along with having a full 3000 sqft retail experience center…
We at Motorsport Exotica pride ourselves on our credo, “How you do anything, is how you do everything”. This mantra was spoken to me years ago by a respected friend and has resonated with me ever since. Such a simple concept that can play into every avenue of life. These works are written around the shop to remind each and every employee that nothing is too small, no detail doesn’t matter, no spec of dirt is worth overlooking. How each and every bike from our in-house MotoAmerica team bikes, all the way down to our insurance crash estimate customers bikes are treated the same. Each action is worth doing 100% every time. If you have the ability to perform to the Exotica white glove standard on one thing, you have the ability to match that standard on everything.
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“ANDREW LEE WILL RACE MOTORSPORT EXOTICA BMW”
By Sean Bice
Photos By MotoAmerica
He’s back. Andrew Lee, winner of two MotoAmerica Stock 1000 Championships (2018 and 2019), will return to the literbike class for 2024 as he races a Motorsport Exotica 2024 BMW M 1000 RR. The announcement was made by Motorsport Exotica company principal and team owner Jarred Fixler. “We are very excited for this season and this build,” Fixler said. “We are also very familiar with this platform. With Wyatt Farris as our rider last year, we were able to clinch #1 plates as well as overall organization title records in regional racing. Also, we made our MotoAmerica debut in 2022 with Ezra Beaubier racing a similar bike for us. He’s back. Andrew Lee, winner of two MotoAmerica Stock 1000 Championships (2018 and 2019), will return to the literbike class for 2024 as he races a Motorsport Exotica 2024 BMW M 1000 RR. The announcement was made by Motorsport Exotica company principal and team owner Jarred Fixler. “We are very excited for this season and this build,” Fixler said. “We are also very familiar with this platform. With Wyatt Farris as our rider last year, we were able to clinch #1 plates as well as overall organization title records in regional racing. Also, we made our MotoAmerica debut in 2022 with Ezra Beaubier racing a similar bike for us.
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.com
“RSV4 VS V4S DYNO SHOOTOUT”
By Troy Siahaan
Photos By Motorcycle.com
Without a doubt, the biggest news in the sportbike scene for 2018 is Ducati’s Panigale V4 and the emergence of a mass-produced four cylinder engine – the Stradale V4. While Ducati has finally left its beloved V-Twin engine behind (at least in terms of superbikes), there was no way the folks in Borgo Panigale would conform to tradition when it came to its new four-banger. For starters, as the name implies, the new engine is arranged as a 90º V4 – essentially multiplying its V-Twin tradition by two.
The similarities don’t end there, though: the V4 is arranged with a “Twin Pulse” firing order, meaning each bank of cylinders fires closely together. The end result is a four cylinder that sounds awfully similar to Ducati’s traditional V-Twin (or L-Twin for the Ducatisti who will inevitably whine about the improper nomenclature) until revs start to climb to the Stradale’s 14,500 rpm redline. Then the Stradale roars like nothing else out there…
Voyage LA
“MEET JARRED FIXLER”
By Voyage LA
Photos By Motorsport Exotica
My personal story is very simple. I grew up always tinkering with performance cars and motorcycles. I was infatuated with anything engine powered, from scooters, to my parents lawn mowers I could always be found wrenching in my parents garage.
Once old enough to legally work, I got an apprenticeship with a local performance automotive garage and started skipping my after school sports to go work at the shop. Cleaning floors, garbage and general clean up were my duties. Unpaid, it didn’t bother me, I knew I was gaining experience and working around the cars I loved.
That experience quickly spiraled into racing. I was recruited to race sports cars for the same shop I was cleaning up. That passion and determination had finally blossomed into one of my dreams. Not long after my automotive racing career started I found myself learning to ride motorcycles. After that very first ride I was hooked. Cars will always have a deep special place in my heart but bikes took over…
Ride Apart
“WE TOUR MOTORSPORT EXOTICA”
By Bruce Speedman
Photos By Motorsport Exotica
Jarred Fixler wasn’t always involved in the motorcycle industry. Growing up in rural Connecticut, Fixler first got involved in motorsports when he started ditching middle school to sweep the floors of a Porsche shop. He did this so he could be around the automotive artwork and hardware he had admired since childhood. This lead to a short car racing career before jumping on his first two-wheeled machine at age 17. Ever since, motorcycles has been his true passion. Fixler founded Motorsport Exotica in the basement of his house after observing the high demand of repair and modification in the local sportbike market. The shop regularly housed nearly 10 bikes and averaged three custom build projects per year.
Expansion moved operations to proper shop facilities accompanied by capital investments in multiple bike lifts, tire changing equipment and even a DynoJet dynamometer. Last year, the decision was made to take the company to the next level. Fixler left the comfort of his private office and quit his managerial position at a large, stable corporation to pursue his passion and devote all of his resources towards the bike shop. In order to strategically position itself in a very opportunity-rich market, Motorsport Exotica was uprooted…
Road Racing World
“FARRIS OVER PRINCE IN GOLD CUP”
By Road Racing World
Photos By CaliPhotography
Wyatt Farris Motorsport Exotica eased to a clear win over Bryce Prince in the headlining CTML Consultants Gold Cup race at the two-day California Racing Association (CRA) event August 12-13 at Buttonwillow Raceway Park.
On a typically hot August day in Central California, with the temperature soaring into triple digits, Farris took his BMW M 1000 RR to a 5.635-second win over
Prince on his Yamaha YZF-R1 after 12 laps on the demanding 3.0-mile circuit.
Prince had the consolation of setting the race’s fastest lap, a 1:44.756 to Farris’ 1:44.896, and was nearly 17 seconds ahead of Deion Campbell on his Yamaha
YZF-R6. Ben Hodges, Jason Rodriguez and Nayden Balladares completed the top six…
Voyage LA
“MEET JARRED FIXLER”
By Voyage LA
Photos By Voyage LA
I started Motorsport Exotica out of necessity. I had recently moved from the East Coast to LA and was unable to find a local shop that did work to my standards. Some specialized in just one thing, others claimed they could do anything I asked for. Few delivered what they promised, had good communication, fair prices and specialized in performance modifications. I finally had enough and started working on my bike as well as my close friends just to help out. Eventually it took over. I had 20 bikes in a 2 car residential garage. Building engines on my washing machine, tuning forks next to my hot water heater. We at Motorsport Exotica pride ourselves for being a step above. We don’t have conventional hours, we work until the job is done. Our services cater to a niche market of performance based riders. Specializing in racing and performance work. We are one of only a few shops in all of Southern California that offer the services we offer. Exotica is also a bit different as we practice what we preach. Our fully in house staff runs a regional race team and has multiple championships in several classes to back it. Our knowledge extends past just dealership maintenance work. Working with dozens of international brands and being able to deliver products that are otherwise unobtainable to the general masses. Nothing about starting your own business is easy. Especially a service based company. Being able to deliver on time while maintaining an extremely high standard is what was the hardest.
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