Raw Iron Choppers

Raw Iron Choppers LLC:
Raw Iron Choppers is not your normal bike or custom fab shop. Based out of Chardon, Ohio and building bikes since 2003; owners, Jesse and Rick Srpan fully believe only in the highest of quality when it comes to their work. Raw Iron Choppers is a shop that believes in giving the customer what they want, at a reasonable price, but with a fast turn around. The company is not limited though, to whole, complete, one of a kind custom bikes from the ground up. R.I.C. doesn't just build bikes. They also have a full weld shop, certified, and experienced. Raw Iron does everything from Hand rails, frames, even auto body work, and individual custom parts as well as repair work on any ride are possible. Jesse and Rick value consistent creativity to always keep people guessing what they will do next. So, stop in the shop and we'll get it done right!

"Services R.I.C. offers:"
-Complete fabrication services: (sheet metal, production, industrial)
-Maintenance & service: (motorcycles, ATV’s, dirt-bikes)
-Paint: complete auto-body repair, custom airbrush, and restoration
-Machining: Mill and Lathe work
-Print drawing: Auto CAD
-Leather work: (custom designs, one of seats, ETC.)
-Tutorials/classes: (welding, metal fabrication, & lectures)
AWS certified welding:
-GTAW (Tig)-aluminum, mild-steel, stainless, chromoly
-GMAW (Mig)
-FCAW (Fluxcore)
-SMAW (Stick)
-OFC (Oxy-fuel cutting)
-Specialized welding: precision, cast iron, brazing, and frame/roll cage, ETC.

AWARDS/Recognitions
-“Best of Show”-Hand picked by Arlen & Cory Ness Roar on the shore Erie, PA

-15thplace “National” Skills USA welding competition-(postsecondary)_out of all 50 states June 2010

-1st place Ohio State Skills USA welding competition-(post secondary) April 2010

-2nd place Cleveland Auto-Rama custom bike class March 2009

-3rd place in the nation “radical chopper” Rat’s hole custom bike show Daytona Beach, FL October 2009

-“Top 8” car & bike Summit racing show Canton, OH January 2009

-1st place “candy” paint Dave Perewitz bike show Sturgis, SD August 2008

-2nd place Ohio State Skills USA welding competition-(High School) April 2008 *as a junior against all seniors at high school level.

-Jesse Srpan was invited to the Donnie Smith Invitational Bike show to display mini chopper in Pro’s class-March 2006

-1st place 1-200cc class Rat’s hole custom bike show Daytona Beach, FL March 2006

MEDIA
-One of the bike builders chosen for Cyclefest 2010-starting_November 2010 WWW.CYCLEFESTUSA.COM

-Panel speaker for Lake Erie College: Extreme entrepreneur tour. (Local business owner talk)

-Head speaker for Cleveland Entrepreneur’s club TECA August 2010

-PBS pod cast with 25 high schools to speak to students about being a young entrepreneur and starting a business.

-Fox news in the morning March 2009

-Featured in The News Herald February 2009

-Cover of Ridin’ on magazine January 2009

-Article in Ridin’ On magazine “Teen Titan” article August 2007

-Welding article in Penton welding mag. May 2007

-V-twin magazine “reader’s ride” May 2007

-Featured in The News Herald April 2007

-American Iron article, “Teen Dream” March 2007


"About Jesse, who he is?"
Twenty year old Jesse Srpan has been building and modifying bikes since the age of thirteen as well as being exposed to the lifestyle all of his life. From watching his Dad work on bikes to racing motocross, Jesse has always had a passion for welding and fabricating little projects to designing some of the most respected and unique motorcycles in the nation.

During most of his young life, in the summers, he was employed by his father at their family owned construction company. Jesse saved a decent amount of money by the time he was thirteen and presented the fact that he wanted to purchase a welder. So he did just that and off he went! He then decided to take an old, rusted mini-bike from the seventies, out of the garage and rebuild it. From there with his rebuilt West Coast Choppers mini look a like, he continued on to create a radical uni-body mini-chopper.

Influenced by top bike builders in the industry such as; Jesse James, Billy Lane, the Martin Brothers and others, Jesse felt that he wanted expose his own ideas, style and talent in the industry also. His work has been recognized by the media and the general public for his ingenuity and radical design concepts. Jesse can be found in his shop; welding, fabricating, or even teaching someone how to weld. Jesse now designs and fabricates full size, one of a kind, custom motorcycles and parts at his shop, Raw Iron Choppers LLC: located in Chardon, Ohio. A quote he fully lives and sets his company standards by is, "It’s about being creative, different, and doing what you love."

For more info on Jesse or Raw Iron Choppers go to www.rawironchoppers.com