# Lossa Engineering

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**Lossa Engineering** is a [custom motorcycle](/source/Custom_motorcycle) manufacturer based in [Long Beach, California](/source/Long_Beach,_California).

Lossa Engineering creates made-to-order [motorcycles](/source/Motorcycles) and does restoration and customization of vintage motorcycles. In-house work includes custom fabrication, motor work, paint, and upholstery. Buyers include [Jason Lee](/source/Jason_Lee_(actor)).[1]

## Jay LaRossa

The owner of Lossa Engineering, Jay LaRossa was born in [San Fernando Valley](/source/San_Fernando_Valley), California, on September 9, 1970. Both sides of his family owned motorcycle dealerships in Southern California. LaRossa grew up customizing cars and anything with wheels. He opened his first business customizing cars and trucks in 1998 and gained recognition with vehicles appearing in magazines from US to Japan. Jay's shop built several high end vehicles for aftermarket companies to be displayed at the yearly [SEMA Show](/source/SEMA_(association)). Around 2007 Jay started to focus on motorcycles. Due to the love of Café Racers, he decided to build his first one from scratch.

He has appeared on the first aired episode of [Monster Garage](/source/Monster_Garage), "White Trash", and then worked for [Jesse James](/source/Jesse_James_(television_personality)) at [West Coast Choppers](/source/West_Coast_Choppers) before starting his second business venture, Lossa Engineering. Jay and his shop Lossa Engineering will also be featured in an upcoming TV series (airing October 1, 2010) focused solely on Café Racers and the lifestyle.[needs update]

## Media

Lossa Engineering's motorcycles have been featured in several magazines such as *Café Racer* and [Iron Horse](/source/Iron_Horse_(magazine)) in the US, and *Cafe Racer Magazine* in the UK. Their bike won a 1st place award at the [Grand National Roadster Show](/source/Grand_National_Roadster_Show) in Pomona, California.[citation needed] Several bikes have also been featured at the Long Beach International Motorcycle Show.

## Notes

1. Jay LaRossa (2010-12-29). [*Lossa Engineering on Episode 8 of Cafe Racer*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmF9hFMw-DM). Retrieved 2024-12-12. – via YouTube.

## References

- Pinchin, Gary (24 December 2009), ["Retro café: Lossa Hondas"](http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/Customs--modified-bikes/2009/December/dec2409-lossa-cafe-racer-honda/), retrieved 2010-05-02
- ["Jason Lee's CB160 Honda"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100525142745/http://caferacermag.com/backissues.html), *Cafe Racer*. No. 4, Spring 2009, archived from [the original](http://www.caferacermag.com/backissues.html) on 2010-05-25
- Bostrom, Eric (September 17, 2012), ["Time Warp; A four-cylinder tribute to Number Nine's title-contending Triple"](http://www.cycleworld.com/2012/09/17/time-warp/), *[Cycle World](/source/Cycle_World)*
- Oldland, Ashleigh (August 17, 2011), ["Area Man Revamps Café Motorcycles"](http://www.gazettes.com/news/business/area-man-revamps-caf-motorcycles/article_d8e41548-c911-11e0-a172-001cc4c002e0.html), *The Gazette*
- Lichter, Michael & d'Orleans, Paul (June 15, 2014), [*Cafe Racers: Speed, Style, and Ton-Up Culture*](https://books.google.com/books?id=QzeDAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA84), MBI, pp. 84–85, ISBN 9781627882002

## External links

- [Lossa Engineering](http://www.lossaengineering.com)

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