{{Short description|American custom motorcycle builder}} {{Infobox person | name = Ron Simms | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = custom motorcycle building }} thumb|Simms Custom Cycles '''Ron Simms''' is an American custom motorcycle builder, operating his business, Simms Custom Cycles, in Hayward, California. Simms has been building custom motorcycles for over 47 years. He has been featured in Easyriders magazine,<ref>''Born to Be Wild: A History of the American Biker and Bikes 1947-2002'' , Paul Garson, and the editors of Easyriders, Simon & Schuster 2003, {{ISBN|978-1-4165-7523-8}}</ref> and the photo essay book ''Art of the Chopper'',<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=k560CsT719oC&dq=%22ron+simms%22&pg=PA193 ''Art of the Chopper'', Tom Zimberoff (chapter 16) (Google books)], Bulfinch Press 2005, {{ISBN|978-0-8212-5752-4}}</ref> where his work was compared to Arlen Ness as epitomizing the East Bay Style. In 2017 appeared in American M.C. Season 1 episode 1. Jesse James of West Coast Choppers apprenticed under Ron Simms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Outlaw - March 1, 2003 |url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2003/03/01/338769/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114140733/http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2003/03/01/338769/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 14, 2007 |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=money.cnn.com}}</ref>

==Awards== *Best Performance Machine Equipped Bike, 2009 Los Angeles Calendar Bike Show<ref>[http://www.custommotorcyclepartsblog.com/legendary-builder-wins-with-pm/ "Legendary Builder Wins with PM", August 11, 2009, Performance Machine website]</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}} {{refbegin}} *''Techno-Chop: The New Breed of Chopper Builders'', Mike Seate, Simon Green and Steve Terry, p.&nbsp;81, Motorbooks 2005, {{ISBN|978-0-7603-2116-4}} {{refend}}

==External links== {{Portal|San Francisco Bay Area}} *{{Official website|http://www.ronsimms.com}}

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