Barnett 60th Year - 2008

We at Barnett Tool & Engineering are proud to be celebrating our 60th Anniversary in the motorcycle industry! As we begin our 60th year, we can reflect back and see how Barnett and the entire motorcycle industry have changed since our early beginnings in 1948.Charlie Barnett first started in his garage making parts for his riding buddies. He knew he could make better parts for motorcycles than what was being offered and spare parts weren't easy to come by, so Charlie started making his own. In 1948, he opened a shop in a small storefront in Huntington Park, CA. Cable assemblies for British bikes were the majority of the business back in the early days. The late 50's brought the introduction of Barnett clutch plates. Thankfully, Honda helped bring motorcycling more into the mainstream in the USA and this created a greater demand for quality aftermarket products. New products, new ideas, and the involvement of the next generation of the Barnett family shaped the 60's for Barnett Tool & Eng. The 70's and 80's brought growth, expansion and new and improved materials. The 90's brought more new materials, such as our Kevlar friction material in 1991, as well as improved product designs and state of the art technology and machinery.New for 2008, we have added Ducati pressure plates, Victory primary components, and Scorpion clutch baskets for American V-Twins to our line of high quality CNC machined billet aluminum products. In the Cable Dept. we have made our High Efficiency inner wire standard on all of our metric cruiser clutch cables and 2007 & later Harley Davidson clutch cables. In the Clutch Dept. our newly re-designed clutch plates offer cooler operating temperatures, more consistent performance, and a longer clutch life.We at Barnett continue to be dedicated to bringing the highest quality motorcycle products to our customers while continuing to follow Charlie and Afton Barnett's company principles from many years ago. Barnett Tool & Eng. continues to be family owned and operated with three generations of the Barnett family currently involved in day to day operations and we will continue to strive to manufacture and produce only the highest quality motorcycle products. Made in the U.S.A.- since 1948.