I started riding when I was 17, and while I’m not a hardcore biker, I’m always comfortable walking into a biker bar because I feel like I’m with my people there.
Around 1973 I made a seat for a local builder that made it onto the cover of a magazine. Arlen Ness – who was just getting started and beginning to be well known in California – called me and asked if I’d be interested in making some seats for him. I whipped up some seats and went to Arlen’s shop. I was a little nervous as he looked them over, but then he said, “I’ll take all of these and any more you can make.”
Once I got started with Arlen, my business took off like a striped-ass ape. Custom builders around the country started calling me to do seats for them – pretty much all custom, all the time – and over the years I worked hard to build my company.
I’ve got high standards for myself and for my products. I hope that people who appreciate quality appreciate Danny Gray seats, because I’ve poured my heart and soul into them for decades now.
Ride on, ladies and gentlemen.