26 Facts About Bob Morales

Robert L Morales was born on December 7,1963 and is a former freestyle BMX rider turned promoter, designer, inventor and business executive.

Bob Morales is the founder of DYNO Bicycles, the American Freestyle Association, Auburn Cycles, KORE Bicycle Components, Morales Bicycle Co.

Bob Morales is currently president and CEO of ASV Inventions, Inc.

Bob Morales's father bought him a Yamaha YZ 80 to compete in motorcycle races.

Bob Morales won over 20 dirt biking trophies by 1976.

Bob Morales took up BMX bike racing at the age of 13 when his parents could no longer support his motorcycle racing because of a divorce.

In 1980 Bob Haro asked Morales to join him on a national tour to promote the new sport of Freestyle BMX.

In 1982 Bob Morales began promoting Freestyle BMX competitions and formed the Amateur Skate Park Association, which would later become the American Freestyle Association, to promote events in this fast-growing sport.

Bob Morales joined friend and fellow freestyle rider Eddie Fiola and formed the founding BMX Freestyle teams for Haro Bikes, Kuwahara, and GT Bicycles.

Bob Morales stopped riding professionally in 1985 to concentrate on his two businesses: the American Freestyle Association and DYNO Design which has made BMX accessories since 1983.

Bob Morales was awarded his first patent while working at GT Bicycles for a bicycle frame design.

Later that year Bob Morales became a member of the Screen Actors Guild and pursued a career in commercial acting appearing in several national commercials.

Bob Morales founded Mor Distributing in 1985 and brought in partner Todd Huffman in 1986.

Bob Morales formed Group B Design in 1989 to provide product and advertising design to the bicycle industry.

Bob Morales is credited with building the Iron Horse brand of bicycles into an internationally recognized brand.

In 1993 Bob Morales formed the MORALES Bicycle Company to market and distribute bicycle frame designs that he had created for the BMX and Mountain Bike markets.

Bob Morales sold his interest in KORE to his partners in 1998.

In early 2000 Bob Morales founded ASV Inventions, Inc to develop, market and distribute his inventions.

In 2011 Bob Morales introduced his family to BMX racing at one of the local BMX tracks that he had raced at as a youth.

In 2013 Bob Morales re-established his former bicycle brand Auburn Cycles with the introduction of an American made BMX mini racing frame designed specifically for his son Dane to race and develop.

On September 8,2018, Bob Morales was inducted into the National BMX Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the Olympic training center in Chula Vista, California.

Bob Morales was inducted for his contributions to the BMX bicycle industry.

In September 2019, Bob Morales founded ASV Motorsports, a Porsche 911 automobile service business.

Bob Morales has been a longtime Porsche automobile enthusiast since his early 20s and has been restoring, buying and selling Porsche automobiles as a hobby since the early 1980s.

Bob Morales appeared in a photo with one of his early Porsche cars alongside his partner Todd Huffman and his car in a 1986 BMX Action magazine interview and photo spread with the two partners about their business Mor Distributing, the parent company of Scootster Scooters and Auburn Cycles.

Bob Morales has been a longtime member of the Porsche Club of America and the Porsche Owners Club and has competed in sports car racing events with these two clubs since the early 2000's and has earned awards and championships in automobile and Kart racing.