About Powroll
Started in 1964 in Bend Oregon, Powroll was one of the oldest performance companies in the industry.
Begun by Paul Olmstead in a cinder block building behind his family home, Powroll initially designed and manufactured performance parts for Hondas, expanding to other makes and models as the Japanese motorcycle manufacturers increased their production of four stroke models.
Paul’s “eureka!” moment came when he invented a way to shrink OEM connecting rods, creating a simple and less expensive way to build stroker cranks for OHC four stroke engines. Powroll stroker cranks gave great reliability at a good price with little or no additional modification needed.
Although the company originally offered parts for everything from the CB/CL/SL series to the Elsinore 125 and 250, they settled exclusively on four-stroke singles by the mid 1970’s.
Pete Fisher began working at Powroll in the 1970’s as the head of the Research and Development team. He purchased Powroll from the Olmsteads in the 1990’s when Paul was ready to retire. Pete’s technical expertise with all things four stroke make him a go-to guy for other industry leaders with thumper questions.
The company was still going strong, developing and producing product for the newly emerging modern thumper market up through about 2009. The massive downturn in the motorsports market that year caused hardship and eventual failure of many big names in the industry. Powroll continued to sell some product, mainly for the vintage market with their kits for the Honda four stroke 100’s and 125’s, but it proved to eventually be unprofitable. The final tooling, machinery, and building were sold off by 2019... ...But good things never die...
Begun by Paul Olmstead in a cinder block building behind his family home, Powroll initially designed and manufactured performance parts for Hondas, expanding to other makes and models as the Japanese motorcycle manufacturers increased their production of four stroke models.
Paul’s “eureka!” moment came when he invented a way to shrink OEM connecting rods, creating a simple and less expensive way to build stroker cranks for OHC four stroke engines. Powroll stroker cranks gave great reliability at a good price with little or no additional modification needed.
Although the company originally offered parts for everything from the CB/CL/SL series to the Elsinore 125 and 250, they settled exclusively on four-stroke singles by the mid 1970’s.
Pete Fisher began working at Powroll in the 1970’s as the head of the Research and Development team. He purchased Powroll from the Olmsteads in the 1990’s when Paul was ready to retire. Pete’s technical expertise with all things four stroke make him a go-to guy for other industry leaders with thumper questions.
The company was still going strong, developing and producing product for the newly emerging modern thumper market up through about 2009. The massive downturn in the motorsports market that year caused hardship and eventual failure of many big names in the industry. Powroll continued to sell some product, mainly for the vintage market with their kits for the Honda four stroke 100’s and 125’s, but it proved to eventually be unprofitable. The final tooling, machinery, and building were sold off by 2019... ...But good things never die...
Fast forward to today. Scott Fisher, machinist, race mechanic, and Pete Fisher's son, is now offering a limited supply of components. Check out his products here.
Old school Powroll info is still available through this link: https://powrollpast.home.blog/
