Baxter Cycle

Rob Mackey

This place is absolutely amazing. From the minute I walked in I felt comfortable and welcome. It was my first street bike buying experience and I can not say enough good things about the employees at Baxter Cycle. Test riding motorcycles here feels more like you are hanging with good friends trying out everyone's bike. Plus the showroom is second to none. When you stop by, please give your self at least a few hours, you are going to need it. I left for the trip there whining that they were an hours drive from me. On the way home, I felt so fortunate that they were only an hours drive from me. 2015 RE Continental GT535

Don Thompson

Amazing place. If you love Brittish motorcycles this is the one and only place to go!

Paul Twigg

I bought a really nice 2020 Triumph Speedmaster from Baxter about a month ago. It's a great shop with a ton of vintage bikes as well as more recent new and used bikes. You never suspect that a great British bike store would be located in small town Iowa, but it is a great shop that you won't regret visiting. The bike is great and the buying experience was first rate.

Corrie Cole

120miles west of De Moine on the I-80 you’ll see the exit for the little town of Marne IA. Baxter Cycle is a cycle shop from the past. When people were passionate about the things they sold. I’ve been to many bike shops ,none have swept me back to sixties and seventies as this place did. When I walked in I was promptly greeted by Mr .Baxter himself. I told him I saw a bike online ( did a google search just like many of you’re doing right now). I instantly knew this was someone passionate about old British iron. I didn’t even have to ask for a test ride, he offered. He said, “ while I’m getting in outside I have something to show you.” He took me through the parts room ,stacked floor to ceiling with every old part imaginable,to the back showroom. I was in British bike nirvana! Rows and rows of BSA’s ,Norton’s, Royal Enfields, Triumph’s . Even and old Ariel and a 1940 WW2 BSA. I was on overload. When I was done there, I was introduced to Mark and I filled out a form and he made sure my bike was ready and I went for my ride. My ride was on a RE Classic 500, which are now discontinued. It was quirky, clunky and damnit ,for 7 miles I felt like Steve McQueen! I own a Honda Africa Twin and it’s a great bike ,but that 500 gave me a smile bigger than a Chestshire cat. Even though I can’t pull the trigger on that bike right now and Mark knew it we went back out to the old showroom and just stood in the middle of those old bikes and talked about our favorites. So what I’m saying is, I drove 120 miles to go all the way out there, heck I’d drive 1200 miles just to be treated and experience how Baxter Cycle treats people. I told Mark, family owned businesses that actually treat people like family are a rarity now days, just as rare as some of those bikes, don’t ever change that. If you’re thinking about buying a Royal Enfield or Triumph and want to be treated like family and not just a walking wallet, check them out. It’s a nice drive out there. And if you need hard to find parts, they have those too.