Centaur Cycles & Scooters

Richard Meltz has been a scooter rider and motorcyclist since college (that would be when dinosaurs roamed the earth). He opened Centaur Cycles in 1980 as an independent motorcycle repair shop and has been serving Santa Fe ever since.  He specialized in service for BMW aircooled twins and BMW K Bikes for many years.  In 1999 Centaur Cycles became a dealer for Royal Enfield motorcycles.  That was so much fun that in 2002 Richard branched out to carrying motorscooters.  

In that same year, 2002, he opened New Urban Transport in Albuquerque, NM on Central Ave.  New Urban Transport ran for 6 years as the first and best scooter store in Albuquerque.  In December 2008 we closed New Urban Transport.

In 2003 Meg Meltz retired from her job as a computer geek with the State of New Mexico and came to work full time at Centaur Cycles & Scooters (we changed the name to indicate our new focus). Then we decided if we were going to be in business we needed a serious business location. So in 2006 we moved from the back street we had happily inhabited to our present location on Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe's main street.

Richard & Meg

Richard & Meg met at college in 1969 and travelled around Europe on his Vespa that year (see above photo.  Speaking of street cred!).  They moved to Santa Fe in 1971 and liked it so much they stayed there.  They liked each other so much they've stayed married for 40 years! 

By the way, this picture is Meg & Richard on a vacation in Florida.  There's nowhere in Santa Fe, New Mexico that looks like that, not even Centaur Cycles & Scooters.
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The Staff of Centaur Cycles & Scooters

        
Here is Doug, our Service Manager. He's certified by Vespa/Piaggio, BMW, Yamaha, Suzuki and others too numerous to mention. We're proud to have him as an essential part of Centaur Cycles & Scooters.
                   

                             

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Kitty Cats
                         
 

If you've visited our website before, you may recall our kitties, Fruitcake and Miss Piggy. Well I'm sorry to say that both those elderly cats have gone to Kitty Heaven. Here are farewell photos of our old friends.

Recently we found lovely, friendly new cats at the Santa Fe Animal Shelter. They have officially taken over our lives. You won't actually see them at Centaur Cycles & Scooters since they're not too interested in travel. But they're here in spirit.
                
                        Scooter Buddy on his favorite perch

The name is Bond, James Bond.

"Sometimes I call him Terrible James
'Cos he says he likes me calling him names."
Thanks, A.A. Milne.

 
As you can see in this photo, they both are serious naturalists.