Meet our Staff

Balz Renggli is our General Manager. After finishing highschool, Balz left his homeland of Switzerland to complete his college and graduate degrees in San Diego. Balz is a long time enthusiast of Ducati and other Italian motorcycles and finally, in 1994 he purchased his first Ducati - a 916, which he still owns today. A true case of making his passion his job, Balz started this dealership after successfully racing his Ducati and Aprilia on the local and national level. In 1998 Balz won the Battle of the Twins Heavyweight championship at Willow Springs and followed that title up by finishing the 2000 Aprilia Cup Challenge National Series in 3rd place. When not working, Balz usually tinkers on one of his bikes or you will find him riding the local twisties with his friends or at a track day on any of California's race tracks.

Moto Forza's service department is headed by the one and only, Tim Newman. Previously full time in sales, Tim has recently moved behind the scenes to help all our customers with there service and maintenance needs, you can however on occasion see Tim on the sales floor trying to get everyone on the motorcycle of their dreams.

Moto Forza's parts, accessory, and apparel department is headed by Kris Cordato. A big task and it pretty much makes Kris the busiest guy in the shop. Yet, Kris always finds the time to have a chat with a customer and give advice on how to customize your bike or what riding gear suits your needs best. Kris has very good technical knowledge of Ducatis in particular and he will get you the correct parts or accessories to keep your bike on the road, track, or trail. Kris is also one of the partners of 13 Choppers, the company that builds the coolest Ducati powered choppers in the world!! When the shop is closed, Kris is usually welding, machining, or fabricating some trick parts for his chopper or custom building parts for any of our customers.

Our new British import, Neil, currently occupies bay 2. Neil has many years experience working on and racing motorcycles. He is a certified Ducati Mechanic and will assist you in all of your motorcycle maintenance needs.


Stella- The official Moto Forza guard dog. Beware the Jack Russell.