Mr. Tanaka's shovel is awesome, I was glad to see in in person. I followed along the build and paint religiously on the blogs and have posted many times. Great to see it in person.
These 2 bikes from Green MC where awesome. I just put the cam down and took a step back. Really like the clean front end on the pan, always liked the look of fork covers. The Ironhead has this tight but long feel, if you get where I'm coming from. Really love the stance on both bikes.
Takada hooked me up with the triumph preunit inner and outer primary I was looking all summer. I was glad to see him and his family at Yokohama. Here are the 2 bikes he brought to the show, but were beautiful and ridden hard! Thanks for the help Takada!
HWZN BROSS had an awesome display at the show. I stopped by a number of times looking for Yas. Finally, about half an hour before I had to leave the show we were able to connect for a short conversation. I hope to have more time in the future to get to know fellow enthusiasts. Yas, thanks for all the inspiration!
Great to see the Vise bikes up close after drooling all over them on the internet. These bikes are ridden hard. I believe the guys rode up 8 hours from Nagoya for the show, in some rain too. No trailer queens here. Yoshiki nice to meet with you again, thank you for the tshirt exchange!
Some of my all time favorite bike have been built by Hamans Chop Shop, there were the 2 bikes, pink and blue pan, a wicked green shovel and a few more that come to mind. Check out the latest, this beautiful '69 XLCH Ironhead. A real show bike that captured Mark Drew's, Kutty Noteboom's and Street Biker Mags pick for the show.
Stance and proportions are everything, and you could see it everywhere in Yokohama. Check out this Honda, I missed who built it. Looks great, everything works so well together.
Michael Barragan of Evil Spirit Engineering looked bad ass on his bike. He really got everyone's juices going after kicking over his bike and taking a few warm up laps before the ride in.
I had the pleasure of meeting Shinya Kimura of Chabott Engineering and Troy from Chico Moto Blog. Here are some photos of them "backstage" before riding into the exhibition hall. What more can I say about Shinya that has not been said before? His work and vision has been an influence and inspiration to so many. Troy, thanks for the introduction and keep up the great blog!