{"id":16433,"date":"2022-03-26T06:48:16","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T13:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=16433"},"modified":"2022-03-26T06:48:16","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T13:48:16","slug":"shinya-kimura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2022\/03\/26\/shinya-kimura\/","title":{"rendered":"Shinya Kimura"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I was consulting with CSC, one day Steve Seidner (the CSC CEO) asked me to go with him to visit Shinya Kimura, a man who builds custom bikes.\u00a0 \u00a0 Steve thought I might enjoy grabbing a few photos of Mr. Kimura\u2019s shop and a few of his bikes.\u00a0 Little did I know about what I would see.<\/p>\n<p>From the outside, all I could see was a small shop, but when I entered I was stopped dead in my tracks by one of the most beautiful motorcycles I had ever seen.\u00a0 It was an early CB750 Honda Shinya had customized and it was visually arresting. \u00a0 I had never seen anything like it.\u00a0 The lens cap came off my Nikon, I dialed the ISO up to 800, and I had started snapping away.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16500\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2289-650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2289-650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2289-650-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Steve introduced me to Shinya, who invited me to look around the shop and photograph whatever I wanted.\u00a0 \u00a0And I did, not really knowing who this guy was.\u00a0 But the shop\u2026wow!\u00a0 It was more of a studio and a museum than a shop and it was amazing.\u00a0 \u00a0The place was a working shop, but the tools, custom motorcycles with a unique, retro-futuristic-formed-aluminum theme, the motorcycle accoutrements, the patina, and more somehow made me feel immediately like I was in a place where I belonged.\u00a0 It&#8217;s hard to describe and I know these words are failing me, but if you&#8217;re a gearhead, I think you&#8217;ll get it.<\/p>\n<p>But don&#8217;t take my word for it.\u00a0 Take a look.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16501\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2290-650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2290-650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2290-650-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16502\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2291-650-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2291-650-1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2291-650-1-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16503\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2299-650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2299-650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2299-650-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16504\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2301-650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2301-650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2301-650-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16505\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2302-650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2302-650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2302-650-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16506\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2303-650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2303-650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2303-650-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16507\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2307-650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2307-650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2307-650-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16508\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2308-650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2308-650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2308-650-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16509\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2311-650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2311-650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2311-650-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16510\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2313-650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2313-650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2313-650-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16511\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2316-650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2316-650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2316-650-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16512\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2317-650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2317-650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2317-650-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16513\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2318-650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2318-650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2318-650-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16514\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2319-650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2319-650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2319-650-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16516\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2322-650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2322-650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2322-650-300x264.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16517\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2324-650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2324-650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2324-650-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16518\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2325-650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2325-650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2325-650-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16519\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2326-650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2326-650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2326-650-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16520\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2330-650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2330-650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2330-650-256x300.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16521\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2332-650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2332-650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2332-650-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16522\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2315650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2315650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2315650-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Later that day I Googled Shinya Kimura.\u00a0 It\u2019s good I did this later, as I might have spent more time asking him questions than taking photos, and the things I photographed were amazing.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t know anything about Mr. Kimura, but Google gave me perspective on the man I had met earlier.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VGn6Reru5uk\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That night I went through the raw files I had captured with my Nikon and processed them in Photoshop. \u00a0 I think they are some of the best photos I\u2019ve ever taken, but that\u2019s not me bragging about my photography or my Photoshop skills.\u00a0 It was what I was shooting that made the photos what they are.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was consulting with CSC, one day Steve Seidner (the CSC CEO) asked me to go with him to visit Shinya Kimura, a man who builds custom bikes.\u00a0 \u00a0 Steve thought I might enjoy grabbing a few photos of Mr. Kimura\u2019s shop and a few of his bikes.\u00a0 Little did I know about what &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2022\/03\/26\/shinya-kimura\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Shinya Kimura&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[103,65,140],"tags":[2640,2639,1497,875],"class_list":["post-16433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-harley-davidson","category-racing","category-vintage-motorcycle","tag-custom-motorcycle","tag-motorcycle-studio","tag-motorcycles-as-art","tag-shinya-kimura"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180407_2320-900.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16433"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16528,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16433\/revisions\/16528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}