{"id":28259,"date":"2024-11-10T00:01:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T08:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=28259"},"modified":"2024-10-29T14:20:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T21:20:11","slug":"shinya-kimura-at-the-harley-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/11\/10\/shinya-kimura-at-the-harley-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Shinya Kimura at the Harley Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>By Joe Berk<\/h6>\n<p>Astute readers will remember our post on <a href=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2022\/03\/26\/shinya-kimura\/\">Shinya Kimura<\/a>, an artist who works with metal and motorcycles to create motorcycle art.\u00a0 I was both pleased and surprised to see one of his creations at the Harley Museum during our recent Milwaukee content safari.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28268\" src=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Shinya-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Shinya-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Shinya-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Shinya-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Spike,&#8221; Mr. Kimura&#8217;s custom Knucklehead, was in a Harley museum hall that focused on custom motorcycles, and even before I saw his name, I knew whose work it was.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28261\" src=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241011_6147-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241011_6147-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241011_6147-600-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28262\" src=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241011_6141-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241011_6141-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241011_6141-600-300x113.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I believe &#8220;Spike&#8221; is the very same motorcycle featured in this video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"shinya kimura @ chabott engineering\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VGn6Reru5uk\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Shinya Kimura shop, located in Azusa, California (not far from CSC Motorcycles) is one of the more interesting places I&#8217;ve ever visited.\u00a0 I think you would enjoy it, too, although it is not open to the public.\u00a0 I was there on business reasons, and I captured some great photos.\u00a0 If you have a chance, <a href=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2022\/03\/26\/shinya-kimura\/\">check out our earlier blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Never miss an ExNotes blog:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<style>\r\n        .wpedon-container .wpedon-select,\r\n        .wpedon-container .wpedon-input {\r\n            width: 171px;\r\n            min-width: 171px;\r\n            max-width: 171px;\r\n        }\r\n    <\/style><div class='wpedon-container wpedon-align-center'><form target='_blank' action='https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr' method='post' class='wpedon-form'><input type='hidden' name='cmd' value='_donations' \/><input type='hidden' name='business' value='ExNotes@ExhaustNotes.us' \/><input type='hidden' name='currency_code' value='USD' \/><input type='hidden' name='notify_url' value='https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-post.php?action=add_wpedon_button_ipn'><input type='hidden' name='lc' value='en_US'><input type='hidden' name='bn' value='WPPlugin_SP'><input type='hidden' name='return' value='' \/><input type='hidden' name='cancel_return' value='' \/><input class='wpedon_paypalbuttonimage' type='image' src='https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif' border='0' name='submit' alt='Make your payments with PayPal. 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