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Chabott Engineering's Shinya Kimura is, quite possibly, the most creative motorcycle builder working today. At the very least, he’s absolutely a master of his craft, and is truly gifted when it comes to infusing his intense passion into sheet metal and machinery. Perhaps it’s for this reason, aside from sheer technical ingenuity, that Shinya consistently creates some of the most stunningly different custom motorcycles ever made. This masterfully crafted short feature, directed by Henrik Hansen, gets inside Shinya’s mysterious creative process, and shares his insights on both building and riding bikes. Not to be missed.

It feels nothing like how violent it looks from the outside. It’s very serene. The ground and the sky are so white there is no boundary between them.

Here are a few photos of my favorite builds, courtesy of Chabott Engineering:

Everything about Kimura’s bikes have a “more than meets the eye” appeal — to me, they kind of look like if Transformers crash landed on Earth during a post-apocalyptic Mad Max-esque future (just with fewer insane screaming phone calls to girlfriends). Which would be incredible, obviously.