* 모토사이클을 타는 즐거움 [ Shinya Kimura ]_Enjoy a ride

모토사이클 기본으로 돌아가자
솔직히 모토사이클을 좋아하는 편은 아닙니다.
저는 주로 자동차를 좋아하는 편이죠.
나이를 조금더 먹으면 클래식 모토사이클을 타고 싶은 생각은
있습니다.
모토사이클의 진정성에 대해 생각을 하게 만드네요.
달리기 위한 기계라는 것이 신야 기무라씨의 생각입니다.
그래서 제로베이스에서 달리기에 충실한 머신을 만들었네요.
모든지 그 진정성에 다가갈수록 아름다워지고
진실해 지는 것 같습니다.
장식이 필요하기는 하지만 잠깐의
효과를 위해서만 존재해야 한다고 생각합니다.
장식을 위한 장식이 되고 그 장식때문에 진정성이 깨지는
지금의 건축에서 더이상 10년, 20년 이후의
건축은 없을 것 같네요.
The qualities of a great craftsman begin way beyond their first interaction with the tool. In many instances, the education begins with vision. Growing up around the smell of oil and steel, Shinya Kimura has always been fascinated by motorcycles. He speaks of the visual language that inspires him and how he employes a different methodology to the creation of his pieces. He responds to the the steel as he is one with it when heated. There is no pre-conceived intentions with the material until he is immersed into the action of creation. Like a writer plays with words, Shinya interacts with steel in many ways in order to achieve a tangible, physical manifestation of his process. Although built and fully assembled, the motorcycle is not complete without riding it, so he takes each one of them in order to connect with sky, ground, speed, and machine. This binding experience is one that he cannot replicate with anything else.

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About Shinya Kimura
Shinya Kimura, formerly known as the founder of "ZERO" or the so-called "ZERO Style" motorcycles,has launched his own workshop called "chabott engineering" in the city of Azusa, California in 2006.  In his 25 year career in the motorcycle world, Kimura started his own small repair shop named Chabo in 1992, a year before he started ZERO in Japan. Chabo means "bantam rooster" in Japanese and, to Kimura, it means "back to basics". With the rebirth of Chabott engineering (with the fancy double t's), Kimura will continue his exploration of metal and rubber...or whatever...in new and different ways -- not merely building custom motorcycles-- but creating functional art by infusing his philosophy and aesthetic values into his sculpturally unique and rolling designs.

from  yatzer