The Vintagent Selects: A collection of our favorite films by artists around the world.
FASTER SON: SHINYA KIMURA (2015)
Run Time: 6:03
DIRECTOR: Oliver Defilippo
EDITOR: Alfredo Ritta
FILM MAKERS
“’Faster Sons’ is our strong belief in our bike development today,” commented Yamaha Motor Europe Product Manager Shun Miyazawa. “All our Sport Heritage motorcycles are built with respect to “Fathers”, the legendary Yamaha bikes from the past, but built without compromise on riding capability.
We chose to work with Shinya out of deep respect for his bike building philosophy,” continues Shun Miyazawa, “he has certainly influenced what we do today. Without any doubt he is one of the Japanese builders who always creates his own style and never follows anybody else.” – Yamaha Yard Built
SUMMARY
Legendary motorcycle builder Shinya Kimura shares his design philosophy while revealing his newest custom build for Yamaha. This launched the campaign for Yamaha’s new custom build division.
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Well….. damn this space has been empty for way too [ bleeping long ] So I’ll throw in a quick two cents mainly for Shinya but for the site’s ‘ clicks ‘ as well
RE; .Shinya’s latest works … its taken me an awful long time … but I’m finally appreciating his latest bikes .. including the factory commissioned builds . Oh well … sometimes one misses the old so much one overlooks the good in the new
RE; What should Yamaha do ( and yes 2026 is becoming a major fulcrum for the M/C industry )
Make em smaller …. lighter … comfortable … just fast enough .. approachable … reasonably priced … and more importantly …
FUN !!!
And then toss a couple a halo bikes and maybe a factory custom or two to bring customers in the door .
This coming from a long time Yamaha guitar ( SA2000 SG2000 ) Synth ( DX7 ) and piano user / owner … who to date has yet to own a Yamaha M/C ….hmmmmm …………
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