Shinya Kimura is a Japanese born custom bike maker. As founder of Zero Engineering Kimura has brought a no frills minimalistic and vintage artistry to motorcycle design. The visual and functional aspects of his work have become know as the Zero-style bike. His bikes share key design features such as “a rigid gooseneck, a pre-1984 Harley Davidson engine, springer front end, spoked wheels and often includes parts of the bike remaining in bare metal.”
In the short documentary director Henrik Hansen paints an evocative portrait of custom motorcycle engineer Shinya Kimura.
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Bio: Kevin Minott is a 3D artist and tech enthusiast. He’s worked as an illustrator and animator creating teaching aids for K-12 grade schools. His work has been featured in interactive games, exhibits at the Harvard Museum of Natural History and in the accompanying DVD, Climate Change Our Global Experiment. Kevin currently teaches 3D animation in Chicago IL. Komverse, is a blog that reflects his love of technology, art and new media. Featuring the latest in high-end tech news and social memes.
