Recent content by W-P Bill

The shop area extends over the storefront entryway/parking slots, and there is a lift for moving bikes up/down.

Last Sunday was the parade to kick off the 2012 Kamakura Festival. As some of you already know, I belong to a group of nutcases whom make replica samurai armor and costumes, then don the outfits and participate in various events to help promote Kamakura's bid to be selected as a UNESCO World...

Hopefully this doesn't violate any forum rules. I have NO commercial links with this company. I often see on various fora questions about renting motorcycles for a day or so during a trip to Japan. At last week's TMCS, I saw a booth for Rental 819 (which kind of spells out "bike" in Japanese)...

NAKANOYA is a big name in the UJM restoration business. I knew of him primarily because his metalworking skills were featured in a Z-1/Z-2 specific magazine. Needless to say, he is HUGE in the Honda SOHC world here in Japan. Lots of pix, so rather than posting them all here, I'll post a link...

NISHIMATSU is run by Mr. Nishimatsu Jr., with his father Mr. Nishimatsu Sr. (naturally) being the ace mechanic. Their work is so good, they have done a lot of the work restoring the bikes kept at the Honda Collection Hall located at Twin Rings Motegi. The yellow CB750 is Mr. N-Jr's personal...

YAMIYA is also located in Nagoya. I didn't get the same level of access as I did at the two other shops so no back room photos. YAMIYA makes parts and works on bikes. The shop is located in the same building as the showroom, but up on the second floor. The "white" bike is a local Nagoya...

I took a friend and budding lady motorcyclist to the Tokyo Motorcycle Show last Friday. Not too much of interest for a vintage UJM guy, but I took lots of pictures anyway. Especialy of the various "campaign girls." For the ladies here, I noticed there was a big push to involve women in our...