I was in California last week to visit family and I also met this guy!  He is Shinya Kimura, he creates amazing motorcycles in Azusa, CA.  I have been a fan of his work for a couple years now I was very excited to meet him and see his work in person.  

It turns out that Shinya raced bicycles in highschool and still owns a 3Rensho track bike.  He wanted to bicycle frame builder back then so he had a lot of questions about the process.