S&S Cycle - Vintage Tour Japan
S&S Cycle has announced that builders have been selected for "an incredible event to take place at the 2025 Mooneyes Show in Japan - the response to the 2025 Vintage Tour in the United States has been incredible, and the Japanese market loves vintage V-twins, so a special tour has been created."
On December 7, 2025 at the Mooneyes Show in Yokohama, Japan, three very special builders will compete in a one-day build off to become the S&S Cycle Vintage Tour Champion. Voting will be done at the show by attendees between 8:00 am and 3:00 pm, and the winner announced that day.
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Masumi Tsuchino
"It has been many years since I attended Mooneyes on behalf of S&S Cycle for the first time," said S&S owner/director Brett Smith. "Howard and our friends in Japan have done a fantastic job paving the way us to return and provide a special experience as an extension of our 2025 Vintage Tour.
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| Yusaku Sato |
"I very much look forward to celebrating the creativity and ingenuity of the Japanese custom builder community. Many will recall the overall winner of the S&S Cycle 50th Anniversary Biker Build-Off was Keiji Kawakita of Hot Dock Custom Cycles. He set the bar high, and I cannot wait to see who will emerge as the new leader of custom building in Japan!"
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| Takuya Okubo |
The competitors will be given awards that day by Brett Smith, grandson of George Smith, S&S Cycle founder, and those awards will be hand-built by Tom Smith also grandson of George Smith. Unlike the US-based Vintage Tour, this build-off will follow the competitors along on their social media and the S&S Cycle social media to help attendees get ready to vote.
S&S Cycle wishes to extend special thanks to the team at Neo-Factory (www.neofactory.co.jp) for helping organize the build-off and getting the builders their S&S engines quickly to start the project.
