Custom motorcycles come in all shapes and sizes. But the more style variations a custom shop adds to their portfolio, the more they run the risk of watering down their work. This is not the case for Kaichiroh Kurosu, better known as Cherry’s Company.
Kurosu-san not only does it all, but he does it at the highest level too. From sportbikes to choppers, we’ve watched him produce consistently stunning work, year on year. And he’s even able to blend multiple styles into a single bike; no wonder he’s one of the leading lights of the Japanese custom scene.
His latest project, ‘Midnight Dancer,’ started out as the unlikeliest of donors: a 2008 BMW HP2 Sport. If you’re unfamiliar, the HP2 Sport was a hardcore sportbike with full carbon bodywork, putting out a claimed 130 hp and weighing in at 397 lbs dry.…