Toshiyuki Kozaka doesn’t have a massive profile outside of Japan. But in the Land of the Rising Sun, he’s established himself as the go-to guy for working on vintage bevel-driven Ducatis. Looking at this achingly beautiful Ducati 900 SS restoration, it’s easy to see why.
Kozaka-san runs his business, Switch Stance Riding, from a small workshop in Amakusa. It’s a city in the Kumamoto Prefecture that’s spread across several islands off the coast of Japan’s most southwesterly island, Kyushu. And the only reason we know who he is is because we have a mutual friend; the German photographer, Marc Holstein.
“I’ve known Toshi since we met at Wheels and Waves a few years ago,” Marc tells us. We became friends, and since then we’ve spent time visiting each other, going to motorcycle festivals, riding, and surfing together.”…