Vida Motorcycle has been building Euro-style choppers from their workshop in Fukuoka, Japan, for 17 years. But they’ve also found their groove with high-performing Harley-Davidson FXR and Dyna builds in recent years. So when their latest customer wanted a bit of both in one bike, Vida was poised to deliver.
The commission came from the owner of For Life—an import store that sells American fashion out of the same building as Vida. With Californian style specifically on his mind, Shimazaki-san (known as Shima to his friends) asked Vida to build him the ultimate Harley-Davidson FXR chopper, with no compromises in performance.
“I’ve known Shima for about 15 years, since he first came to our house,” says Vida’s founder, Taku Okubo.…