PORTFOLIO Commercial success is one thing, respect from others in your chosen profession is another. Winston Yeh is working on both. “Once in a while you come across individuals who make a difference in the industry. Winston has his own vision and look, he’s an artist who uses motorcycles to express his talents,” says Steve Willis of England’s respected Shaw Speed & Custom
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operation. “He could turn from two wheels to four, or to furniture and interiors. I would call him an artist rather than a builder, and I mean that in a complimentary way. “With the Guerilla look he’s created visually stimulating, timeless machines. I’m confident his bikes
have attracted a new generation into HarleyDavidson showrooms.” That includes custom shops too. Shaw Speed clients often arrive with a particular “look” in mind. “People are saying they want ‘Something like this’, and they’re clutching a picture of a Rough Crafts bike,” Willis says. –Chris Hunter
n A client of Shaw Speed & Custom requested a replica of Rough
Crafts’ iconic Iron Guerilla. The finished machine (above) was based on an XL1200X rather than the Yeh’s original 883. (Left) The BS X4 Chop, a radical reworking of the Japanese-market Honda X4 1300. (Below) Yeh dropped an S&S motor into a kit from Zero Engineering to create this steampunk-ish Knucklehead.
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