“KEINO” SASAKI

At six years old, Sasaki had his first ride on the back of his father’s Yamaha XS650, recalling that it was “horrifying” not being able to see the road in front of him, and only being able to hold onto his father tightly.

When Sasaki was 13 years old, he took his first ride in the dripushed bikes, and handled oil pushed bikes, and handled oil ver’s seat, where he and his brother shared a hand-me-down Yamaha TY125 dirt bike their father used to ride.

At first, Sasaki thought he wanted to pursue a career in history. With a desire for adventure, he left his hometown “to see a different world,” where he eventually chased his passion of working with custom bikes, and graduated from the Motorcycle Mechanic Institute in Arizona. Finding himself in Brooklyn, New York in 2000, he worked at Indian Larry’s shop the next year, where Sasaki swept floors, pushed bikes, and handled