Basara MC - Part 6 of 10

I had Yan ask Ito-san and Cherry–San some questions for me and this is what they had to say.








--How many members are in BASARA?





About 13. But it changes.





--How does someone become a member of BASARA?





There are no rules to join the club but, basically you need to be accepted by
members or need to be nominated????
Someone can’t just decide he wants to be a member and ask. He has to LOVE his own bike and has to be able ride long distances. He can’t be a liar or a poser. And he has to have a good sense of humor!





--What kind of bikes do the BASARA members ride?





We don’t regulate this. We don’t have rules on the kinds of bikes.
But they need to build it themselves. Beat up, nasty, dirty, no registration.
Putting brand new parts on is cowardly. Besides, we don’t like to put on anything. We just like to take off parts.





--What is your riding style?





Freestyle. Bikes must not break down.





--Why do you all ride rigid frames?





We never think about it I guess, we have always rode rigid’s and never ride other bikes. We think rigid frames are normal.





--Do you have rules about your modifications?





We chop but don’t like “Custom” stuff.
We use parts that someone gave us, or cheap parts We don’t have money to spend on parts!





--Why do you ride so hard?




What do you mean? We ride safely!





What is so fun about riding vintage bikes slowly?
Because they are vintage? Because they are very expensive? That’s BS.
Besides, I want to pull ahead of Akihiro Inoue!





--Do you have anything you would like to say to the Church of Choppers readers?




Yeah, the bikes you guys built are now running wild in the streets of Japan