The BMW R 18 "The Wal" by Shinya Kimura -

In the thirteenth episode of #ABavarianSoulstory, Shinya Kimura, a legend when it comes to customising, opened his doors to his 'Hallowed Ground'. Join Tommy as he visits Shinya in his workshop and learn more about the mastermind and his BMW R 18 'The Wal'.
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[@scoobylol1987]

Shinya is world class. So unique, so much integrity regarding his own vision and style. He is the essence of what all custom builders should be.

[@josephbarnes7217]

Loved the video but could you please dial the music back and add more motorcycles sounds please. I love to hear the bikes. That cl-chunk when she’s in gear, the whirring of strait cut transmission, that bark and crackle of air being compressed burnt n sent back in to the world.

[@Keith-rk4td]

A Cafe Racer for the AIRHEAD FANATIC!!BRAVO!!!!!!!

[@peterchivers6312]

Best motorbike video ever.

[@bielbills]

Way to go BMW! Shinya is a living legend! Now give a R18 to Shiro Nakajima! #46works

[@bmwmotorrad]

Hi Gabriel, he just confirmed that he's a living legend. We are looking forward to see further custom bikes.😇

[@amandacatherine793]

So happy to see you again, Tommy. I was worried that the pandemic would fizzle out the Soulstory. I’m very happy to see more episodes. BMW Motorrad, this series will likely be critical to the success of the R 18. Please keep producing them! The Bagger and Trans need more publicity than the previous episode shared. The whole Soulstory crew should come to the U.S. to document a cross-country trip on them. Also, Shinya’s custom build should inspire you to please, please, release a R 18 Racer in the spirit of the RNine T Racer!

[@kiwidadygirl]

It's always hysterical watching people talk LOUDER to people that know English as a second language. Like he will understand better if you YELL. Lmao

[@wajdialwahidi]

Looking at his Bike you can really see an Insect! 👌 this is like Mad Max!

[@Iacopus]

Monstrous work of art. Like it very much.

[@bmwmotorrad]

Do you have a favorite part?

[@Iacopus]

@@bmwmotorrad There´s not really a favorite part. It´s the concept that I like. I´ve followed Shinia Kimura´s builds and they have two characteristics, 100% driveables/raceables and that insect/industrial look. Real works of art.

[@bmwmotorrad]

Thanks for your feedback, Jaime! Shinya will be happy to hear that. 😊 His works are really works of art, you are right!

[@riccardocomini2506]

The character in question is, in my opinion, God.

[@ludovic9477]

Shinya Kimura est un génie doublé d'un fabuleux sens artistique, j'adore 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@rayayhan8482]

Superb, you guys put more content like this...

[@bmwmotorrad]

Thank you!💪 We always try our best to provide the best content for our community.

[@fredericmarty7908]

The man is unique and his bike too… For me, the best custom R18…

[@bmwmotorrad]

Shinya definitely is unique, as well as his passion and love for his bike! 😍 That's a great compliment, he will be glad to hear that. 😊

[@nobbynick657]

Absolut phantastisch

[@steppenwolf5956]

Amazing

[@dipeshchhetri3783]

Wow Amazing

[@Vancouverbmwducatimotorcycles]

Jealous of his shop and all the unique tooling to do the custom build! Sweet one of a kind beast of a machine. Nice job Shinya.

[@roadglide]

I wish BMW would offer a custom vehicle program. I realize this is one-off, but surely BMW can do what Harley has with it’s CVO program. Roland Sands iteration of the K1600 Bagger was sensational. These bikes just drip sexiness in the hands of visionaries. And they’re designed to work too. Nice job. Love the channel. Peace.

[@bmwmotorrad]

Hi Road Glide, thanks for your feedback on the program, we will pass it on internally. The opinion of our community is very important to us and we are happy to hear you love our new K 1600 models and like our videos in general. 😊 Best regards, your BMW Motorrad Team

[@achimsimone9590]

Als normal Malocher und lang jähriger BMW Moped Fahrer, warte ich ab, bis ich mir eine R18 leisten kann! Da hilft auch kein Sparen 🤘🏼

[@jochenwagner5170]

Good DUDE.🤩🔥

[@erwinwinarno]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@bmwmotorrad]

❤

[@carlosmarquez3956]

Gracias

[@delmonti]

...... I can see why its a 'one of a kind'....personnally, I wouldnt let him within a mile of a bike I owned.

[@rsmith3033]

how many bikes are they gonna sell before a service manaul is required to be sold !!!

[@jackshepherd9843]

すばらしい！

[@cheekooinfrance]

WoW very nice vlog...From CHEEKOO'S CHANNEL France

[@dmo0]

💪👍

[@anthony.p1580]

Magnifique ❤️

[@bmwmotorrad]

We think so, too. 😍 Great work and truly inspirational!

[@mauriciobarreratena4017]

Gracias mi Dios mi creador así sea amén

[@luismancilla650]

Does tommy have his own channel or is he part of bmw motorrad corporate.

[@01lexion]

Rolls Royce Rolls Royce

[@neighborsgoat]

Great episode, yet: BMW, you deffinitely need a better videographing team. The scenes at 4:14 and 5:17 are terribly shaky and should have been completely cut out; A roll at 5:55 needed a tripod; the round BMW logo on the square background (in the bottom right corner) messes with my OCD etc.

[@shaunstewart4064]

Have to say, I reallly didn't like the bike. I just hope the gal/guy that commissioned it loves it.

[@timmi7624]

Also ob man das unbedingt ner R18 antun muss …. Na ja da wird’s sicher verschiedene Meinungen drüber geben 😉

[@harryg663]

Is halt Geschmackssache - meiner ist es nicht

[@Scrambleroflahore2.0]

Rwb of bikes

[@albertodiasserron8301]

Hola

[@bmwmotorrad]

Hello!

[@123456bpb]

Who cares. Carve it up. The freaks will like it!

[@carolineava4099]

Et toujours ces foutus téléphones à la main..!! . Mais prenez le temps de voir les choses qui vous entourent avec vos yeux et non pas à travers vos écrans.. C'est affligeant cette jeunesse ultra connectée.. 😱😱😱

[@lorenzodeimoz6028]

In the f video no one shows the bike complete. Enough to Appreciate the bmw modified to Much bla bla

[@madydrameni2702]

Okb

[@bmwbobek1]

Do you really like it? So any disgusting and ugly bike is really rare to see. BMW is a producer of exact, precious bikes. And will suggest us, this one is nice and details exact? Sorry I could´nt believe my own eyes. Glad as the movie was to end. Never more.

[@nobodyknows3364]

Das eine ist wenn man sowas aus Schrottteilen zusammenbaut, das andere wenn man dafür ein 25k+ bike zerstört... 😂😂

[@larsoldenburg220]

Das Teil ist ja mal so richtig hässlich.