COOL-BREAKER, the premier custom motorcycle event in Japan, will make its 10th anniversary when it takes place over the weekend of 13-14 October.

The annual event in Yokohama, promoted by Keiji Kawakita of Hot-Dock Custom Cycles, who placed 3rd at the 2007 World Championship of Custom Bike Building in Sturgis, will feature 100 professional builders and 250 custom Harley-Davidson bikes competing in the All-Japanese Championship of Custom Bike Building, which is an affiliate of the World Championship.

The quality of the bikes which enter can be gauged by the fact that seven builders who exhibited at the 2006 Cool-Breaker show then went on to travel to Sturgis in 2007 for the World Championship, and all placed well, including the show’s winner Kenji Nagai of Ken’s Factory.

In addition, there will also be the Best of Builders Award supported by S&S and a ride-in show contest.

Such is the strength of the custom scene in Japan and the standing of this show that US businesses S&S, Arlen Ness, Jammer, Custom Chrome, DNA Specialty and W&W from Germany will all have a trade presence.

[1] www.cool-breaker.jp