Last weekend, LA clothing label COMUNE held a motorcycle and Adam Wright photography exhibition called, the ‘Karlson Tea Party’. The exhibition, curated by Nelson Kanno, featured bike builders Shinya Kimura, Brawny Built, Trevelen of SuperCo, Chopper Dave, JoMo Racing and Lossa Engineering with photography by Adam Wright and a custom art piece by Jeff Wright. One of the highlights of the show was Shinya Kimuras “Flash”, a retro-futuristic, hand crafted Ducati motorcycle owned by Brad Pitt. Don’t worry, I hardly understand any of that either. But it sounds badass and something I want to be involved in. Heaps of photos to make you get a bike in time for summer under the cut.
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- Chris Bougeokles, Frank Delgadillo (Owner of COMUNE), Matt Davis (COMUNE Sales Manager)
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- Brandon “Brawny” Holstein with the custom sportster he built for Melanie Inglessia
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- ChopperDave’s “Super Freak”. The bike was completed on the day of the death of Rick James, which is why it got its name.
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- Sven, Brian O’Connor from Eagles of Death Metal and their crew
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- Yoshi (on the MV Agusta) and Kiyo from Garage Company
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- Katie Buckner
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- Motorcycles
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- Japanese hot rodder Nao, who drove an amazing Dodge Demon to the exhibit, with Len Higa
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- Tortas and Tacos from Gringo and The Bean
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- Shinya Kimura’s retro-futuristic, hand crafted Ducati motorcycle, “Flash” owned by Brad Pitt
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- Frank Delgadillo’s Motorcycle (Owner of COMUNE)
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- ChopperDave and his panhead “Super Freak”.
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- Shinya Kimura
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- Chopper Dave and Melanie Inglessia
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- Jorge Galindo
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- Brawny Built (Melanie Inglessia’s Motorcycle)
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- Shinya Kimura’s Tiger Cub Triumph, “Needle”
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- Adam Wright Photography
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- COMUNE Karlson Tea Party
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- Jade Summers, Natalia Benson & Diana Coulson.
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- Nelson Kanno & John Edwards.
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- Corey Smith (COMUNE Art Director) & Brooke Sandoval-Banker.
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- Guillaume Pajolec from Han Cholo & family with Frank Delgadillo (Owner of COMUNE) & Gareth Stehr (COMUNE Skate Team Rider)
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- Adam Wright with his Leica.
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- Ash from Backdrop & Shinya Kimura.
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- This Harley-Davidson Panhead belongs to Dave Polgreen, who made it to the show all the way from Minneapolis.
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- Jason Lee Parry (COMUNE Drop City Artist); Gareth Stehr (COMUNE Skate Team Rider) & Jenny Sirney.
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- Ben Rice (COMUNE Snow Team Rider), Josh Mills (COMUNE Snow Team Rider), Josh Paulson
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- Chris Jones & Julie Shumaker (COMUNE Marketing Director)
