PHOTOGRAPHY + DESIGN BY MARK KAWAKAMI
I was recently up in Denver, Colordo for the Love Thy Chopper show that Sean and a few of his other partners have put on for the last 5 years. I met Sean through Denver Dan and recently had a chance to catch up with him and find out how he got into motorcycles and run several different businesses.

JAC: Where were you born and raised?


SEAN: I was born on October 2nd 1967 in Whittier California. I moved to Fullerton where I lived until I was 10 years old. My dad was then transferred to Denver, Colorado which is where I basically grew up from when I was 11 until now.

JAC: When did you get your first motorcycle? What kind was it?

SEAN: I was 13 years old living in Littleton Colorado, my Dad got me and my brother a brand new Yamaha YZ 80. The same year my cousin Bruce from La Mirada, California drove out with a tricked out Suzuki RM 80 all race style . . . . my brother and I couldn't believe how fast it was. That was the first taste of motorcycles . . . . we ran those bikes all over the neighborhood. My Dad also got us a Honda 185 ATC, fucking ridicoulus . . . .I remember flipping that thing over laying underneath it and gas dripping on my chest . . . . . too young and small to pick it up off me . . . we used to pull our friends around the neighborhood on skateboards or when it snowed we would pull those round plastic sleds.

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