Interview: Jeff Decker

Jeff Decker is a historian and artist famed for his bronze sculptures of vintage motorcycles. He grew up surrounded by the car culture of southern California in the 60s; today he’s based in the Hippodrome Studio in Utah, and he’s passionate about “anything mechanical that started out well-made and has endured decades without ever being molested”. What was the first motorcycle you bought with your own money? From before I could walk there were mini bikes, just around, for the using. The first bike I felt real ownership for was a nice shiny new Honda 50 we stole from a...