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1949
DIED
2018
Cyril Huze Obituary
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Patrick Desmarty
April 21, 2020
Dear Cyril I miss you in Paris. You were my fantastic advertising Agent when I was General Mgr of Kelly Services for FRANCE. You were fearless and allways succesfull. I owe you one of the best moments of my career. We worked like old friends. Repose en paix mon ami de Paris. Patrick Desmarty
DENISE F
April 30, 2019
Cyril, Im so sad to just learn of your passing.We met in 1993 on the way to Paris. You get to see my friend Lisa Zibell now.My heart breaks. I didnt get to say goodbye. I still have special gifts youve given me...Ill cherish always. Your sons are your greatest legacy. RIP
Thomas Davanzo sr
February 1, 2019
Cyril was my Idol I started Vicious Cycle Works motorcycle parts company in 1999 because I was inspired by Cyril, going to miss you old boy may your soul rest in peace old friend .
Stephen Olitsky
September 2, 2018
Wow... I just found out. I own the Bobber Sexeee, that Cyril Built. Im sorry to hear of his loss... such a talented soul.
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Glenn Wilcox
July 14, 2018
Cyril was a good as gets in the industry. Enjoyed my few meetings with him at Bikeweek and Biketoberfest, however the best was with Cyril and Vince (Nobody) Doll at the Art of the Chopper display in Ocala...Cyril's Custom Motorcycle BLOG is missed by many and was a daily read for me. God's Speed and Rest In Peace My Friend. BOSS HAWG
Timothy Horton
June 10, 2018
We , my Daughter and I met Cyril in Daytona Beach at the Rats Hole Bikeshow during Biketoberfest. When we ask if we Could take his picture , he responded by saying , certainly let go to my motorcycle. While most would say please don't touch , Cyril told my Daughter to please sit on it Little lady. We have a picture we will forever cherish. What a great artist and wonderful soul Cyril was. Rest well Cyril. Enjoy your builds in Heaven.
rags ragan
June 9, 2018
he was a great bike builder,followed him for years.godspeed cyril.rip
Joe Teresi
June 8, 2018
CYRIL - I STILL REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I SAW ONE OF YOUR CUSTOM BIKES SITTING NEAR THE PARK BY THE HD DEALER. I TOLD MY EDITORS TO TAKE A LOOK AND KEEP TRACK OF A BUILDER WITH THAT MUCH TALENT! WELL, THEY DID AND WE WERE NOT DISAPPOINTED - I THINK WE RAN MAY OF YOUR BIKES IN EASYRIDERS - V-TWIN - BIKER - ROAD IRON & IN THE WIND. I'M SORRY TO SAY WE NEVER HAD AN EXTENDED CONVERSATION - - -RIP - YOU WERE DEFINITELY A PLUS FOR OUR INDUSTRY. jOE TERESI - OWNER & PUBLISHER OF EASYRIDERS.
Kirk Perry
June 8, 2018
Cyril led the cyber motorcycle world. We didn't know how grave his condition. He worked at his craft until the very end. The empty platform has not been filled, nor will it be. There was only one Cyril Huze.
Dean Eskdale
June 8, 2018
As a motorcycle builder he was a visionary and elite artist of metal masterpieces. I build bikes and he was the builder I admired and looked forward to his new posts and builds. The motorcycle gods are going to be proud to have you in their club , r.i.p. and thank you for your creative mind in building beautiful bikes. Dean Eskdale / streetwise customs
Anita & Peter Penz Custombikes, Austria
June 1, 2018
We can`t believe Cyril will not be with us in life any more. With deepest salute and good memory, we look to a great artist and performer in the motorcycle industry. Cyril was one of our first business contacts in the US. Based on our frames, he created beautiful custombikes, which are unique in elegance and design. With him, we are loosing a true friend, mentor and trend-setter of its day. We thank him for his open-hearted conversations, inspiring advices and amusing stays. So many good memories cherish our thoughts and are hold forever in our hearts.
Our deepest sympathy goes to his family and friends.
©2003 Tom ZImberoff / from "Art of the Chopper"
Tom Zimberoff
May 30, 2018
Cyril Huze refused to categorize choppers by tire width, fender length, or paint job. Neither were frame geometry nor type of suspension useful criteria. Thats the long and short of it; and he was inflexible. In fact, Cyril believed all attempts to typify choppers, including adherence to dubiously traditional values, are pointless because chopperness, as he called, is an expression of an artists subjective choices about how to combine, or exclude, all of those factors and many others to create endless variations. Artists are free to define their own work, while audiences are free to accept or reject itor to ignore it. Irrespective of quality, a motorcycle is a chopper if its builder says it is. Cyril certainly knew how to say it is.
Cyril said his choppers have a feminine side, paradoxical for machines that often convey a puissance associated with masculinity. He explains this by invoking conventional wisdom about French versus American culture. His credo was characterized by nuanced refinements of style rather than machismo, more Mingus than Metallica. Its not that men feel less virile riding his choppers, for virility to a Frenchman is a product of elegance, not brutishness. Anyway, you never say any skulls, flames, or Maltese crosses on a Huze chopper.
Cyril motivated himself by visiting museums. He didnt look at motorcycle magazines because, he said, I am petrified so many things have been done. He didnt want to copy. The creative process, then, began with preliminary design drawings before any fabrication got done. He sketched the profiles of a motorcycle and its four oblique perspectives: front and back, left and right. He often invented a fanciful theme to work with and gave each bike a name accordingly. Im very romantic about motorcycles, he said.
When Cyril first came to America, in 1978, as a tourist to Chicago, one of the first things he saw was a gum-chewing traffic cop wearing blue helmet and sitting on a Harley. It was a cinematic moment, Cyril thought. Years later he recounted, My job is to write the storyboard of the motorcycle, in the manner of a movie director. For me creativity is to make two parts that have never met look good together.
When he was twenty-one and still living in Paris, Cyril bought his first motorcycle. It was a blue Electra Glide that he had fallen for in the ardently passionate manner of a European. Years later, he chucked a successful advertising career and emigrated to New York, to follow his abiding dream of building custom motorcycles in America. He became a U.S. citizen and, eventually, set up shop in Boca Raton.
Cyril relied on his marketing acumen to rummage through the minds of clients to find the motorcycles of their dreams. Then he built what their imaginations revealed. On his Web site, Cyril offered twelve points representing his philosophy about bespoke motorcycles. The final one is: A good designer is not the one who takes you from what you have to what you want, but the one who takes you from what you want to what you didnt even know you wanted.
John Adams
May 26, 2018
Godspeed Cryil, see you on the other side my friend!
Wolfgang Knitterscheidt
May 26, 2018
With deep respect to Cyril and what he did to to the custom Bike Industry I would like to express my sadness for him passing away so early in his busy life. It was good to have you there. Meet you in the next world. I may be a bit late.
Jose De Miguel
May 26, 2018
A great artist has passed, I will miss you my good friend.
May your travels be smooth.
Rest in Power!
Curly Curel
May 26, 2018
Sadly missed by all motorcyclists worldwide
Jack and Lynn Deagazio
May 25, 2018
We are so sad to hear of the passing of our dear friend Cyril Huze. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family.We will cherish the wonderful memories we have with him.He touched so many people in the motorcycle industry.He will be missed dearly.
Ron Galletti
May 25, 2018
To the friends and family of Cyril Huze. We are sorry for your loss and the loss of such a talented and knowledgeable man of the motorcycle industry. From all of us at Born To Ride Motorcycle Media.
Mitch Packer
May 25, 2018
My condolences to the family. We met through his son at BMW. He always encouraged me and endured my endless pictures of my bikes with grace. Ride in Peace
Rick Mills & Family
May 25, 2018
We are deeply saddened by the news of Cyril passing. We feel truly sorry and send our deepest condolences to you and your family . Our hearts go out to you during this tough time.
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