this really seemed to yank the cord of people who were outraged that he cut up an xr650 and then he painted it in repsol road race colours, managed to piss off the off road guys, the road race guys and then on top of that, the custom guys thought it was too gaudy cos of its paintwork, very polarising, but amazing attention to detail, all the oil lives inside the frame so no external oil lines, equally the cooling water also goes through the frame, so internal divides were needed to stop them mixing, and to complicate it further, all the wiring runs inside the frame, note the machined lump of perspex sticking out of the frame tube by the back axle , thats the back light, the led light lives inside the frame and the wiring goes inside too. simple and neat but clever. also note the sprung saddle made by him and upholstered to match the paint, all the supports were high pressure water cut from billets of stainless to match the pattern of the off road footpegs, the spring for the seat is a mountain bike shock absorber, a multitude of smart stuff. if i can i'll try and borrow it for the stafford show next year.
and he also built a ducati monster chop thats equally polarizing and extreme. 52" wide handlebars anybody?
