MECHANICAL ANIMAL: SIMONE CONTI’S CUSTOM YAMAHA XS650

[KungFooBob]

Beat Weeksy to it...

https://www.bikeexif.com/custom-yamaha- ... Pscs9s3Qso





I like it, I think.

I do think the forks and a rear drum standout a bit when the rest of it looks so futuristic (and the ancient air-cooled engine obvs).

Imagine it with a KTM 890 engine/front end.

[DefTrap]

Love the binlid rear wheel!
Dunno if I approve of the old Xs motor, overrated.
But overall design is a yes from me.

[Count Steer]

No. Just no.

[Taipan]

Stupid!

[ChrisW]

The seat unit is so small it reminds me of the pawnbroker alien's head in Men in Black when it's growing back after having been shot off by Tommy Lee Jones.

[mangocrazy]

The seat unit is so small it reminds me of the pawnbroker alien's head in Men in Black when it's growing back after having been shot off by Tommy Lee Jones.

It's clearly designed for an alien, not a human. Just look at the riding position. And all that design time and money spent on something with a fucking XS650 lump, wheezy old asthmatic thing that it is. It's not even that good looking (the engine I mean - the bike itself is 'eye of the beholder').

I find it monumentally annoying.

[Bustaspoke]

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I find it monumentally annoying.

^^^ This^^^

[Demannu]

There are some very clever bits of design in there
I love the xs650 motor
Buuuuuuut still a from me!

[Dickyboy]

It's certainly a bold look for, fair play for doing something different but sadly doesn't look like it's roadworthy

[Skub]

Visually it's marvellous,I really like how it looks. It has immediate impact,nothing beige,or utility to see. The longer you gaze,the more clever detail emerges.

I'd like a set of flat bars instead of clipons,but I'd happily own that.