We’re always curious about where custom motorcycle builders find their inspiration. But the creator of this aggressive Yamaha R1 cites an unlikely source: the beloved 80s arcade game, Pac-Man. More specifically, Inky—the blue ghost that chases the game’s eponymous hero.
This is the personal ride of Ted Lee, who runs Pit Works Design in Taipei, Taiwan. Pit Works is an industrial design house with a focus on motorcycling, and uses modern processes (like 3D printing) to create custom bike parts and other moto-related products. Custom motorcycles form part of their repertoire too.
Not many people would customize a 1998 Yamaha YZF-R1 quite this drastically, but Ted was working with a donor that had already been molested. “It had been remodeled before, without success,” he tells us.…