Even if you don’t know Moc Tu’s name, you’ve probably seen his work. He’s the lead mechanical engineer at the Vietnamese startup Nuen Moto, and has been instrumental in bringing their electric motorcycle concept to market. When he’s not doing that, he runs his own custom shop—building outrageous machines like this girder-forked Buell XB9S.
Nicknamed ‘Lisa 22’ after Moc’s daughter, the Buell was built to explore various design and engineering principles. Moc kept the XB9S engine and fuel-bearing frame, but everything else was replaced, upgraded, or built from scratch. Most of the work was done by Moc and his two-man team, but specialist jobs like paint, wiring, and tuning were outsourced to local workshops—including Bike EXIF regulars MFix.
One of Moc’s strongest skills is CNC machining, so it’s only natural that his custom Buell XB9S would showcase this.…