Beta is best known for its chart-topping trials and enduro motorcycles, but the Italian firm has produced a handful of quirky street legal machines over the years too. Among them are the Beta Alp 4 dual-sport, and its 17-inch-wheeled counterpart, the Beta M4 supermoto.
Before Beta produced its own engines, they used KTM powerplants in most of their bikes. But the Alp 4 and M4 were powered by the less glamorous single-cylinder motor from the steadfast Suzuki DR350. To add insult to injury, the engine was tuned down; these bikes were built to be dependable, frugal, and accessible, rather than wily.
It’s those exact traits that led Emporio Elaborazioni Meccaniche to a 2007-model Beta M4 as the perfect donor for their newest project.…