The uncomfortable truth about custom motorcycles is that for every good one built, there are dozens of bad ones. All too often you’ll come across custom bikes that have been crudely cobbled together with no regard for good taste—or safety, even. This 1999 Moto Guzzi California was one such bike, until Massimo Rinchiuso rescued it.
“The California was previously customized using poorly matched parts, with many malfunctioning parts and poorly made modifications,” says Massimo, who runs Fuchs Workshop as a one-man band in the vibrant city of Ravenna, in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region. “The bike was not only really ugly but also potentially dangerous.”
Massimo’s client is a long-walks-on-the-beach guy, so the Moto Guzzi’s torque twin-cylinder motor suits him well. He handed the bike over to Massimo to make it not only beautiful to look at, but usable and safe, too.…