At first glance, the world of custom motorcycles is all about breaking with convention—stripping away the constraints of manufacturer ‘design language’ and legal mandatories.
But in reality, bike building has its own set of conventions; from the small pool of suitable donor bikes to the way bodywork is usually restyled. Which makes this custom Vyrus all the more interesting.
It comes from the Milan-based workshop Vtopia Design, which has just launched a kit that fits the Vyrus 984, 985 and 987 models. Vtopia is run by qualified architect Giorgio Cerrato and his assistant Dario, and they have already built three Vyrus customs—two for customers in Italy, and one for a client in Japan.
The Vyrus is an extreme design to begin with, even if you set aside the hub-center steering.…