Le Motographe / Wr450f Skeleton V2

Less is more, many times nosotros direct maintain heard these words in addition to every fourth dimension they essay out to locomote correct. With this trouble of thought, the Le Motographe studio reduced this WR 450 to the bone, leaving entirely the skeleton in addition to lilliputian else, creating a lean but efficient wheel amongst an aggressive aspect that was at the same fourth dimension ready clean in addition to elegant, therefore they were able to combine shape in addition to substance

Thanks to our contact, the lensman Guillaume Ducasse Photography who provided us amongst a large gallery of photographs, nosotros fifty-fifty managed to practise a brief interview to explicate to us who they are in addition to operate they did on this motorcycle.

• Please nation us a fleck most yourself, your history amongst motorcycles, in addition to your workshop.

« Le Motographe » is a french workshop based inward Montpellier (south of France), nosotros construct iconic bikes entirely yesteryear guild in addition to then nosotros tin shipping away construct bikes specially for 1 airplane pilot based on his background in addition to how that airplane pilot desire to ride. Every of our bikes are made for ride, nosotros never construct « demonstrate wheel » motion for us a wheel direct maintain to locomote efficient in addition to usefull.

The squad is composed yesteryear Jerome (Professional production designer in addition to passionate most bikes since childhood) in addition to Yvan (professional welder in addition to metallic shaper, passionate most wheel since childhood too).

We also construct many parts yesteryear our ain to sell them every bit custom parts, specially sum exhaust systems, mufflers, aluminium fenders, pegs,..

All our projects are a surprise for the customer, the client volition never come across the wheel until its finish, in addition to then they request to trust our capacity to construct a wheel fifty-fifty amend than what they expect. We ever direct maintain a long give-and-take most the wheel earlier starting ans in addition to then let’s go.

• What’s the make, model, in addition to twelvemonth of the bike?

The base of operations of this projection is a 2004 Yamaha WR450F.

• Why was this wheel built? (Customer project, fellowship promotion, personal, etc.)

That wheel was construct for a american client living inward LA.

But the supermoto version nosotros but finished is for the fellowship advertisement in addition to rails racing. (This 1 is non all the same shot, perhaps it could locomote the dependent plain of unopen to other postal service later, the exhaust, headlight, wheels in addition to brakes are non the same, this 1 volition locomote presented inward The wheel shed London inward May.)

We volition construct unopen to other kit for spot it every bit a apartment rails in addition to practise unopen to races with, similar inward « wheels in addition to waves outcome inward france or whatever. To demonstrate that our bikes are actually made for ride hard.

• What was the pattern concept in addition to what influenced the build?

The client but inquire us to construct him an offroad in addition to street legal wheel in addition to that’s it, that’s why nosotros select an efficient enduro base. The indicate of this projection is simple, construct an iconic wheel similar nobody direct maintain never seen but which is to a greater extent than efficient than before, in addition to then nosotros created that tuff handmade frame, which could locomote assault whatever WR450F from those years every bit an « extreme sum kit ».

So the wheel is 10kg lighter than earlier in addition to 5hp to a greater extent than thank you lot to the novel handmade airbag amongst K&N performance air filter in addition to our sum handmade exhaust which is larger than the master copy 1 in addition to then the wheel tin shipping away breath.

• What custom operate was done to the bike?

We but kept the master copy engine in addition to a purpose of the frame to cash inward one's chips along it legal on the road, in addition to then nosotros created an additional frame which back upwards a handmade gas tank, airbox, exhaust, mufflers, headlight in addition to a blood-red leather seat. Shock are prepared specially for the passenger in addition to an enduro use. We also spot a lithium battery ans a lot of purpose are engrave amongst the raise of the pilot, amongst our ready « Le motographe » in addition to the yamaha logo. We also engraved « the audio in addition to the fury on the exhaust in addition to all the regular inspection in addition to instructions recommander yesteryear Yamaha direct on the gas tank, but nether the seat, in addition to then its slow to accept assist of that wheel every bit it should be.

• Does the wheel direct maintain a nickname?

That wheel dont actually direct maintain a nickname, this is the 450 V1 enduro, nosotros could telephone shout out upwards it « skeleton » I guess. Then the supermoto is the « skeleton V2 »

• How would you lot assort this bike? (Cafe racer, street tracker, scrambler, brat, bobber,

streetfighter, restomod, etc.) I intend that wheel is out to those categories because nobody customize existent efficient enduro bikes, but it could locomote similar an « extrem scrambler » amongst existent offroad capacities. 108kg amongst all fluids inward (gas, stone oil in addition to water) for 55hp on the parent wheel.

• Was in that place anything done during this construct that you lot are peculiarly proud of?

Probably the all project, the pattern is made to locomote insane in addition to efficient at the same time, every welds are actually ready clean in addition to good done in addition to every parts are unique. Every materials are real skillful character in addition to the audio is similar a beast. I intend nosotros are proud most the concept that convey a novel vision of custom bikes.