This amazing, rideable work of art was created by Wayne Buys, a South-Africa-based custom motorcycle fabricator.
Listen beautiful relax classics on our Youtube channel.
Buys’ shop is called FabMan Creations, and though it’s based out of his home’s garage, as you can see he’s got world-class skills.
The bike is a BMW R nineT, but nearly every inch of it is shrouded in aluminum Buys fashioned with his own hands. And incredibly, according to a feature in BikeExif, he executed the build without having a design to work off of: “It’s…worth noting that he worked freeform, without a single sketch, render or template—and that his metal-shaping skills are self-taught.”
Buys, the interview reveals, figured out how to work aluminum ten years ago “through trial and error—hammering the panels out on a tree stump and planishing them by hand.” The skill he developed in just a decade, then, is pretty staggering.
Listen beautiful relax classics on our Youtube channel.
The bike build, which Buys calls “Storm,” was commissioned by a client. Much of the original stock bike is there beneath the cladding, though Buys did have to make some modifications and adjustments to suit the form. If you’re a motorcycle guy or gal interested in the technical details, check out the full article at BikeExif.
Source: core77