Photo: via 8negro.com
Not a long time ago, reputed workshop DP Customs has launched a design contest for one of their future bikes, and here's one stunning idea coming from a guy simply named Paolo: a Ferrari F40-themed Harley-Davidson we can't take our eyes off.
The design contest had some basic rules, but the most important one was that the concept had to use a Sportster as a base model. Some believed this was too much of a restriction, but after seeing this F40-inspired concept bike, we started to understand that there is more to the Sportster than meets the eye of somebody who is not a designer.
We've been sold since the first time we saw the liberal use of edgier lines in both bodywork shaping and paint job, a perfect way to evoke the stunning design of the old F40 Ferrari.
The Sportster is by no means an aggressive bike ex works, but with the low-swung underbelly exhaust (Panigale and Triple-style), the stance of the bike changes dramatically for the better. The massive raked out forks dwarf the headlight in the most modern and brutal way, adding huge “cool points”.
Yet we failed to notice the key F40 theme for quite some time, and when we did, Paolo's project became even cooler: the shape on the air filter, which is probably the other iconic F40 design element, alongside the huge spoiler.
We must admit Paolo's take on the Sportster brings this H-D bike way higher than we thought such an attempt would. Nice, nice, nice!
We've been sold since the first time we saw the liberal use of edgier lines in both bodywork shaping and paint job, a perfect way to evoke the stunning design of the old F40 Ferrari.
The Sportster is by no means an aggressive bike ex works, but with the low-swung underbelly exhaust (Panigale and Triple-style), the stance of the bike changes dramatically for the better. The massive raked out forks dwarf the headlight in the most modern and brutal way, adding huge “cool points”.
Yet we failed to notice the key F40 theme for quite some time, and when we did, Paolo's project became even cooler: the shape on the air filter, which is probably the other iconic F40 design element, alongside the huge spoiler.
We must admit Paolo's take on the Sportster brings this H-D bike way higher than we thought such an attempt would. Nice, nice, nice!
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