This custom modified 1977 Honda Gold Wing flaunts its Samurai inspiration - Yanko Design

Perhaps some of the best motorbike customizers, and my personal favorites, Death Machines of London are dorsum with an accented stunner… a completely customized 1977 Honda Gold Fly heavily inspired past samurai warriors and their gear. Nicknamed the 'Kenzo', afterward Kenzo Tada, who in 1930 became the get-go Asian rider ever to compete at the Mann TT, the custom motorcycle "is the result of traditional arts and crafts combined with state-of-the-fine art manufacturing techniques, and plenty of headaches. And cuts. And burns. And serious reconsiderations of life choices", say the folks at DMOL. I'd probably guess the end result, as remarkable as it is, was worth all that fuss.

Kenzo's remarkable body celebrates overlapping segments establish in ancient samurai armor. The original design was fabricated in CAD, and was finally prototyped afterwards hours of working with hand-paneled aluminum, and so ditching it for composites, created with the high-precision 3D prints and CNC parts. Under the final segment rests an insert grille made through 3D printing. The Kenzo's absolutely exquisite lighting resorted to more futuristic means to represent the razor-edge of samurai weaponry. Working with Luminit of California, DMOL incorporated the world'south most advanced holographic improvidence moving picture into the units. Lite from the underlying LED's is precisely disbursed at 80 degrees across the surface of the moving picture, removing hot spots and creating a seamless bar of light that's admittedly menacing to wait at. DMOL's inspiration finds its domicile in the handlebars too, with grips inspired by the traditional Tsukamaki sword-wrapping technique, and a seat that features a patterned embossed leather clad that resembles the leather that the samurais wore under their metal suits. Perhaps my favorite detail is best left for the terminate… the Kenzo'southward precious speedometer. The ornate ivory-esque speedometer features a paw-crafted dynamic diorama of sorts, complete with a dragon, bandage from an 18th-century Japanese jewel box. Sitting atop it is the speed-hand, cast in the aforementioned textile. Plow the bicycle on and the speedometer livens up magically with a rim-calorie-free, bringing all the intricate details of the punch to life. I honestly don't know how I'd be able to tear my eyes away from its sheer beauty to focus on the road,but truth be told, I could say that about practically every design detail on the Kenzo. Remarkable job, DMOL. You've completely wowed me nevertheless again!

Designer: Death Machines of London