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1981 Yamaha XV920 - Alpha -

1981 Yamaha XV920 - Alpha -

1981 Yamaha XV920 - Alpha -

Yamaha XV920 Virago cafe racer build by ASE Custom motorcycles

  • Completely bespoke tubular rear subframe.
  • One-off sculptured fibreglass tailpiece and tailored seat.
  • Full rewire utilising the functionality of the Motogadget mo-unit blue, key-less go and tracking.
  • Rebelmoto push button LED handlebar switches.
  • Motogadget mo.view Pace bar end mirrors.
  • Motogadget mo.blaze bar end LED indicators.
  • Integrated digital dash.
  • Handcrafted stainless steel exhaust.
  • Custom paintwork
  • Gloss and satin black powder-coated frame & wheels.
  • 2008 Yamaha R1 front end.
  • HEL Performance braided brake lines.
  • Yamaha XJ600 Diversion fuel tank.
  • Relocated battery.

Check out Bikebound feature

1988 BMW K100 Cafe Racer

1981 Yamaha XV920 - Alpha -

1981 Yamaha XV920 - Alpha -

BMW K100 Cafe racer build by ASE Custom motorcycles

  • Chopped frame with integrated LED indicators and bespoke adjustable rear subframe to support a fibreglass cafe-racer rear cowl and seat unit with diamond stitch.
  • Clip-on handlebars with original BMW switchgear.
  • Wiring refresh to integrate new lights and digital dash.
  • Comprehensive restoration including vapour-blasted aluminium powertrain and powder-coated chassis components.
  • Stainless steel exhaust collector and silencer.
  • Full custom paint job in Nardo grey with black stripes.
  • Uprated front suspension and rear YSS monoshock.
  • Billet BSK speedworks CNC'd rear-sets.
  • Avon Roadrider tyres.

2014 Husqvarna 701 supermoto

1981 Yamaha XV920 - Alpha -

2014 Husqvarna 701 supermoto

Custom Husqavrna 701 supermoto  by ASE Custom motorcycles

  • Bespoke rear subframe fabricated to tie in to the style of the existing front frame.
  • DNA Pod air filter to allow relocation of battery & associated wiring.
  • Unique hand crafted aluminium fuel tank.
  • Hand rolled aluminium side panels. and tailpiece with integrated LED indictors & lights.
  • Sculpted seat unit with Alcantara cover and contrast stitching.
  • Unique carbon fibre exhaust heatshield and side panels.


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2019 Ducati Monster 1200S

2001 Kawasaki KLR650 Scrambler

2014 Husqvarna 701 supermoto

Ducati Monster 1200S Custom built by ASE Custom motorcycles

  • Bespoke subframe fabrication for single seat conversion integrating original tail light and custom handcrafted bodywork.
  • Unique carbon fibre seat base and sculpted Alcantara seat cover with quilted diamond stitching.
  • Plethora of CNC-racing billet aluminium componentry.
  • Termignoni exhaust system & silencer.


2001 Kawasaki KLR650 Scrambler

2001 Kawasaki KLR650 Scrambler

2001 Kawasaki KLR650 Scrambler

2001 Kawasaki KLR 650C retro inspired Scrambler build by ASE Custom motorcycles

  • Bespoke rear subframe to level out the lines of the bike and secure fuel tank.
  • Custom seat & base to suit new frame and tank layout.
  • Stainless steel fabricated exhaust system.
  • Unique radiator cowl/brace with custom water-jet cut front grille.
  • Samcosport performance coolant hoses.
  • Kawasaki KZ400 (1978-79) fuel tank.
  • Mitas E-09 DAKAR rear, E-13 Rally star TT front tyres
  • Full custom paint job in Grey with Kawasaki green pinstripes.
  • DNA universal pod air filter .
  • HEL Performance braided brake lines .
  • KOSO Digital speedometer.

1981 Yamaha Virago XV750 Cafe

2001 Kawasaki KLR650 Scrambler

2001 Kawasaki KLR650 Scrambler

1981 Yamaha Virago XV750 cafe racer build by ASE Custom motorcycles

  • Completely bespoke rear subframe with integrated LED taillight.
  • Benelli style aftermarket fuel tank.
  • Full rewire utilising the functionality of the Motogadget mo-unit blue with integrated key-less go and bluetooth connectivity.
  • Rebelmoto push-button LED switchgear
  • Replacement stainless steel exhaust.
  • Custom candy apple paintwork with silver stripes.
  • Satin black powder-coated frame.
  • Relocated battery.
  • Uprated Hagon front and rear suspension.
  • Koso digital dash.

Honda CX500 Cafe racer

Triumph 1200 XC Scrambler

Honda CX500 Cafe racer

Honda CX500 JPS liveried cafe racer build by ASE custom motorcycles

  •  Relocated rear suspension pick-up points for integrated rear frame hoop integration and to provide level framework to allow mate to the seat base
  • Replacement seat to suit new framework.
  • Full rewire utilising the functionality of the Motogadget mo-unit blue and switch gear.
  • Modified exhaust routing and silencers.
  • Custom JPS paintwork in gloss black and gold lettering.
  • Relocated battery and uprated Reg/rec for Li-ion battery.
  • Digitial speedo.

BMW K100 Scrambler

Triumph 1200 XC Scrambler

Honda CX500 Cafe racer

BMW K100 post apocalypse scrambler by ASE Cstom motorcycles

  • Retro scrambler inspired rear frame hoop welded in.
  • Shaped aluminium front and rear fenders.
  • Bespoke Aluminium side panels.
  • Powder coated engine covers with brushed aluminium highlights.
  • Dakota digital dash installation.
  • Bespoke stainless steel exhaust system.
  • Michelin Anakee wile tyres.
  • Bare aluminium fuel tank.
  • Fatbar handlebars with bar end mirrors.

Triumph 1200 XC Scrambler

Triumph 1200 XC Scrambler

Triumph 1200 XC Scrambler

Triumph 1200 XC Scrambler "bond" paintwork

  • Several aftermarket bolt-on Triumph accessories.
  • Arrow silencers.
  • Tail tidy.
  • Bespoke Triumph paintwork with airbrushed logos and brushed aluminium effect inserts.

Kawasaki W800

Triumph Street twin

Triumph 1200 XC Scrambler

Kawasaki W800 Custom build with orange paintwork with chequered pattern by ASE Custom motorcycles

  • Shortend and de-chromed front and rear fenders.
  • Full custom paintwork in yellow with chequered pattern painted in.
  • Chrome delete to satin black powdercoat.
  • Avon roadrider tyres.
  • Lowered standard dials and headlight.
  • LSL drag handlebars.
  • Hisider premium bar end mirrors.
  • Hisider small LED indicators front and back.

Triumph Street twin

Triumph Street twin

Triumph Street twin

Triumph street twin custom with squirrel grey paintwork

  • Resprayed tank with retro Triumph logo.
  • De-badged side panels.
  • Bench seat
  • More dirt-biased tyres.
  • Aftermarket indicator mounts
  • Weslake powercone silencers

Up close and personal with - ALPHA-

The Yamaha Virago was Yamaha's first series of V-twin cruisers, featuring 75° air-cooled engines with shaft drive and mono-shock chassis. From 1981-1983, the Virago XV920 was the top of the line, offering a 920cc, 65-hp engine as well as adjustable handlebars and forks, front dual-disc brakes, and the company’s CYCOM (Cycle Computer) system. Surely Yamaha’s engineers had no idea that nearly 40 years after the debut of the first Virago, the machine would be reborn in the hands of custom builders across the world. 


 


An interview with the bike builder.......

What’s the make, model, and year of the bike?

The bike originated as a 1981 Yamaha Virago XV920. Most of the other key donor parts such as the front suspension assembly and tank all came from a Yamaha parts bin with all other key components being hand crafted and sculpted for this bike.


Why was this bike built?

The initial concept for the bike derived from my desire to build a café racer style motorcycle for myself. Drawing inspiration from some other great builds, I wanted to make a truly unique bike where the attention to detail was obvious and the lines and proportions of the bike looked just right. As the project progressed, opportunities to showcase a variety of skill-sets materialised and a means of promoting my workshop as a “one-stop-shop” to create custom bikes resulted.


What was the design concept and what influenced the build?

When I searched for a suitable donor bike, I came across the Virago and loved the simplicity of the air-cooled V-twin engine, simple mono-shock chassis with shaft drive, and even the fact it used the frame as the air box. I wanted to create something truly unique and felt this setup gave a great start point to go for a radical transformation. With this build I wanted to provide inspiration to people thinking of their own builds or commissions and show the “art of the possible” by turning an unloved cruiser styled bike into something sleek and stylish with a powerful presence.


What custom work was done to the bike?

After shedding a whole lot of weight from the bike, the first step was to integrate a complete 2008 Yamaha R1 front end, setting the stance of the bike and creating a key feature of the upside down front forks. From that point, the big decision was the fuel tank. I discovered the XJ600 Diversion petrol tank and felt it nicely dressed the top of the V-twin engine, neatly setting up the lines for the rear end. I then constructed a unique bolt-on rear subframe spending many hours sculpting the shape for the seat unit and tailpiece integrating the key lines and features of the fuel tank. From this “buck” I created a fiberglass mold and a fresh one-off part.



The rear subframe provided ample space to position a motogadget mo.unit blue and facilitate a full re-wire of the bike by eliminating a mass of relays, fuses and dated wiring. The battery was relocated from the side of the bike to underneath, utilising the strong mounting points of the centre stand and rear (now front) foot peg supports. Freeing up the side of the bike by moving the battery allowed a new route for the exhaust and I designed and built a custom stainless steel exhaust system. Radically changing the seating position on the bike meant rear sets were used to move the foot controls of the bike.


Once the bike was fully built and running in its new form it underwent a full strip down. The engine was vapour-blasted, the frame, driveline and mounting brackets were powder-coated and a unique paintjob highlighted the key curves of the bike and features a brushed effect within the bronze/gold swoosh.


Does the bike have a nickname?

We named the bike “Alpha” ahead of its debut at this year’s Bike Shed Show in London’s Tobacco dock (May 2019). In English, the noun “alpha” is used as a synonym for “beginning” and used to refer to or describe the first or most significant occurrence of something. As the debut build for ASE Custom motorcycles we felt it was appropriate to set a strong brand image to move forward with.


How would you classify this bike?

I most commonly refer to this build as a café racer although I feel it combines a few genres and heard comments suggesting it could be more along the lines of a street fighter café racer due to its stance – I will let you make your own judgement.


Was there anything done during this build that you are particularly proud of?

I am really pleased with the overall lines of the bike. I spent a lot of time ensuring a compatible design; integrating the “standard” parts of the donor bike, replacement parts and the bespoke fabrications.



For the full article, check out the feature by Bike bound below:


  http://www.bikebound.com/2019/11/01/virago-xv920-cafe-racer  


ASE Custom motorcycles' build - Alpha- at the bsmc show in London Tobacco Dock 2019

ASE Custom motorcycles' build - Alpha- at the BSMC show in London Tobacco Dock 2019

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