Licks Cycles: “Lucenera” Ducati Monster 600 Particular

LUCENERA: A tribute to the “Form” of Gentle…

Luca Pozzato is the headman of GP Design, a Turin-based workshop identified for creating turning bikes into jewels of up to date design. His latest Ducati 1260 Diavel “Mu” made waves at EICMA, and at this time we’re thrilled to current “Lucenera” (Italian for “Black Gentle”), a contemporary traditional Ducati 600 customized born from the collaboration between GP Design and one in all our favourite social media channels, Ducati Particular.

The bike has sturdy classic connotations, however with a up to date twist by using fashionable mechanical parts just like the Jonich spoke wheels, Pirelli tyres, HP Corse exhausts, and Ducati Efficiency instrumentation. The result’s, as Pozzato explains:

“A tough-to-identify type that completely embodies my imaginative and prescient of ‘creating motorbikes’, the place current, previous and future intersect to create a singular concord”.

The Genesis of Lucenera

Beginning with the cheeky and rebellious Ducati Monster 600, Pozzato gave form to the dream of Roberto Passaro, social media supervisor of Ducati Particular, dressing the small bare bike with new feelings. Says Passaro:

“I needed a black bike that might catch the attention. Luca was in a position to perceive, assist and materialise this considered mine, giving form, substance and, above all, ‘mild to black’. It was exactly from this paradox that the identify LUCENERA was born”.

Lucenera in Element

From the chassis to {the electrical} system, every thing has been overhauled and upgraded with high-level elements. The levers and grips, brake and clutch fluid reservoirs, mirrors, quantity plate holder and indicators are from Rizoma.

STM equipped the clutch housing and push buttons, whereas the steering plate, clutch actuator, and body caps are from AEM Manufacturing unit.

For the handlebars, Pozzato turned to FG Racing Elements, whereas the footpegs and sprocket housing are from Ducabike. Lastly, every thing was secured with top-quality Professional-Bolt bolts.

A particular function is the handmade aluminium tank, the stylistic trait d’union between the fairing, and the minimalist tail which homes the entrance and rear LED mild clusters, set like jewels, a lot in order that they give the impression of being extra like aesthetic than practical particulars.

As at all times, Pozzato paid virtually maniacal consideration to the paintwork. Lucenera is an ideal color play of inexperienced/gold tones on the body, additionally mirrored on the tank and tail, whereas black dominates by enjoying on shades between shiny and matte, the minimize of which is appropriately designed to visually shorten the road of the bike.

And since a motorcycle additionally represents a life-style, practical parts such because the Bell helmet in Lucenera colours, the bike cowl with carpet customised by Kurabike, the strictly black Held technical clothes, and the black CT Scuderia watch have been added.

About GP Design

A boutique for fans that not solely sells motorbikes, however makes them. Luca Pozzato, an artist who grew up within the household bike dealership in Turin, and Stefano Boido, a motorcycle fanatic and skilled in nanotech therapies, provide distinctive handcrafted objects by their workshop.

They use a cognitive survey technique to gauge buyer tastes and expectations, then after a number of weeks of labor they intention to ship a motorcycle that goes far past creativeness. They’re grasp craftsmen who machine aluminium, weld tanks, sew nice saddles, form bodywork, and different distinctive particulars.

The entire thing erupts in a handover-inauguration celebration with movies that talk to the philosophy of the person undertaking. That is the tactic behind GP Design’s “Solely For You” initiatives. To this point, there are greater than 100 one-offs created by the Turin-based workshop, which is now a well-established worldwide participant.

About Luca Pozzato

Born in Turin in 1973, he’s The Daydreamer, the visionary artist who turned this dream into actuality. With petrol operating by his veins, the CEO of Officine GP Design straight operates and creates these particular autos, ranging from a dream and arriving at true masterpieces of motorcycle artwork, product of noble supplies, sweat , and keenness. Says Pozzato:

“All of us come from the previous, dwell the current, and look to the longer term, however the problem is to intersect the three temporal areas by innovating, at all times, going past, and placing ourselves at stake every time.”