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Bikes don’t often look like this. Looking more like a sculpture than a bicycle, I would happily park this custom Honda CX500 in my living room as a modern work of art.
Dotto Creations was founded by two Italian designers who met and worked for the Pininfarina house. Gianluca Bartolini and Francesco Iannuzzi met at Pininfarina’s headquarters in Cambiano and have twenty years of experience to their credit.
To be completed in November 2021, their latest creation is oddly a Japanese bike with rather “Italian-inspired†elements. Honda’s CX500 features a longitudinal V-twin engine that has been “heavily influenced” by the longitudinal V-twins found in Moto Guzzi motorcycles.
What it is, or rather, is a 1979 Honda CX500 that has been completely stripped down and dressed in some of the most bespoke bodies I’ve ever seen on a custom build. The name of the project is “Binacaneve”, which translates to Snow White.
The bike was completely stripped before going under the knife. Instead of improving performance, Gianluca and Iannuzzi decided to restore the parts and keep most of the original working components of the bike as original as possible, with the exception of the pod filters. The V-twin was refreshed with its carburetors, and the same five-spoke Comstar wheels were retained in the final build.
The real story lies in its body, where the tank up to the rear has an extremely minimal design. The aim of this design by Dotto Creations was to reduce visual mass and give the bike a more sporty look. To achieve this, much of the additional bodywork has been reduced and cropped. The rear part of the tail does not see a mudguard or overhang. The frame has been cut out and creates this ultra-minimalist look that makes the construction look like it came straight out of a sci-fi movie.
I thought the rider should perch on the body of the bike, but the designers placed hinges on the rear of the bike to allow it to pull apart and reveal a saddle to sit on. According to Gianluca, it’s better to observe a motorbike or admire a motorbike when it is stationary, and to their credit, it worked. The bike is absolutely beautiful without a rider and when that hood hides the saddle.
So yes, the bicycle is still a bicycle. You can still drive it, but personally it will look a lot better parked like a modern work of art, right?
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