I can’t decide if this custom Suzuki GT380 is retro or modern-looking, but I love it! - Yanko Design

Looking at Sean Pelletier'due south reinterpretation of the Suzuki GT380, information technology'south articulate that his inspiration stems from retro stylings… although if you practise tend to wait at the grade, the angular cuts, and just the overall sleekness, information technology looks undeniably contemporary. The custom GT380 makes the instance that not every modernistic production needs to be edgy, with blueish LED accents. A mod-looking product can have an evergreen appeal, with a style that'due south refreshing to look at yet nevertheless familiar.

It all starts with a donor Suzuki GT380, which Sean and his designer collaborator Jeremy Lacy strip apart to its bare-basics before creating 2nd sketches of the new design superimposed on the old framework. The bicycle's data makes its style into SolidWorks, where Lacy builds his custom parts directly on top of the existing frame and components. This procedure, according to Sean, makes creating the custom wheel much faster, as the new parts can hands be made and assembled onto the motorbike, knowing fully well that each new component volition fit onto the bike seamlessly. "Since the pieces were all carefully designed in CAD, no fourth dimension was wasted in reworking things in one case they were built," says Sean. "For case, nosotros didn't have to worry virtually the front fender striking the fairing because we already moved the parts around in CAD to brand sure there was no interference anywhere within the range of travel."

The custom bike comes outfitted with a bunch of new parts, including fiberglass bodywork, an aluminum fuel-tank, HID headlamp, a plush leather seat that cantilevers beautifully off the back, right above an Öhlins shock fitted in the rear, slotted in a custom linkage. The end-result looks far from the original, but that'due south the fruit of 6 months of labor on the part of Sean and Jeremy who both worked twenty-60 minutes weeks to come up up with the final result. The final bicycle looks stunning, with an understated color scheme that feels comfortably vintage, rather than edgy. The pearlescent warm-white body, brown seat, and aureate accents have an former-world touch, but the silhouette and cantilever rear really do give the custom model a novel entreatment that definitely feels contemporary.

Designers: Sean Pelletier (The Motoworks) & Jeremy Lacy