Yamaha has unveiled its latest Yard Built creation, a tracker style bike fashioned by Italian workshop Moto di Ferro (that’s “Iron Motorcycle” in English).
With an understated design, the Yard Built XV950 ‘Speed Iron’ is the brainchild of the workshop’s owner Marco Lugato, a former racing driver who founded Moto di Ferro in 2009.
The collaboration with Yard Built came about following an encounter in Wheels & Waves between Marco’s and Yamaha’s product manager Shun Miyazawa and marketing coordinator Cristian Barelli. Having exchanged ideas, an XV950 was eventually chosen as the project vehicle and subsequently delivered to Marco’s workshop in Venice.
“One of the most important aspects for us when considering Moto di Ferro to work together on this collaboration was that Marco doesn’t consider this to be just a one-off machine, but a concept he can build based on the XV950 for multiple customers,” says Barelli. “He wanted to create a motorcycle with strong design queues combined with soft lines”.
Design details include thick tyres wrapped around Borrani rims with the front suspension getting swapped out for VMAX forks. A handmade aluminium tank and rear seat unit also take the weight down and complement the handmade aluminium side panels. For increased stopping power, the front brake discs increase to 320 mm and feature VMAX calipers. An Acewell odometer also provides data for the rider while an Arrow exhaust adds the soundtrack.
Various other pieces complete the styling, including Tarozzi footpegs and LSL dumbbells. A handmade rear frame sets the clear line across the bike and an aftermarket headlight and stop lights integrated into the turn signals add to the clean look.
Yamaha says Marco plans to make various parts from the ‘Speed Iron’ build available so that customers can create their own Italian custom.
Source: Yamaha
