Project · Kawasaki Z400 · for Leonardo
Arthur
Kawasaki Z400. A small, agile and essential bike in pure rock'n'roll spirit.
ScrollChapter 01 — Leonardo
My son's
project
- Base
- Kawasaki Z400
- For
- Leonardo
- Tank
- Kawasaki GT380
- Style
- Sixties, rock'n'roll
For a few years, ever since I started giving free rein to this passion of mine, my son Leonardo has been following me closely. He was often with me at some exhibitions, but nothing more.
Then, like a bolt from the blue, a few months ago he tells me: “I'm giving up the car and I want a motorbike. Only the bike.”
Puzzled and surprised, I decide to go along with it, and I won't hide that seeing him get into two wheels makes me happy. Seeing him work at my side to build his new ride… even more so.
Chapter 02 — The spirit
Simple
and different
He has always been a simple guy, a nonconformist who stands out from the crowd with a strong personality. A lover of simple, practical things and nostalgic for times that, at his young age, he never lived.
That is how the “Arthur” project begins. Based on a Kawasaki Z400, we decided to recall the simple lines of the sixties with a small, agile and essential bike in pure rock'n'roll spirit.
Chapter 03 — The colour
Black and
brushed steel
Stripped of everything and without major structural changes, Arthur has a bittersweet character, defined by black paint and a brushed steel effect, also achieved with paint.
Chapter 04 — Tank and seat
Deer
skin
The GT380 tank sets the lines, completed by the single seat in fine American deer skin, brushed by hand for an aged look.
Chapter 05 — The ride
Agile
in traffic
The flat track handlebar gives it agile and extremely light handling, ideal for slipping through everyday traffic.
Aluminium air filters machined from solid are a variation on the classic cones, but with a design of their own.
The exhausts are the ultimate classic, while the rear fender is ready to carry the second passenger seat.
Finally, classic semi-knobby tyres give a look of moderate aggression and make the bike ready to go off the beaten track… or off the road.
Chapter 06 — Today
A new
freedom
Anyway, today I see Leonardo riding around with a smile, thrilled with this new freedom.
Who knows whether, once summer is over, the passion will be stronger than the cold.
Who knows whether, once summer is over, the passion will be stronger than the cold.
Specifications
See the other bikes- Model
- Kawasaki Z400
- Structure
- Stripped, no major structural changes
- Tank
- Kawasaki GT380
- Seat
- Single seat in American deer skin, brushed by hand
- Handlebar
- Flat track
- Air filters
- Aluminium machined from solid
- Rear fender
- Ready for the passenger seat
- Tyres
- Semi-knobby
- Colour
- Black paint with brushed steel effect