Project · Matteucci Garage's third
Ocean Wave
Yamaha XJ550 1983. A custom bike with a subtly fierce profile.
ScrollChapter 01 — The third
Subtly
fierce
- Base
- Yamaha XJ550, 1983
- Creation
- Matteucci Garage's third
- Front end
- Marzocchi upside-down
- Brakes
- Brembo, 320 mm disc
This is the third Matteucci Garage creation, the “Ocean Wave”.
Built on an '83 Yamaha XJ550, this custom bike has a subtly fierce profile. Fully restored.
Chapter 02 — Chassis
Marzocchi
and Brembo
The front end was replaced with Marzocchi upside-down forks, a Brembo braking system with a 320 mm disc and treaded tyres.
The rear shocks are Marzocchi too.
Fork
Marzocchi upside-down
Brakes
Brembo · 320 mm
Shock absorbers
Marzocchi
Chapter 03 — The tail
Made
by hand
The tail was made by hand and houses the electrics and the battery.
The seat is made of two separate cushions covered in fine leather, aged by hand by expert craftsmen.
4-1 exhaust. Digital instruments with electronic sensor.
Chapter 04 — The colour
The colours
of the sea
Vintage blue paint with gloss/matt contrasts and a dark titanium frame give it the colours of the sea, the colours of freedom.
The colours of the sea, the colours of freedom.
Specifications
See the other bikes- Model
- Yamaha XJ550 · 1983
- Work
- Full restoration
- Fork
- Marzocchi upside-down forks
- Brakes
- Brembo, 320 mm disc
- Shock absorbers
- Marzocchi
- Tyres
- Treaded
- Tail
- Handmade, housing the electrics and battery
- Seat
- Two cushions in leather aged by hand
- Exhaust
- 4-1
- Instruments
- Digital with electronic sensor
- Colours
- Gloss/matt vintage blue, dark titanium frame