Lvpvs Alpha: A Space Age Moto Guzzi California

Over the past few years, the surge of interest in custom bikes has been fueled by a backlash against modern technology—whether it's electronic 'rider aids' or acres of sharp-edged, plastic bodywork. So this new build from Officine RossoPuro is something of an oddity. The design is unapologetically advanced, and far removed from Officine's usual fare of classy, classic roadsters. It's positively space age in its use of materials too: the brake calipers are made from Incoloy 800, an incredibly tough nickel-chromium alloy used in nuclear reactors. Elsewhere, we have chromium-vanadium steel and titanium; the 7075 aluminum alloy used for the radical...