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Sesto Cycles R1

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This custom Yamaha R1 is the winner of the Custom Showdown Pro Builder contest. To create it, Sesto Custom Cycles fitted a single-sided, hub-center steered front end, radically stretched and fitted with a 240-section tire to match the rear.

Paint and all the copper-colored metal are meant to reference Yamaha’s musical history. That company’s original logo from 1898 — a phoenix clutching a tuning fork — is recreated on the bike’s bodywork.

Doubting that such a drastically stretched motorcycle is unrideable? Tony Sesto rode it to the show from his shop in Stanton, California. A total distance in excess of 20 miles.