If you google ducati customised you do get some stuff which at best is the bastard child of bubba meets his sister for the first time in the lap dancing club
I test rode a Buell Firebolt a few years ago - and loved it! Strange engine though, that seemed to run out of revs in every gear. Don't think the Buell looked anywhere as good as this special though!
I think there is something quite Voxan café racer about it. Don't seem to hear much about Voxan these days. In fact, you don't hear anything at all. I assume they went bust, but no one ever mentions their bikes.
And again from Wikipedia: "Founded by Jacques Gardette in 1995, with the Dassault Group providing financial capital a year later.[SUP][1][/SUP] In 1999, the first model was delivered to dealerships, the limited production Roadster sold exactly 50 units.[SUP][1][/SUP] The company then launched the Café Racer model in 2000, and the Scrambler model a year later in 2001.[SUP][1][/SUP] Although Voxan had garnered support for its products within France, the company continued to struggle against the established Japaneseand Italian brands.[SUP][1][/SUP] In June 2002, Didier Cazeaux and Société de Développement et de Participation bought Voxan to ensure its continuity, and production restarted on April 1, 2003.[SUP][1][/SUP] The Street Scrambler model was released in 2003,[SUP][1][/SUP] and the Scrambler and Black Magic models in 2004.[SUP][1][/SUP] Voxan opened its 23rd dealership, and its first in Luxembourg in May, 2005. In October, 2007, Voxan had an initial public offering on Euronext,[SUP][3][/SUP] with bothSodemo Moteurs, and Fortune Lands Luxembourg considering take over bids.[SUP][4][/SUP][SUP][5][/SUP][SUP][6][/SUP] On December 22, 2009, Voxan was forced into liquidation, and is now a subsidiary of theMonaco-based Venturi Automobiles.[SUP][2][/SUP][SUP][7][/SUP] Upon acquisition Voxan's manufacturing department ceased production, and its engineering staff were relocated to Venturi's headquarters inFontvieille, Monaco.[SUP][2][/SUP] In June 2010, Venturi announced Voxan's new Eco-friendly corporate plan, evolving the creation of an electric motorcycle by 2013" :wink:
Well, there you go. I'm not really sure what Voxan were offering that no one else was apart from Frenchness. Which was quite important for the French but not, apparently, so important that punters in the Hexagon queued up to buy their bikes. Triumph were so wise to have the three cylinder motor as a USP, otherwise they might never have got off the ground. I suppose Voxan could have built square 4s, or 5 cylinder machines to be different, but let's face it, all the best engine configs have been done now.
Radicals bike are often features in Performance Bikes. Stunning and impractical, just the way they are supposed to be
