Written by Andrew Jones
Like a trippy ?90s Mandelbrot set, custom bike inspiration has a rather magical ability to multiply almost infinitely the more you look at it. Just when you think something’s been done to death, a creative mind will lightbulb on an idea that opens up a whole new room for other builders to play in. When customisers thought that scramblers were getting old, they looked to ?60s and ?70s Enduro and Motocross bikes for greener pastures. So when Italian moto magicians Anvil Motociclette grew tired of that, where to next" Il Bambini, that’s where.

In their usual deadly stylish Milanese manner, shop owners Phonz and Marco talked us through the mix of creativity, insanity and serendipity that led them to create ?Koz?. ?Most of the time at Anvil we reason more with our hearts than the heads. If we were to put it on a scale, the emotional quotient would make up about 90% of our work. This has got us out of trouble  a few times ? and it’s also caused a bit as well. But in the end we believe that putting all of our love into what we do has become a kind of trademark that really shows what Anvil is all about.?
?We’ve been at the markets and seen old, dusty tools that have been abandoned; worn and battered after a lifetime of hard work. Stuff like this drives to the heart of Anvil because we very much see the soul of the object. As an true elder, it must be respected and cared for. In a nutshell, we see it as a kind of emotional res...