Written by Marlon Slack
Some clients can rain cash down upon a builder to make their dreams come to life. But sometimes owners are mere mortals like us and have to tread more warily when it comes to a budget. And that?s what Spain?s Adhoc have dealt with here, with their 2005 Cagiva Raptor given a careful haircut and coming out looking a million bucks.

?The motorcycle was sent to us by the client,? Adhoc?s David Gonzalez recalls, ?he was delighted with the response of the engine and performance, but he was tired of the aesthetic and wanted to give it a new air?. That makes sense to me ? the Cagiva is hurtled along by a whopping 996cc engine taken from the Suzuki TL1000.

And the guys from Adhoc knew exactly what they wanted to do with it. ?We wanted an aggressive motorcycle that was small but that really caught your attention; something that had some nice details that caught your eye the more you looked at it,? David says. But their ambitions had to be tempered by the customer?s budget. ?We wanted an aggressive motorcycle that was small but that really caught your attention.?

?The budget wasn?t as high as I would have liked,? David says, ?so we could not modify the gas tank, and the forks and the wheels were to my liking and we did not want to change the speedometer. I think that in motorcycles of this style is important to keep as much and as much information as possible, avoiding scares like engine overheating or lack of gas. So instead we focused on the front and bac...