It takes a very, very brave builder to tackle an MV Agusta. The slogan of the Varese company is ?Motorcycle Art,? and for once, the advertising is true.
But Winston Yeh didn?t baulk when he got a call from MV Agusta?s people in Taiwan. A gleaming new Brutale 800 RR was soon delivered to his workshop in Taipei, ready for a unique Rough Crafts makeover.

?Ballistic Trident? has the dark, menacing vibe that has made Winston Yeh famous in the custom world. It’s also got a very obvious (and unusual) nod to MV Agusta?s racing history.
?While looking at old pictures of vintage racing GPs, we saw these bikes with full dustbin fairings. I decided this was the biggest visual reference I wanted to put into the design,? says Yeh.

But dustbin fairings have a downside: They?re dangerous. Side winds can topple the bike, and steering lock is heavily compromised. So Yeh designed what he calls a ?modern dustbin.? It turns with the forks and has a compact profile?from the side and the front. Look at the bike side-on, and the front lower edge of the fairing starts a curve that continues with the ?wings? on the tank and extends all the way to the tail section, perched on top of a custom subframe.

The edge of the windscreen marries up neatly with the top of the tank and the tail section, forming another visual line.
Yeh designed the fairing on computer, transferring it to a 1:1 scale 3D model and then a full-size woodcarving?which was used as a mold for the carbon fiber.

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