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Fantic Koala by Animal Motor Company I?ll be completely honest, I?d never heard of the Fantic Koala until Wes sent me this set of photos. So, until I’m locked away for this heinous crime, I might as well tell you a bit more about this bike.
This is a 1987 Fantic Koala. It?s an 80 cc two-stroke, and apart from the engine it?s pretty much an Italian Suzuki VanVan or Yamaha TW200. Sadly, Google won?t tell you much much more, but looking at these pictures does make one thing clear: they?re a whole lot of fun.

This particular example was customized by Ruben Cotarelo of Animal Motor Company, and it was pretty much incomplete when it arrived at their workshop. If I can?t even get information on the bike from Google, I?m going to assume that getting original parts is also somewhat difficult. From this, I can see why Ruben chose to customize, rather than restore.
The huge balloon tires are the factory size so there is only one purpose for this bike?off-road adventures. Animal decided to lean into this and build a beach cruiser. The factory motorcycle features dirt bike-style plastics so they were all discarded in place of custom bodywork.
A new tank, flat seat and Renthal handlebars have transformed the diminutive Fantic into a very good looking street tracker. The numb...