Written by Marlon Slack
I can pick a Lucky Customs motorcycle a mile away. They?re one of the most distinctive custom builders in the world. Over the last few years the Argentinian shop has produced some of the craziest, most genre-bending trackers, choppers, bobbers and cafe racers. And this time around they?ve continued their streak of excellence with their latest creation, a Honda NX400 scrambler.

If you?re reading this and wondering what exactly a NX400 is, don?t fret. It?s an honest, light little workhorse that?s popular in South America. A go-anywhere, do-anything machine that?s low maintenance and ultra reliable. It is a lot of things. But it?s most definitely not cool.

So it was inevitable that Lucky Customs would opt for their usual brand of extensive South American cosmetic surgery. The engine was removed, the electrics stripped out and then everything else was thrown away. That?s right. The only part of the standard bike you see here is the powerplant and the electrical system.
?On top of the frame sits an old fuel tank from an 80?s model Kawasaki GTO. Somehow, it works perfectly.?
The top part of the scratch-built frame was completed with a line that runs completely horizontal to the ground. At the rear the uninterrupted line that surrounds the bike has a neatly integrated rear tail light. On top of the frame sits an old fuel tank from an 80?s model Kawasaki GTO. Somehow, it works perfectly with this NX.

Well, not ?somehow?. They had to cut and re...