When building a new project, inspiration can come from many places. For Wayne Buys of Fabman Creations in South Africa, his main form of inspiration came from the aesthetically pleasing RSD?s KTM 450 Desert Sled from a few years ago. That RSD KTM was built to celebrate the movie On Any Sunday, The Next Chapter. As a fan of Steve McQueen and the original movie ?On Any Sunday? Wayne wanted to pay tribute to his love of off-road motorcycling by building his take on a modern KTM and aptly naming it ?Bullet?.

?The goal was to create a retro feel to the bike, despite its modern appendages? says Wayne. ?Though RSD?s build is an absolute beaut, the radiator looks completely out of place. My goal was to make the radiator blend in better with the motorcycle lines.?
To kick it up a notch Wayne decided to use his own KTM 950 SMR with low mileage as a starting point. The sub frame was ditched into the spare parts bin, and a new rear was made and welded to the frame.

Next Wayne cut off the stock radiator tanks and new ones were made to facilitate flipping it 90 degrees, and spin it 180 to get slightly narrower and have better flow with the fuel tank. Four millimetre radiator guards were made for protection whiles keeping the aesthetics of the build in mind. A front fender brace was also fabricated and a set of front and rear fenders were rolled and branded with the Fabman and KTM logos.

?I did not want the oil tank to stick out like a sore thumb, so I built a skid plate with a doubl...