Mark Dugally really puts the "performance" in performance art. This avant-garde custom called "Project Somma" is from MADercycles, Dugally's Los Angeles-area shop, and was inspired by a trip to Pompeii, the ancient Roman city destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. A graphics artist by training, Dugally now uses steel, aluminum and carbon-fiber as his mediums of choice, creating memorable handcrafted machines that push the boundaries of custom-bike building. "We are the epitome of unique, mixed with badass and a touch of outright ferocity," he says of the operation. Starting point for this exercise was a 2002 RST1000 Futura, Aprilia's competent sport-tourer powered by a Rotax 1000cc V-twin good for 113 horsepower. While the alloy frame and engine were left mostly stock, the hump-shaped bodywork is quite another matter. It's covered in Line-X, the same tough material used to line the beds of pickup trucks, and accented with metal treated to a bronze-type finish or left to naturally rust. The effect is of archaic armor-plating. It's safe to say there are no other Aprilias anywhere anything like Mark Dugally's Project Somma.
Mark Dugally really puts the "performance" in performance art. This avant-garde custom called "Project Somma" is from MADercycles, Dugally's Los Angeles-area shop, and was inspired by a trip to Pompeii, the ancient Roman city destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. A graphics artist by training, Dugally now uses steel, aluminum and carbon-fiber as his mediums of choice, creating memorable handcrafted machines that push the boundaries of custom-bike building. "We are the epitome of unique, mixed with badass and a touch of outright ferocity," he says of the operation. Starting point for this exercise was a 2002 RST1000 Futura, Aprilia's competent sport-tourer powered by a Rotax 1000cc V-twin good for 113 horsepower. While the alloy frame and engine were left mostly stock, the hump-shaped bodywork is quite another matter. It's covered in Line-X, the same tough material used to line the beds of pickup trucks, and accented with metal treated to a bronze-type finish or left to naturally rust. The effect is of archaic armor-plating. It's safe to say there are no other Aprilias anywhere anything like Mark Dugally's Project Somma.
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