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august 29, 2017 - intermot

The new INTERMOT custom bike made by Marcus Walz: the Yamaha XV950R drag-style bike

As the leading international industry platform, #intermot in Cologne is widely admired – and not just due to the comprehensive quality and depth of its offering, but because the #event also knows how to transfer the emotions of the motorcycle world across into its exhibition halls. Values, trends and issues that concern the industry and the biker community can be experienced here and create additional attractions. With the addition of #intermot customized as a show within a show in 2016, the trade fair was already successful in including a trend that is making a lasting impact on the further development of the sector. This development was embodied in a specially manufactured #intermot bike, which attracted attention in the scene. The #intermot team now has new goals in its sights as it starts preparations for #intermot 2018 with a new bike. “We aim to develop #intermot customized into an international meeting place for the bike scene. This is only possible if we recognise that we are part of this scene and play an active role in its events. Our new bike, a #yamaha #xv950r drag-style bike converted by #marcuswalz, will represent us at festivals and Essenza Sprint races as an ambassador for #intermot customized. I am already looking forward to our appearance at Glemseck, where I’ll be on the starting grid as the rider of the #intermot bike”, says Christoph Werner, member of the Executive Board and Vice President of Koelnmesse. 

Following on from the Ducati Scrambler he converted into a café racer, #marcuswalz is now responsible for the #intermot bike for the second time. On this occasion, Marcus and his team worked on a #yamaha #xv950r and built a new bike in two months – the result is breathtaking. After being stripped down, trimmed back and tuned by Walz, the original machine has evolved into a hot piece of kit, or better still: a drag-style bike. So, what are the bike’s most remarkable features? In terms of extravagance, definitely the modified #yamaha fuel tank and the completely redesigned “drag-style” tail section. The fuel tank has been handcrafted from steel and the team formed the all-important tail section entirely from a single piece of aluminium sheet. The manufacturer SC-Project is responsible for giving the exhaust a sound worthy of the machine, producing a very lightweight #custom system from titanium for the #yamaha. And whilst we’re on the subject of custom-made parts, both of the rear shock absorbers were also one-offs, made by Touratech Suspension. The critical part of the fork came from German suspension experts, Wilbers. So that the bike is also competitive in sprint events, the team also worked on the performance of its engine. Instead of 60 hp, it can now draw on 70.

To match the customised Yamaha’s gold-coloured fuel tank, the rider of the #intermot bike will wear a helmet designed by Danny Schramm – naturally also in #intermot customized’s gold metal flake-look!

The #yamaha drag-style bike has already enjoyed its first public appearance, taking part in the Essenza Sprint series at the Café Racer Festival in Montlhéry, France. The rider competing for #intermot customized at this #event was famous stuntwoman, motorcycle acrobat and model Mai-Lin Senf, who was thrilled by the bike’s look and feel. The next stop is the Glemseck 101 Sprint Festival on 1 September 2017, where Christoph Werner will be on the starting grid.

In the Essenza Sprint series, it is not only the first rider to see the chequered flag who is declared the winner, but also the bike with the best styling, the hottest design, the most impressive overall package. The #intermot bike made by #marcuswalz is in with a good chance of claiming victory. Vote now at http://www.essenza-the-essence-of-motorcycles.com/voting/