Comments on: Chanel motorcycle

By: Franck

Franck — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:32:21 +0000

Here are more inforamtion abourt this amazing bike:
http://vintage-motorbikes.com/welcome/Triton_fr.html

By: Piero

Piero — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:35:18 +0000

I guess the guy in Toulouse who did it is the same who built Ala’verda, the green motorcycle with a commando engine in a tubular laverda frame

By: Myf

Myf — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:40:06 +0000

Karl’s been slipping as a designer for a while. This motorcycle sort of reflects it. A designer is usually treading water when the clothes they design seem like some ego projection in tulle, and this smacks of the same problem.
Purely conjecture, of course, but I would guess he had some assistant show the builder a few photos, a black shadow , other bikes that spring to mind and said to integrate it with Chanel and gives them a folder with reference. Not exactly a chanel suit as motorcycle but just a chanel-y motorcycle. The builder works hard to try and combine the references and unveils it, they say ‘ohh , we need the logo there in both forms, so you get the slapped on cc.
Bare in mind that all of this is probably wrong. Hahaha

By: sticks

sticks — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:20:53 +0000

@Russell:

Its a bike commissioned for CHANEL. Of course its form over function. Its a fashion company!

By: FFphoto

FFphoto — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:57:07 +0000

I don’t think that Chanel or Karl Lagerfeld will have any sort of influence on the types of custom motorcycles that Americans ride. However they might have noticed a resurgence in cafe racer popularity and are just jumping on the bandwagon.

By: Lobo

Lobo — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:11:19 +0000

Looks like an anorexic supermodel………all skin and bones with the shoulder blades protruding.

Beautiful butt …..err but.

By: Russell

Russell — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:22:13 +0000

what’s with the 2″ of fork travel? Why not slide the forks back where they belong and make it rideable? Form has been placed way before function in this bike.