Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Mermaid Street Racer

In Milan, earlier this month for the Riders Party and EICMA show, I spent a few hours hanging around at Officine Mermaid. They'd built this crazy street racer for nothing more than a bit of fun. It featured in the Riders Party. I think it's a Dominator. The pipe has cut-outs (some of them hidden) so it acts as intake and exhaust. The drop bars have a thumb throttle like a PWC (personal water craft, Wave Runner thing). Just when you thought you'd seen everything...

We've got something big (for us, anyway) in the pipeline with Officine Mermaid. We'll tell you as soon as we can. G
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5 comments:

  1. Russ10430 November 2011 at 12:57

    Honda SLR? I like it, something genuinely different. Has a human been found with hands big enough to reach those levers?

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  2. Chris30 November 2011 at 13:25

    that's loco!

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  3. Paolo30 November 2011 at 17:23

    It's the Spillo! (italian for pin), the Mermaid+Riders Italian Mag concept.
    Built to pierce the city ;-)

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  4. Paolo30 November 2011 at 17:43

    And yes, it's a former SLR from scratch.

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  5. Kirk30 November 2011 at 19:48

    That is pretty amazing- truly a lovely bit of work.

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