#HTE
Incredible Custom Aluminum-Clad Motorcycle
This amazing, rideable work of art was created by Wayne Buys, a South-Africa-based custom motorcycle fabricator.
![image](https://64.media.tumblr.com/10a6a0992eb2b69f05813d26ba6d7c01/6c4710a894a29dbf-95/s1280x1920/68bbd52e75741fc3a9a06562784b7229477f558e.jpg)
Buys’ shop is called FabMan Creations, and though it’s based out of his home’s garage, as you can see he’s got world-class skills.
![image](https://64.media.tumblr.com/663beb68838617ee92199d97db5e0322/6c4710a894a29dbf-31/s1280x1920/f26fb8c2a3a32d601e072b685ca8eabf73ae4a47.jpg)
![image](https://64.media.tumblr.com/243e97d3cc90f452fe40a12ba81833ca/6c4710a894a29dbf-84/s1280x1920/b42f1aa00b114cc6655f3465200fa2ff55363ead.jpg)
![image](https://64.media.tumblr.com/103cf6e0866e5194fb5dae80caf27bd6/6c4710a894a29dbf-01/s1280x1920/b0a32aedf5a02dfe5dfdf6f40ceeda143c2cdb6e.jpg)
![image](https://64.media.tumblr.com/cb0eecc03d0ee12de0f4101c43959f50/6c4710a894a29dbf-e3/s1280x1920/02531d182c8c3cd905420ac933ee368cc1d46d29.jpg)
![image](https://64.media.tumblr.com/ec1bc0386f7628aac05ce86339220a79/6c4710a894a29dbf-0c/s1280x1920/c58c5fd6aa52e2ab621d99bb056065f7486e0f83.jpg)
The bike is a BMW R nineT, but nearly every inch of it is shrouded in aluminum Buys fashioned with his own hands. And incredibly, according to a feature in BikeExif, he executed the build without having a design to work off of: “It's…worth noting that he worked freeform, without a single sketch, render or template—and that his metal-shaping skills are self-taught.”
![image](https://64.media.tumblr.com/5c45cc1ce2c91d53ccb7b92746c55b1e/6c4710a894a29dbf-7c/s1280x1920/1e28ef7db6538d2f1d61e61b91ac07f0b35a05b8.jpg)
![image](https://64.media.tumblr.com/1b7e2fb53e7a4e861a032fd8ac03a009/6c4710a894a29dbf-8b/s1280x1920/822d3df51abeb4fbb270f343085feed7e7eb9a53.jpg)
![image](https://64.media.tumblr.com/d6eeacf3bc6ff2927a3ff9bf2a9f1544/6c4710a894a29dbf-1e/s1280x1920/94ef2ef48c5efa156bf9726d8aaf55e2726a9b7b.jpg)
![image](https://64.media.tumblr.com/f62d38dd1fb97e32b95b4d2963a86ba2/6c4710a894a29dbf-59/s1280x1920/c71d4f1819358576ece6a18ed88c5db015d0dcc4.jpg)
Buys, the interview reveals, figured out how to work aluminum ten years ago “through trial and error—hammering the panels out on a tree stump and planishing them by hand.” The skill he developed in just a decade, then, is pretty staggering.
![image](https://64.media.tumblr.com/07c46fa1c5b7414622d39b5c5d4f9e7f/6c4710a894a29dbf-cb/s1280x1920/71430553f0193ac248c81be05fb9a9ec27c4886f.jpg)
![image](https://64.media.tumblr.com/3392a20ae39c57c1a3d74192be5393d1/6c4710a894a29dbf-c5/s1280x1920/254962772c0cd3ce0f9d26761c6909d7ba9cdbbb.jpg)
![image](https://64.media.tumblr.com/c19f0a197619fd23a4c5993acc879cd1/6c4710a894a29dbf-1c/s1280x1920/247471002820fb03f8ea61bfc9fbc40da0c07715.jpg)
![image](https://64.media.tumblr.com/0a873aa360a39b0e3d43bc8f10c23799/6c4710a894a29dbf-52/s1280x1920/dbdb0e88eb7ac45469165e335e15a83b1f5755ab.jpg)
![image](https://64.media.tumblr.com/fa66e10e3de6c30e0367856a02b881e6/6c4710a894a29dbf-6f/s1280x1920/44be1c81193cd75c16a4948f97ad4f0f27285e1b.jpg)
![image](https://64.media.tumblr.com/797c31f1f09fe65b184b08b4dff401e9/6c4710a894a29dbf-e4/s1280x1920/0415a056a7ea71160bd05c77b35bf4fa02bf4ca6.jpg)
The bike build, which Buys calls “Storm,” was commissioned by a client. Much of the original stock bike is there beneath the cladding, though Buys did have to make some modifications and adjustments to suit the form. If you’re a motorcycle guy or gal interested in the technical details, check out the full article at BikeExif.
https://www.core77.com/posts/115735/Incredible-Custom-Aluminum-Clad-Motorcycle