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German custom builder Diamond Atelier has unveiled its radical DA22 custom, powered by KTM's superbike LC8 engine, for the first time at the Goodwood Festival. Billed as a 'hyperbike,' it's generating buzz as a machine defining a new genre of its own.
Shoving a wild-horse engine like the LC8 into a one-off chassis, I absolutely love this kind of madness. A term like 'hyperbike' still doesn't quite sit right yet, but the fun of a scene is watching the name catch up afterward. I'm jealous of everyone who saw it in person at Goodwood. You only understand it once you're there in person, a bike like this carries a menace many times greater than any photo.
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I'm curious whether it's street-legal or show-only — it's not stated, but if it's street-legal I'd love to see it in person.
So Goodwood is a place where one-off customs like this get unveiled every year.
A custom based on the LC8 must take more skill than it looks, since getting the balance right on that platform is tricky.
Diamond Atelier, the German builder — I recall they put out a build using the LC8 before too.
Calling something a new genre like "hyperbike" usually ends up being just marketing-speak.
Even if it's a new genre in name only, I have to give credit for the execution of actually taking it all the way to a debut at Goodwood.
Just the idea of a bizarre custom running KTM's LC8 gets me excited — I'm curious what the DA22 looks like.
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