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Austrian Workshop Hand-Sculpts a Fibreglass Tracker Body Onto a KTM EXC 500

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Austrian Workshop Hand-Sculpts a Fibreglass Tracker Body Onto a KTM EXC 500 — PHOTO — PIPEBURN / © Pipeburn↗ View original

Moritz Bree, working out of a workshop in the Austrian Alps, built a hand-crafted fibreglass monocoque body for a street-legal KTM EXC 500 enduro, sculpting the shape in clay first. The bike's suspension was lowered about 130mm and fitted with fresh 19-inch Excel rims and a Moto-Master front brake, while the stock fuel tank and electrics were kept in place to stay road-legal in Austria and Germany.

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No CAD, no 3D printing — sculpting the shape in clay first, then hand-laying fiberglass panel by panel, that's real craft. Suspension dropped about 130mm, fresh 19-inch Excel rims, and yet the fuel tank and wiring stay stock to keep it street-legal. Not cutting corners on looks or usability — that's what gets me.