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BLACKTRACK Motors is a bespoke custom motorcycle manufacturer in Luxembourg in western Europe, designing radical one-off cafe racers then manufacturing them in small runs of no more than four per model for a wealthy and discerning clientele.

Founder and chief designer Sacha Lakic hit the ground running in 2015 with the BT-01, based on a CX500 Honda. It immediately became the blueprint for custom CX500s all around the world,#33. Sacha’s follow-up, the BT-02 ‘Thruxman’, was less ambitious mechanically but totally nailed the look of a late-model Triumph Thruxton R reimagined as a Manx Norton.

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