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I know you know Gaby, our crazy prep, well. You've seen it from every angle, you've appreciated its acceleration performances, its skids on the beaches of the M\u00e9doc and maybe you've even met it on one of our stands! But it's time for me to tell you its real story, the juicy details of its construction and the anecdotes of its customization!<\/span><\/p>\n

The Project<\/strong><\/h4>\n

At the beginning, there was a meeting (during an aperitif as is often the case!) one evening in October 2017 in Bordeaux to celebrate the anniversary of the motorcycle garage Chez Poirot. Camille and I are always up for a beer with friends! And indeed a lot of people were there! We started chatting with Flo from SteelBike Concept<\/a>. He does custom motorcycles, engine preparations, crazy exhausts, drag racing and rather funny techno evenings, that's what we understand! A rather astonishing character and quite far from our world... for the moment! We tell him about Eudoxie who is still only at her first collection. He gets into the game and tells us "wouldn't it be super cool to make you a custom EUDOXIE motorcycle? Like a rock girl and badass at the same time!?" there obviously with Camille our eyes started to shine..! He quickly understood and identified the identity of the brand!<\/span><\/p>\n

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STEP 1: THE BRIEF<\/strong><\/h4>\n

It could have been empty words but 10 days later we knocked on his door in Bordeaux Lac\u2026 Flo opens the door and shows us around his workshop. An office, a showroom with a few preparations, a lounge area with a tap (absolutely necessary) and behind a swing door a large workshop with lots of motorcycles and 2 bridges. This is his workshop that he has been developing since 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

We go (with a beer) to his office area. We already have a vague idea of the aesthetics of the bike and its budget. At first we talk about a chopper, he laughs, it's apparently out of price range... Well, the discussion resumes, I show him the bikes we like. We start to draw a robot portrait of it... it will be a street tracker... The technical definition: a scrambler with two wheels of the same size with a vintage look. The unofficial definition: a mega stylish bike!<\/span><\/p>\n

Now that the project is starting to take shape, we're going to need a motorcycle to work on! The serious stuff is starting!<\/span><\/p>\n

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STEP 2: THE BASE<\/strong><\/h4>\n

We didn't have a motorcycle in mind, just the desire to create a light, thin, feminine, easy-to-handle custom bike that was super easy to handle. So Flo made us a list of models that could meet our expectations while keeping in mind the budget, reliability, availability of wear parts and engine capacity. Camille went all out on Le Bon Coin, looking for THE rare gem... It only took her a few weeks to see the bike she had been hoping for... a 1982 HONDA 250 CUSTOM. At a dealership in central France, after a call from Flo and a few technical questions from an expert... The deal was sealed and we received it directly at the garage. Needless to say, when it was time to unpack it was Camille's eyes that were full of happiness and she was there to welcome her!<\/span><\/p>\n

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STEP 3: THE OUTLINE<\/strong><\/h4>\n

So here it is, the bike is here, and it's really in its original state... It has a really old school look! The next step is to make the big formal decisions... To see things a little more clearly, I do some tests on Photoshop. We first decide on the tank, 1 spoke rim, 1 spoke rim, the rear loop that goes up (like on the old trials), the color of the frame, the main color of the bodywork... A mega cool step because ideas have no limits but you have to choose one! So it will be white, black and gold..! We agree it's time to take action. Flo starts to remove what we won't use: the mudguards, the handlebars, the mirrors, the low exhausts, the speedometer, the tank, the saddle, the wheel and the rear lights... We're starting to see things more clearly.<\/span><\/p>\n

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STEP 4: SEARCHING FOR PARTS<\/strong><\/h4>\n

At the same time, and given how we have refined the car, I set off in search of the missing elements:<\/span><\/p>\n