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LVARO DAL FARRA HAS once
again taken the world by storm with
his unique approach to dirt bike
customisation. With a background
in freestyle motocross and
snowboarding, Alvaro has never been one
to follow the crowd.
Following on from his 2014 bike, the KTM
SX 250 Candy Edition, Alvaro made the
move back to Kawasaki for 2015. The
inspiration for this bike came entirely from
the Italian rider’s own dreams and ideas.
“I wanted the bike to have an overall
look that was clean and simple, together
with a strong attention to detail and
customisation.” Alvaro tells us.
The bike was influenced by the old Pro
Circuit Kawasaki Factory bikes and the
199 2 Kawasakis that had the classic purple
and green colourways.
“Initially the design and planning picked up
from where I left off with my old 2006 KX,”
explains Alvaro. “Then I started to focus
on producing something new, fresh and
never-before seen. That’s why I decided
to follow the factory line with the original
colours of green and black, but with a new
interpretation. To achieve all of this and to
avoid being too standard, I combined the
use of purple.”
Alvaro is always on the lookout for the latest
technologies, techniques and styles to keep
his bikes looking unique and unlike anything
else in the pits.
“Once the graphics were chosen, I wanted
to place the importance on the colours:
the bike had to stand out,” Alvaro tells
us. Thanks to a special paint with unique
adhesion qualities, It was possible to
colour/dye the plastics and various other
parts in the eye-catching fluo green.
“However green on its own wasn’t enough
and the final result would have been too
overdone,” says Alvaro. “This is why we
decided to use the water transfer printing
technique on all of the fluo components
of the bike. We inserted my personalised
pattern composed of logos and graphics
which represent my past and present
projects (Daboot, CMYK, Superpark, Ride
to Party, Full Metal etc.). The idea was to
make the bike special while at the same
time lightening the fluo component.”
As far as the plastics were concerned,
Alvaro wanted to highlight the hidden parts
by inserting a pattern only in the internal
areas where graphics are not usually
displayed.
All of the aluminium parts were anodised
according to their position on the bike in
green, black and purple before being laser
engraved with Alvaro’s custom pattern. u