Kenny Yeoh, founder of Kenstomoto, and
creator of custom motorcycles such as the Demolisher, P650R, BOBR and
MechaStallion, told us he had a new machine on the table. His new brain child, painted yellow and black, clad in 3-D printed
parts and shod with racing slicks, is called the Kenstomoto Ju.
A full strip-down of the ZX-10R followed, and
following the design style he first penned out in the MechaStallion, Yeoh laid
out the framework for the Ju. Wanting his trademark miniscule seat, but preserving
the riding triangle in the interest of ergonomics, Yeoh deleted the entire rear
section of the ZX-10R, replacing it with a tight and bobbed seat, with no seat,
and more holes than a colander.
Walking around the front end of the Ju, Yeoh’s
trademark collection of LED lights is there, with the original full-fairing and
bodywork of the ZX-10R now sitting on a shelf. The twin main projector lights
sit on either side of the radiator, with the four miniature LED lights arranged
on either side of the Ju’s Ram Air intake.
The honeycomb pattern of the air intake put us in
mind of something you might find on a car, except that this thing is 3-D
printed by Yeah, and fully functional. A small wind deflector sits on top of
the intake, and is painted with the bike’s name in yellow. Two massive 3-D
plates adorn either side of the radiator, and two smaller pieces are installed
as fork covers. The stock fuel tank was preserved, in the interests of safety
and road-compliance.
Being primarily a racetrack weapon in its previous
life, the Ju wears racing slicks front and rear, with the front tyre purloined
from a MotoGP Moto2 machine. The rear is a commercially available available
racing tyre, and due to the lack of tyre warmers, we declined to take the Ju
out for a short spin when Yeoh offered.
Brakes are by Tokico and
suspension is by Ohlins, front and back, something Yeoh said he preferred to
do, in keeping with the bike’s racing origin. Retaining the stock frame and swingarm, Yeoh
machined up the sub-frame, now a delicate engineering sculpture made from
aluminium alloy.
The engine was torn down and refreshed, with a
racing wiring loom added. Due to the rush for time, Yeoh did not finish
installing the almost invisible rear lights, which are made up of a row of four
LEDS.
Looking at the Kenstomoto Ju from the side, it gives
the visual effect of being a lot smaller than the original Kawasaki ZX-10R it
was based on. From the front though, the Ju is massively wide, and brings to
mind the image of a rampaging war elephant.
