French custom bike builder Ludovic Lazareth draws on his design graduate background and love of muscle machines to create unique vehicles that not only look fabulous — they deliver outstanding performance. If it has Lazareth's name on it then watch out -- the bite is as strong as the bark!
Having created one of the very first Hyper Modified Yamaha VMAXs during the early days of his customisation career using a wrecked 1991 bike, Ludovic always likes to push the boat out when working on a new Yamaha model. As you can imagine, he relished the challenge of Hyper Modifying the new TMAX...
"When I first saw the new TMAX I thought it looked really sporty, like a MotoGP bike or the YZF-R1", explains Lazareth, "but I wanted to take this impression one stage further and push the boundaries even more".
"A lot of my designs are influenced by the high-quality technology and engineering techniques that are used in the aeronautics industry. When Hyper Modifying the TMAX I tried to exaggerate the bike's existing aerodynamic lines using materials and components that you would find within cutting edge aeroplanes — which is where the idea of using a supercharger came from!"
"As soon as I started working on the Hyper Modified TMAX I had one goal — to go faster than 200 kph. To achieve this I fitted the supercharger, which has increased the TMAX's power by around 30% to nearly 60 hp. It is now very rapid and sounds incredible."
