An alchemist, in case you didn't already know, is defined as a person who possesses (amongst other things) the capability of turning base metals into the noble metals. Put simply, that's turning iron, nickle, led, or zinc into gold and silver - called noble metals because they seem to have an almost magical ability to resist ever looking old and dated. Now fast forward 1000 years and consider the modern-day work of Hamburg's Axel Budde. Given a rather scrappy collection of basic parts, some of which had well and truly been turned into near scrap before they reached his lab, he has managed to materialise the very precious bike you see before you here. Magic? Science? A product of the dark arts? Sadly for those of us looking to emulate his creation, it turns out that it's nothing more than sheer determination, skill, and hard work. Damn.
Source: http://www.pipeburn.com/home/2012/4/20/moto-guzzi-cafe-racer-kaffeemaschine-5.html
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