Quattrocento by XTR Pepo

What happens when you take the unassuming French-built MASH 500 and give it the same Spanish treatment that brought us the Radical Ducati brand? Something certainly a lot less bland than the budget-friendly standard, that’s for sure.

Radical Ducati’s Pepo has a new company, XTR Pepo, and he has branched out beyond just restyling Ducati motorcycles.

Accordingly, he just sent us his latest work, the Quattrocento XTR Pepo – and we are glad to see that out-of-the-box designs that are Pepo’s bread and butter remain in the motorcycle industry with his latest creation.

Unsurprisingly, just about all of the MASH 500 that remains is the learner-bike’s engine, and a few pieces of the frame; since as usual Pepo has sourced just about everything else from the leftover parts bin of other motorcycles.

You will see in there a pair of Aprilia RS125 forks, a Yamaha TZR 80 mudguard, a Suzuki GSX-R sidestand, just to name a few “donated” pieces. Other items like the swingarm, subframe, and headlight are custom-built by XTR.

The amalgamation of those pieces is truly unique, and long-time motorcyclists will see cues that dip into several generations of motorcycle design. I don’t think a MASH 500 would ever be on our short-list of bikes to ride in 2015, but the Quattrocento certainly could be.
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