Ferrari's F1 driver Charles Leclerc, commissioned
Bad Winners, a French
custom house, to
customise a Husqvarna Vitpilen 701 to suit his needs, and it is
called the 701 Serie Apex 2.0.
The bike features a custom-built frame and new carbon fibre parts which were
3D-modeled before manufacturing.
They include carbon fibre tank covers, down-force-generating winglets that
double as radiator shrouds, a carbon front fender and a carbon belly pan.
A carbon fibre trimmed Duke 790 headlight unit were fitted at the front and
the carbon tail section was finished off with an CNC-machined transparent
plexiglass LED taillight embedded in a carbon fibre cowl.
The cockpit sports Renthal clip-ons, Motogadget bar-end signals, and a 4.3”
LED display held in a custom-machined top triple.
The bike gets a mechanical overhaul, which includes a K&N pod filter, Li-Ion
battery, a full system exhaust and decat, SC-Project end can, DYMAG five-arm
carbon fibre wheels and a Dynojet Power Commander V which pushes the power up
from the single-cylinder KTM 690 engine.
After all the changes, whether to its body and or electronics, the power
delivery is up from 75 horsepower to 85 and the carbon body has lowered its
weight from 157kg to about 130kg.
Bad Winners are now offering the machines out to members of the public in
four versions, from Stage 1 to Stage 4. Each bike on the range gets more
potent, more exclusive and more expensive as the number increases.