Patterned rims, bespoke Pirelli tyres, raw aluminium and a signature lamp for a headlight feature in Tom Dixon's custom Moto Guzzi motorcycle, which was on show during Milan design week.

Moto Guzzi presented the Tomoto motorcycle in one room of Dixon's massive Multiplex exhibition ? a showcase of new design by Dixon and several handpicked small studios, which took over the 1950s Teatro Manzoni cinema.

Dixon was inspired to embark on the collaboration following a lifelong passion for motorcycles, which he credits for starting his design career.

"I've had the same Moto Guzzi for 27 years, and it was time for a new one," Dixon told Dezeen. "I've always tinkered with motorbikes. They were always kind of vintage or collapsing, and I learnt to weld on the basis that I was going to fix a bike."
"I never fixed a bike, but I had a whole new career in making thing, which has turned into a design career," he continued.

"The love of motorcycles has never abated, and when I had the opportunity to visit the factory, which is an amazing document of 1920s manufacturing ? it's still made in the same factory, just 20 minutes away in the hills above Lake Como ? I managed to convince them to let me tinker with one."

Read more on Dezeen: https://www.dezeen.com/2017/04/12/tom-dixon-custom-tomoto-motorcycle-moto-guzzi-pirelli-milan-design-week-2017/

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