Originally Posted by Image
John ... hadn't heard of Battistini as a custom builder ... thanks for the head's-up.

Seems firmly in the 'Digger' genre.

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They had a Bournemouth base, he was the son of the local Italian ice cream parlour/cafe owners. Started in 1990, and although the Battistini parts and accessories are still produced in USA and Italy, the UK operations closed down a few years ago when the owner passed away.They started out just fitting lots of Arlen Ness accessories and special one off paint jobs, but then started to modify and produce their own frames and tin ware and their own accessory range, there are some staggering examples of their designs on the net. Not too every ones taste and not as extreme as some custom builders.............


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Mine Is a more mild example of their work, which suits me from a riding prospective but here is an example they produced just after mine, a more tweaked example, but probably not as much fun to ride.
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Last edited by JohnHarris; 07/05/26 06:16 PM.

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