THE HOLY GRAIL: Norvin by Stile Italiano. - Pipeburn

From the fastest Thoroughbred racehorse flashing home to win the cash, to the juicy sweet corn on your kitchen table, man has been mix and matching species for centuries to produce the very best. In the heyday of the cafe racer movement custom bike aficionados were doing the same, crafting hybrid machines to have the baddest bike on the block. While no longer a common practice, one Italian workshop has turned the process into an art form, and this might be their very best to date. From the genius of Stile Italiano comes this picture perfect Norvin, the ultimate in motorcycle nirvana.The most famous of the hybrid motorcycles from the ’60s is the Triton, a Triumph parallel-twin engine slotted into the legendary Norton featherbed frame. While several dealers offered up complete turn key bikes, others sold a conversion kit for the home builder. There were more of course, the Harton added some American muscle in the engine department while the Tribsa used the strength of the BSA frame to fu...