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Former Bimota designer Ascanio Rodrigo's latest creation, the Vyrus Alien, pairs an engine sourced from the Ducati Panigale 1299—here tuned up to 202hp—with a wholly unique, one-of-a-kind chassis, resulting in a truly unconventional hyperbike.
The Vyrus Alien is almost too good to view within the frame of 'motorcycle.' 202hp and other numbers are impressive too, but what seeps from that strange-shaped chassis is builder Ascanio Rodorigo's aesthetic itself. I really love the atmosphere of that borderline between function and sculpture. Work from someone with Bimota blood really does feel different.
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A low-volume bike with its own chassis sounds pretty extreme in both riding feel and price — a world far removed from the average buyer.
Are Bimota and Vyrus brands connected through the same people?
One of the founders went independent and started Vyrus, if I recall — a closely related lineage of brands.
202hp out of a 1299-based engine — that's a serious step up in tuning from stock.
An ex-Bimota person building their own chassis raises the expectations just from the pedigree alone.
Vyrus has always had this image of building low-volume, unconventional machines.
Bumping a Panigale 1299-derived engine up to 202hp is absolute madness, and I love it.
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