Vyrus 987 C3 4V Carbon — The Basquiat Edition
$90,740
Cerasolo, Italy
2016
YearMotorcycle
Motorcycle type1199
CCAbout
In the world of ultra-exclusive motorcycle craftsmanship and fine art collecting, the Vyrus 987 C3 4V Carbon represents one of the most extreme pinnacles ever built. Handcrafted at the atelier in Cerasolo Ausa (Rimini), in the heart of Italy’s Motor Valley, this machine shatters every convention of traditional chassis design and aesthetics. However, this one-off example pushes the boundaries even
In the world of ultra-exclusive motorcycle craftsmanship and fine art collecting, the Vyrus 987 C3 4V Carbon represents one of the most extreme pinnacles ever built. Handcrafted at the atelier in Cerasolo Ausa (Rimini), in the heart of Italy’s Motor Valley, this machine shatters every convention of traditional chassis design and aesthetics. However, this one-off example pushes the boundaries even further: the carbon-fiber fuel tank serves as a contemporary canvas, featuring a printed artwork inspired by the iconic, visceral visual language of Jean-Michel Basquiat.
The visual tension is striking: on one hand, the precise, cold execution of matte carbon fiber, billet CNC-machined components, and decoupled hub-center steering; on the other, the raw, primitive energy, graphic strokes, crowns, text fragments, and vibrant chromatic power characteristic of Basquiat’s Neo-Expressionism. This is not merely a decorative livery; it is a conceptual synergy between fine contemporary art and hyper-technological mechanical sculpture.
Detailed Technical Specifications & Factory Equipment
1. Engine Architecture & Powertrain
Engine Type: 4-stroke 90° L-twin cylinder (Ducati origin), liquid-cooled via an electronic EWSC (Electronic Water System Control) system.
Valve Gear: Desmodromic system with 4 valves per cylinder.
Displacement: 1,198.4 cc (Bore: 106 mm | Stroke: 67.9 mm).
Compression Ratio: 12.8:1.
Max Power: 165 bhp.
Top Speed: 295 km/h.
Fuel System & Electronics: EFI E2 / EFI E4 Racing electronic fuel injection paired with a full Ducati Corse racing display.
Exhaust System: Zard 2-1-2 Racing exhaust system featuring a short silencer finished with ZIRCOTEC thermal ceramic coating.
Clutch & Transmission: Vyrus APTC dry slipper clutch with a 6-speed gearbox.
Lubrication: Forced lubrication via gear pump.
2. Revolutionary Chassis & Carbon Fiber Construction
Main Frame: Iconic Double Omega chassis design integrated with a front carbon-fiber monocoque frame and full carbon-fiber bodywork finished in clear matte coat with hard-anodized logo details.
Front Suspension: Progressive Link Vyrus System (hub-center steering decoupling steering forces from suspension dynamics).
Rear Suspension: Direct Vyrus System.
Dampers: Öhlins TTX 36 Vyrus custom shock absorber kit fitted front and rear.
Adjustable Geometry:
Caster Angle: Adjustable from 18° to 24°.
Trail: Adjustable from 80 mm to 105 mm.
Wheelbase: 1,400 mm.
Dry Weight: 159 kg.
Fuel Tank Capacity: 12 liters.
3. Braking System & Wheels
Front Brakes: Dual Brembo 310 mm T-Drive floating rotors clamped by Brembo M50 forged monoblock radial calipers.
Rear Brake: Single 220 mm steel disc with Brembo P2 34 caliper.
Brake/Clutch Hoses: Full braided carbon-fiber line kit for both front and rear systems.
Wheels: Vyrus X-Light 10-spoke forged aluminum wheels.
Tires:
Front: 120/70 ZR 17 (rim size 3.70)
Rear: 180-190/50 ZR 17 (rim size 6.00)
4. Special Factory Options & Billet CNC Hardware
Carbon Fiber Components:
Carbon-fiber clutch cover
Carbon-fiber timing belt cover
Carbon-fiber voltage regulator cover
Carbon-fiber throttle body intake trumpets
Electronics & Wiring:
Special XTC Vyrus Racing Raychem wiring harness
Handlebar-mounted electronic map selector and traction control adjustment switch
Front and rear wheel speed sensors
Electronic Quick Shifter
Ultra-lightweight RCE 400 Ah X-Strong lithium battery with dedicated mounting brackets
CNC Billet Work & Surface Treatments:
CNC-machined quick-turn throttle assembly
CNC-machined Delrin front swingarm crash protectors
Front brake lever guard
Black hard-anodized treatment across all mechanical appendages, structural components, and steering/anti-dive rods
Dark tinted high-visibility windshield
The visual tension is striking: on one hand, the precise, cold execution of matte carbon fiber, billet CNC-machined components, and decoupled hub-center steering; on the other, the raw, primitive energy, graphic strokes, crowns, text fragments, and vibrant chromatic power characteristic of Basquiat’s Neo-Expressionism. This is not merely a decorative livery; it is a conceptual synergy between fine contemporary art and hyper-technological mechanical sculpture.
Detailed Technical Specifications & Factory Equipment
1. Engine Architecture & Powertrain
Engine Type: 4-stroke 90° L-twin cylinder (Ducati origin), liquid-cooled via an electronic EWSC (Electronic Water System Control) system.
Valve Gear: Desmodromic system with 4 valves per cylinder.
Displacement: 1,198.4 cc (Bore: 106 mm | Stroke: 67.9 mm).
Compression Ratio: 12.8:1.
Max Power: 165 bhp.
Top Speed: 295 km/h.
Fuel System & Electronics: EFI E2 / EFI E4 Racing electronic fuel injection paired with a full Ducati Corse racing display.
Exhaust System: Zard 2-1-2 Racing exhaust system featuring a short silencer finished with ZIRCOTEC thermal ceramic coating.
Clutch & Transmission: Vyrus APTC dry slipper clutch with a 6-speed gearbox.
Lubrication: Forced lubrication via gear pump.
2. Revolutionary Chassis & Carbon Fiber Construction
Main Frame: Iconic Double Omega chassis design integrated with a front carbon-fiber monocoque frame and full carbon-fiber bodywork finished in clear matte coat with hard-anodized logo details.
Front Suspension: Progressive Link Vyrus System (hub-center steering decoupling steering forces from suspension dynamics).
Rear Suspension: Direct Vyrus System.
Dampers: Öhlins TTX 36 Vyrus custom shock absorber kit fitted front and rear.
Adjustable Geometry:
Caster Angle: Adjustable from 18° to 24°.
Trail: Adjustable from 80 mm to 105 mm.
Wheelbase: 1,400 mm.
Dry Weight: 159 kg.
Fuel Tank Capacity: 12 liters.
3. Braking System & Wheels
Front Brakes: Dual Brembo 310 mm T-Drive floating rotors clamped by Brembo M50 forged monoblock radial calipers.
Rear Brake: Single 220 mm steel disc with Brembo P2 34 caliper.
Brake/Clutch Hoses: Full braided carbon-fiber line kit for both front and rear systems.
Wheels: Vyrus X-Light 10-spoke forged aluminum wheels.
Tires:
Front: 120/70 ZR 17 (rim size 3.70)
Rear: 180-190/50 ZR 17 (rim size 6.00)
4. Special Factory Options & Billet CNC Hardware
Carbon Fiber Components:
Carbon-fiber clutch cover
Carbon-fiber timing belt cover
Carbon-fiber voltage regulator cover
Carbon-fiber throttle body intake trumpets
Electronics & Wiring:
Special XTC Vyrus Racing Raychem wiring harness
Handlebar-mounted electronic map selector and traction control adjustment switch
Front and rear wheel speed sensors
Electronic Quick Shifter
Ultra-lightweight RCE 400 Ah X-Strong lithium battery with dedicated mounting brackets
CNC Billet Work & Surface Treatments:
CNC-machined quick-turn throttle assembly
CNC-machined Delrin front swingarm crash protectors
Front brake lever guard
Black hard-anodized treatment across all mechanical appendages, structural components, and steering/anti-dive rods
Dark tinted high-visibility windshield
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Year2016
LocationCerasolo, Italy
AddressVia Ausa, 78, 47853 Cerasolo RN, Italy
ColorBlack
Motorcycle typeMotorcycle
CC1199
ConditionUsed
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Vyrus philosophy - Mad(E) In Italy!
Fashion, tailoring, tourism, cuisine, literature, art! In all its forms. T
Fashion, tailoring, tourism, cuisine, literature, art! In all its forms. T
Vyrus philosophy - Mad(E) In Italy!
Fashion, tailoring, tourism, cuisine, literature, art! In all its forms. This is the extraordinary heritage of Made in Italy, which has always been a trademark of excellence.
Architectural works, sculptures, paintings and artifacts from the past and contemporary: in Italy everything translates to simply excellent craftsmanship. It is a culture that is born and grows in the streets and is capable of creating a value appreciated all over the world. Motorcycles born and grows in this habitat.
The DNA of Italian entrepreneurship for over a century, and placed at the edge of the world motorcycle universe. How many champions born in Italy? And in Romagna, within a radius of 100 km there are 80% of motorcycle manufacturers who made the history of this incredible sport. Romagna is a wonderful glimpse of earth with the taste of sand and sea, with a billion curves and hairpin bends in an unmistakable landscape: ideal environment for those who love riding a motorcycle. From here, in Vyrus we believe the future is in our hands, our story has filled them of this heritage, art is in our nature, structural combination of success. Our ability to make motorcycles by hand is now a real school, and this knowledge is ours brand name. Our love for motorcycles and our way of interpreting them allow us to live like an adventure. We build MAD(E) IN ITALY motorcycles!
La bottega (the shop)
The model of the shop is unique, full of passion, and even if today the world has changed, the philosophy of workshops is always the same. The hands are clean and we pay more attention to the environment, the bikes have modest consumption and the exhausts are more silent... our verve and our passion are always same, nothing changed, it is something that cannot change. We, at Vyrus, build up bikes, we really built by hands, the most technological motorcycles in the world, realized with innovative solutions, never seen before, with finest and precious materials, in full compliance with the rules and environment. Creating them, we export the model of the shop every day, we evolve it to integrate into motorcycle world. And we remain the only ones to own a technological primacy and a priceless legacy. In a simple and small workshop we do a beautiful job, we give shape to materials... and we put life into it.
Art and Tecnology
ART creative thought realized through the tools with which we shape and model metals and carbon to give life to objects with a heart. And their own life. We are artisans, our motorcycles do not look like any other and express a new stylistic current, they have their own distinctive character. Vyrus is a philosophy and its expression in unusual forms created to define new ideas, new concepts... always complementary to functions. We do not go against the current, we are simply elsewhere.
TECHNOLOGY
We study innovative solutions in order to make each individual component more functional, up to screws and bolts. There is a thought in each of the solutions we create for every mechanism to work at its best and give us exhilarating performances. Innovation and avant-garde belong to us: they are not for us commercial slogans, but the must of our very existence.
Each Vyrus is a unique and precious object because it is associated and combined with a person. We are committed to know our client until we are able to embroider a Vyrus on him with his character. We enter symbiosis with our client, we interpret his desire and build his motorcycle. Only this it’s a Vyrus!
Fashion, tailoring, tourism, cuisine, literature, art! In all its forms. This is the extraordinary heritage of Made in Italy, which has always been a trademark of excellence.
Architectural works, sculptures, paintings and artifacts from the past and contemporary: in Italy everything translates to simply excellent craftsmanship. It is a culture that is born and grows in the streets and is capable of creating a value appreciated all over the world. Motorcycles born and grows in this habitat.
The DNA of Italian entrepreneurship for over a century, and placed at the edge of the world motorcycle universe. How many champions born in Italy? And in Romagna, within a radius of 100 km there are 80% of motorcycle manufacturers who made the history of this incredible sport. Romagna is a wonderful glimpse of earth with the taste of sand and sea, with a billion curves and hairpin bends in an unmistakable landscape: ideal environment for those who love riding a motorcycle. From here, in Vyrus we believe the future is in our hands, our story has filled them of this heritage, art is in our nature, structural combination of success. Our ability to make motorcycles by hand is now a real school, and this knowledge is ours brand name. Our love for motorcycles and our way of interpreting them allow us to live like an adventure. We build MAD(E) IN ITALY motorcycles!
La bottega (the shop)
The model of the shop is unique, full of passion, and even if today the world has changed, the philosophy of workshops is always the same. The hands are clean and we pay more attention to the environment, the bikes have modest consumption and the exhausts are more silent... our verve and our passion are always same, nothing changed, it is something that cannot change. We, at Vyrus, build up bikes, we really built by hands, the most technological motorcycles in the world, realized with innovative solutions, never seen before, with finest and precious materials, in full compliance with the rules and environment. Creating them, we export the model of the shop every day, we evolve it to integrate into motorcycle world. And we remain the only ones to own a technological primacy and a priceless legacy. In a simple and small workshop we do a beautiful job, we give shape to materials... and we put life into it.
Art and Tecnology
ART creative thought realized through the tools with which we shape and model metals and carbon to give life to objects with a heart. And their own life. We are artisans, our motorcycles do not look like any other and express a new stylistic current, they have their own distinctive character. Vyrus is a philosophy and its expression in unusual forms created to define new ideas, new concepts... always complementary to functions. We do not go against the current, we are simply elsewhere.
TECHNOLOGY
We study innovative solutions in order to make each individual component more functional, up to screws and bolts. There is a thought in each of the solutions we create for every mechanism to work at its best and give us exhilarating performances. Innovation and avant-garde belong to us: they are not for us commercial slogans, but the must of our very existence.
Each Vyrus is a unique and precious object because it is associated and combined with a person. We are committed to know our client until we are able to embroider a Vyrus on him with his character. We enter symbiosis with our client, we interpret his desire and build his motorcycle. Only this it’s a Vyrus!
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VYRUS Motorcycle
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2023
Address
via Ausa 78, 47853, Cerasolo Ausa - Coriano (RN), Italy
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August 27, 2026