Publication date: fall 2020
Driving fun on wide tires
Ali Shabani is hardly on the street with the custom bike when passers-by approach him: "Looks cool," "Can I take a picture?" - the converted DXP catches the eye. The DXP spent the first seven years of its vehicle life at Swiss Post in Frauenfeld, covering over 24,000 kilometers. Then it came back to KYBURZ for the 2ndLife program and thus into the hands of Ali Shabani.
Experience in vehicle tuning Ali Shabani is a service technician and usually takes care of private and postal vehicles' repairs. He has been working at KYBURZ for ten years and completed an apprenticeship as a production mechanic there last year. Together with colleagues, he has already individually modified several cars and motorcycles. Because of his vehicle tuning experience, he received the order to create a unique eye-catcher for the KYBURZ booth at the "SWISS-MOTO," the largest Swiss meeting place for the motorcycle industry. "The only specification was that it had to be silvery. Otherwise, I had a free hand," Ali Shabani tells us.
There were enough ideas; Ali Shabani quickly started to redesign the chassis,
rebuilt the steering head, mounted a special handlebar, and much more. A co-worker at home
stored surplus rims from a 1980s BMW E30, which were now needed for the widened chassis.
Was needed. A new seat was also needed to get the design right, as Ali Shabani reveals with a broad smile.
Ali Shabani reveals with a broad smile: "The handling is already relatively sporty. Thanks to the wide wheelbase and the wide, low-profile tires, the car is much harder to drive, and you can corner pretty quickly.
you need a seat with lateral support."
Limited edition
The engine has remained unchanged, but the range of 40 to 50 kilometers and the
top speed of 45 km/h can be extended much more sportily with Ali's custom bike. The plug
for recharging is hidden under a Golf 1 tank cap. Anyone interested in the KYBURZ DXS
2ndLife can experience the unique driving experience on a test drive. The vehicle is offered for 19'999
Swiss francs - only five units will be built. "The KYBURZ company is very open to new ideas,"
Ali Shabani says, "I have already converted a go-kart to electric drive in my private life. Martin Kyburz thought that was
Kyburz thought that was great and supported the project. He said that you can always learn something, and that good idea can come out of it." Ali Shabani still has many ideas. And he also has an order for another conversion. The only requirement is that the vehicle must reach at least 100 kilometers per hour.