Dab Motors x The Bloody Beetrots LM-S
The DAB Motors x The Bloody Beetroots LM-S limited edition motorcycle is the result of a collision between two rebel disciplines: custom motorcycle engineering from the Basque country and the theatrical, genre-defying electronic music of Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo. DAB Motors began as a custom garage building exceptional trackers in northern Spain before evolving into a fully homologated motorcycle manufacturer, capable of delivering legally road-registered custom machines directly from their factory. When their path crossed with The Bloody Beetroots, the outcome was one of the most distinctive collaboration motorcycles produced in the modern custom era.
DAB Motors: From Basque Garage to Motorcycle Manufacturer
The transition DAB Motors made from custom shop to certified manufacturer is rare in the motorcycle world. Building a custom motorcycle is one skill; building custom motorcycles that pass homologation requirements and can be legally registered for road use in multiple markets is another entirely. DAB Motors achieved this by investing in factory infrastructure and engineering rigour without sacrificing the design individuality that made their early tracker builds notable. Each machine that leaves their facility is a fully documented, warrantied, road-legal motorcycle, not a show piece that lives on a stand.
The Bloody Beetroots: Music Career and Creative Vision
Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo, the creative force behind The Bloody Beetroots, has spent over a decade building a career that defies genre classification. Trained in classical music before turning to electronic production, he has collaborated with artists from Paul McCartney to ZHU, performed at major festivals across every continent, and built a visual identity as distinctive as his sound. The mask he performs behind has become one of electronic music's most recognisable symbols, and the same appetite for bold, confrontational aesthetics that defines his stage presence informed his approach to the LM-S collaboration with DAB Motors.
The LM-S: A 500cc Collector's Motorcycle in Ten Units
The LM-S is built around a 500cc single-cylinder engine, a thumping, characterful unit that suits the tracker DNA of the base machine. Produced in a series of just ten examples, each unit comes personally signed by both Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo and Simon Dabadie, DAB Motors' co-founder. That combination of mechanical quality, extreme scarcity, and dual provenance from two creative figures at the peak of their respective fields makes the LM-S as credible as a collectible object as it is as a motorcycle. DAB Motors has documented the collaboration extensively, and for context on the broader collector motorcycle market, Bike EXIF remains the definitive reference.
TheArsenale carries the DAB 1 Alpha TheArsenale Edition, the premium electric evolution of the DAB Motors platform, available exclusively through TheArsenale. The full range of bespoke and collectible motorcycles is available in the TheArsenale motorcycle collection, alongside machines such as the Blacktrack BT01 Carbon.
