Remember watching Vin Diesel in the sci-fi Babylon A.D.? If you do, I pity the plight you had to sit through for it was a pile of steaming and smelly goo. But there was a motorcycle in it amongst other custom vehicles which obviously ended up in a crash, and it was nothing but a 1999 Yamaha R1 made by Frenchman, Ludovic Lazareth.

After the huge crash, Monsieur Lazereth worked his magic again to turn it into another monster with futuristic Café-Racer statements. It’s called the "Caferacer Lazareth - Back to the future" and it’s got the carbon all around it.

It’s a motorcycle yeah, but does it look like one? Hell no. Given the use of Bi-single arm in place of conventional forks makes it look weird, beautiful and, of course, original. Typical Lazareth style. This makes both ends have single-sided swingarms that are wrapped around 17” Triumph Daytona 955 wheels.

Then there are these custom built TFX Suspension units that find their place horizontally and are mounted in "double floating system" to apparently ensure progressiveness and improved efficiency.

Making all this work out is a heavily modified chassis unit that has also been cut short at the rear to accommodate the single saddle and a straight exhaust piece that is a cynosure in itself. The extend exhaust can get the Lazareth mark with the integrated LED brake light that has been running down like blood in all of his inventions.

Sweet.

The bodywork that falls on your eyes is all made of carbon-fiber including the panels, tail hump, belly pan and the outer shell of the aluminum fuel tank. The tank section deliberately tapers to show a glimpse of the velocity stacks of the inline-four engine that pulls air to a carburetor.

Naturally, Lazareth has equipped a host of high-performance parts like the Brembo brake calipers handling stopping duties and a smattering of Rizoma parts all across the build. The cockpit sports drag bars, bar-end mirrors, and an Acewell digital speedo.

If you wish to take charge of this (not your off-the-mill) bike, you can for a cool €50,000—which is $53,000 if you live on the other side of the Atlantic.

Have an eyebrow raised? What else did you expect it for? The price of two popsicles?