Picasso bike to star at EICMA in Milan

For more than a century, the Esposizione Internazionale Ciclo Motociclo e Accessori has been where the industry’s most influential machines are revealed to the world. From racing legends to groundbreaking concepts, EICMA has served as the proving ground for new technology, new vision and new competition. Against that backdrop, the Swiss company has chosen Milan to reveal a motorcycle that challenges long-held assumptions about how frames are built, how bikes adapt to riders and how the future of flat track could look.

Picasso Engineering, based in Switzerland, has been well known as a supercar manufacturer previously, but the OMT 450c is its bold leap into competitive motorcycle design. At its heart lies an idea that belongs as much to aerospace as to motorsport: that a bike chassis can be engineered not as a rigid constant but as a dynamic element, tuned and tailored to meet the demands of every track.

The OMT 450c’s fully carbon fibre frame embraces this principle. Thanks to its unique design, the structure delivers zones of progressive stiffness, flexing where compliance improves control and holding firm where stability is essential. It is a frame that guides rather than resists, translating feedback with a sensitivity that conventional materials rarely achieve. The design includes modular elements so that different beam modules can be swapped to tailor performance to different tracks and rider styles.

Powering this radical chassis is a proven Honda 450cc single-cylinder four-stroke engine, ensuring power and reliability with the support of one of the world’s best-known manufacturers.

For a company introducing its first motorcycle, the choice of EICMA is deliberate. The Milan show draws hundreds of thousands of visitors and the full attention of the global industry, from factory teams to independent builders and media from every corner of the world. It is where trends are defined and futures are forecast. By taking the OMT 450c into this arena, Picasso Engineering is making it clear that is a race-ready platform, designed to compete, to evolve and to influence.

“Our ambition with the OMT 450c was to redefine what a racing motorcycle can be,” said Stefano Picasso, founder of Picasso Engineering. “Not just faster, but more adaptable, more intelligent, more in harmony with the rider and the track. EICMA is the best place to make that statement, as we forge an innovative path in the world of two wheels.”

As the OMT 450c takes its place among the world’s most important motorcycle debuts in Milan, it represents both a breakthrough in technology and a declaration of intent. Picasso Engineering is no longer simply a car specialist; it is a constructor ready to compete on the world stage of flat track racing. With competitive testing already in development, the OMT 450c is poised to become more than a race bike. It is the beginning of a new way of thinking about how motorcycles are built, tuned and raced, with a ground-breaking road legal version set to be introduced next year.

EICMA 2025 is being held at Fiera Milano in Rho from November 4-9. The first two days (November 4-5) are reserved for press and trade visitors. Public access begins on November 6.