DNF: Street-Legal Nürburgring-er from XTR Pepo… While owning and operating a custom motorcycle workshop may seem like an absolute dream from the outside of the fence, if you talk to any custom bike builder, you’ll […]
Tag: Ducati Monster
Ducati Bastardo: 996-Powered Custom Bike
Motocicletta Unica: “Ducati Bastardo” from Poland’s Moto Meccanica 2M… Few marques in the history of motoring inspire passion like Ducati. The motorcycles of the Bologna-based brand just feel alive in a way few machines […]
XTR Pepo: Ducati 999 Tricolore
In 1988, Ducati unleashed the Desmoquattro 851 engine, the first desmodromic twin with liquid-cooling, four valves per cylinder, and electronic fuel injection. The engine found its way into one of the iconic sports bikes of […]
Light to Black: “Lucenera” Ducati Monster 600 Special
LUCENERA: A tribute to the “Shape” of Light… Luca Pozzato is the headman of GP Design, a Turin-based workshop known for creating turning motorcycles into jewels of contemporary design. His recent Ducati 1260 Diavel “Mu” […]
Ducati Banshee: 350cc Two-Stroke Monster
A Japanese-Italian Smoker from Moto Vera… Yamaha’s aptly-named Banshee 350 is one of the most legendary quads of all time. Introduced in 1987, it earned a cult following for the staggering pump-gas power potential […]
ONESPEED RACER: Ducati Monster S4 Café Racer
Alpha Moto builds a GP-inspired Monster… By the year 2000, the air-cooled Ducati Monster 900 — the Italian factory’s best-selling machine — was growing long in the tooth, losing traction to a crop of ever […]
On The Prowl: Ducati Monster S4 Custom
P.M. Motorbike sharpens the fangs of an aging Monster… When Ducati introduced the Monster S4 in 2001, it was more than the next evolution of the company’s iconic air-cooled factory streetfighter — it was a […]
Italian for Blown: Turbo Ducati 916 “Soffiato”
Black Cycles Australia builds a Turbo Ducati! In 2001, the Ducati Monster S4 was the first of Bologna’s beloved Monsters to receive a liquid-cooled L-Twin heart transplant from the superbike side of the factory, and […]
Unico Stealth: Ducati Monster S4R Testastretta
Paint it Black: Unico Moto builds a Monster S4R café racer… The Ducati Monster S4R Testastretta brought the Italian brand’s experience in the World Superbike Championship to the ever-popular Monster platform. The race-tested L-twin Testastretta […]
Duconda 400: Honda-Ducati Cafe Racer!
A Japanese-Italian love story from Black Cycles Australia… Introduced in 1977, the Honda CB400T was the successor to the CB360. Better known as the Honda Hawk (US) or Dream (UK), the twin-cylinder CB400 offered a […]
