If the Ducati Monster starts out naked, it often only gets more so, and more stylized, in the hands of the world’s master custom builders. The Monster line covers a range of bikes from the smaller 400cc entry-level version to the superbike version with 160hp. Collectively, they account for a major chunk of Ducati sales.
Designed to offer Ducati performance minus the sport bike aesthetic and rider demands, Miguel Angel Galluzzi’s iconic design has spawned many variations on the theme. The design has also put an endless stream of ideas into the heads of builder everywhere; Monsters have been the basis for cafe racers, street tracker builds, and even a few dark strangers you might see in a Batman movie.
The S4R has got to be one of Ducati’s greatest hits. The water-cooled Monster used a retuned DOHC 996 engine with eight valves and a stout 113 hp, weighed just 425 pounds (193 kilos) dry, and sported a single-sided swingarm. And it was good for over 145 mph (235 kph). The S4R can still hold…
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You could call it a mongrel, or a parts bin special—but we reckon this unusual Ducati is one of the cleverest and most original builds we’ve seen for a long time. It uses parts from several very different Ducatis, and comes from an Englishman called Chris Dedman. He lives in the ancient market town of…
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The Ducati Monster is one of motorcycling’s greatest success stories. Miguel Galluzzi’s brainchild first rolled out of the factory in 1993, and has remained part of the Bologna line-up ever since. Even 26 years on, the DNA of the original M900 is still very visible in the Monster range—and it’s especially clear in the entry…
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The Ducati Monster is one of the best-selling motorcycles in Europe. It’s been around for over a quarter of a century, and some 300,000 have been sold worldwide since 1993. So why don’t we see more custom Monsters? Probably because the bike is so good straight out of the box, and almost everyone loves the…
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Read more »If you could cherry-pick parts from different models of the same marque, what would you build? For Kris Reniers of Belgium, the…
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