Dakar Look: Walt Siegl restyles the Ducati Hypermotard

It’s Dakar time right now, with over 160 motorcycles racing through Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina. The rally raid bikes have always looked good: they're extreme examples of form following function. Master builder and ex-racer Walt Siegl is a fan, too. “I’m always thrilled to see the brutal design of the Dakar bikes,” he says. And to prove it, he’s just built a stunning Ducati Hypermotard that transfers that aggressive style to the street. The project was commissioned by a European friend of Walt’s, over a three-hour coffee meeting in downtown LA. The brief was to give the Hyper “a bit...