Ducati 900SS by Walt Siegl

Every few months I receive word of a new bike from the New Hampshire workshop of Walt Siegl. And it’s always a treat to behold—like this custom Ducati 900SS, nicknamed the ‘Riviera Ducati’. Walt’s been working night and day on it for four months now, and it’s a beauty. Power comes from a torquey 900SS air-cooled V-twin, upgraded from 904 to 944 cc with a big bore kit (and given a further boost with a carburetor upgrade to 39 mm flat slides). Walt is an old-school craftsman of many abilities, so he also built the frame—using .065' chromoly steel—and the...