SCM 1.0 Ducati Monster custom

I’m not quite sure what to make of this bike, but it’s certainly thought-provoking. Months ago, Simone Conti of Italy sent through some blurry, tentative snaps. And now the bike has just been professionally shot for an Italian magazine. This is 24-year-old Conti’s first custom design—and he’s jumped right into the deep end. The motor is from a Ducati Monster 900 i.e. but the rest is almost completely hand-built. Conti measured the original Monster trellis frame, and used the geometry to create his own frame with an AutoCAD program. This was then cut with a CNC machine and assembled into...