https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/IqB9LShLFrdgOt_q8Ib19Nou3V3346EeeNVuJTdAWsE?feat=directlink (https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/IqB9LShLFrdgOt_q8Ib19Nou3V3346EeeNVuJTdAWsE?feat=directlink)
Very nice custom Ducati Hillclimber shown at this year's Motorcycle Concours at Villa d'Este. Check out the story of the bike and the man behind the build over at Il Ducatista here: http://ilducatista.wordpress.com/2012/05/29/alain-wicki-ducati-hillclimber-study/ (http://ilducatista.wordpress.com/2012/05/29/alain-wicki-ducati-hillclimber-study/)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-C7B5B2zGcxE/T8O7kRNsnjI/AAAAAAAABtU/tHsYBp88a9U/s640/DSC_5108.JPG)
^ WOW [drool]
Very nice [thumbsup]
Not what I was expecting at all.
Very very nice! But doesnt a hillclimber have a swing arm thats like twice that length?
Wicked!
Quote from: memper on May 29, 2012, 01:08:50 PM
But doesnt a hillclimber have a swing arm thats like twice that length?
Typically, yes.
Interesting take on a Sport 1000.
betcha that tank doesn't expand...
Quote from: zooom on May 29, 2012, 01:48:08 PM
betcha that tank doesn't expand...
betcha my pants are. That thing is pregnant dogin.
Very nice but is NOT a hillclimber.
Quote from: Timmy Tucker on May 29, 2012, 02:37:54 PM
betcha my pants are. That thing is pregnant dogin.
Well played, sir. Well played. [coffee]
SCHWING !!!!
[thumbsup]
Quote from: Ducatamount on May 29, 2012, 04:08:42 PM
Very nice but is NOT a hillclimber.
In the traditional context, but Pikes Peak is considered a hill climb, so it might work there. ;)
New Background! The baby blue and the black powder coat are pregnant doging. The attention to detail is amazing. I wish i had the cash for those rizoma pee cups, they are soo purty looking.
Thats make the beast with two backsing awesome [bacon] [drool] [drink]
^ What he said.
Extremely cool, but I was expecting a six-foot swingarm, knobbies, and a dirt bike fork....
the exbox-bellypan transition is seamless looking, very well done.
Just because someone spent hundreds of hours on a bike doesn't mean it's beautiful.
That's easily one of the top 5 most repulsive bikes I've ever seen. There's nothing 'thought out' or harmonious about it. I wonder if custom Ducatis are becoming the next chopper trend.
someone's drinkin the hater-aid!!!
For reference.
Excellent:
(http://anthonyparker1.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/img_9558.jpg)
Fantastic:
(http://vanishingpointbikes.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/5102191843_350a3cdce9_b.jpg)
Horrible:
(http://www.duccutters.com/JVB-Moto-FlatRed/Originals/FlatRedPhoto.jpg)
F@cking awesome:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PDQz4AI1YCQ/Tl4VH1cfICI/AAAAAAAAC90/Gvt-LSbihss/s640/Ducati-Multistrada-Special-a1.jpg)
Stupid times ten:
(http://motorbike-search-engine.co.uk/Custom/ducati-monster-custom.jpg)
Damn cool:
(http://thisbikerslife.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/ducati-monster-s2r-1000.jpg)
And one more good 'un:
(http://www.bikeexif.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ducati-monster-900.jpg)
Compare these to the 'Hillclimber' and I don't think that bike measures up at all.
meh. i hate some of the lines on the radical bikes though. like the often ridiculously positioned seats and droopy front fairing.
Quote from: hillbillypolack on June 11, 2012, 06:50:34 PM
For reference.
Compare these to the 'Hillclimber' and I don't think that bike measures up at all.
IDK, man. I think your taste and my taste are way different.
The only bike I really liked out of those is the blue one.
I think that hill climb bike is waaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy nicer.
and for what it's worth...I hate choppers.
agreed. aesthetics is very personal. every model and modified model below the SBK Factory Corse/Corsa/RS models (996RS, 998RS, 999RS, 1098RS) are a bit "tame" and "pedestrian" in one vein (that means all the showroom models essentially... just the limited/specials like the Supermono and MH900e beyond the factory race bikes), but then again I very much understand the thought process "i sure do like cafe-bobbers, but I do loathe the lackluster performance of the traditional triumph power plant and don't like the setup of a harley-type v-twin.... what platform would be more fun to have at the center than a ducati?"