A dedicated Ducatista has rebuilt his Ducati Monster S4RS with a bespoke titanium frame that knocks pounds off the weight whilst adding an equal amount of trick and acting as a rolling showcase for his business venture.StradaFab promises to build titanium frames for your Ducati Monster, Superbike, Sport Classic or Hypermotard. The Monster frame was made using Grade 9 titanium tubing. With the stock steel frame weighing in at 27lbs, the titanium version managed to be 12lbs lighter. The Quat-D exhaust is about 10lbs lighter too. All of this added up to 364lb (165kg) dry, almost 30lbs less than the claimed stock weight.
The full specification run down includes:- Titanium Headlight and Tail light brackets by StradaFab
- Painted Carbon Fiber seat by StradaFab
- Carbon Fiber and Aluminum clutch cover by StradaFab
- Paint by StradaFab
- Speedymoto top triple clamp
- Rizoma rearsets
- Rizoma mirrors
- Rizoma grips
- CNC Racing signals
- Quat-D Ex Box exhaust
- CNC Racing steering nut
- Tapered steering bearings
- Vortex 14T sprocket
- Driven clip-ons
- CRG Levers
- Rizoma bar ends
To achieve the cafe racer look a new tail section was fabricated.“I made the tail also. I had a vision of what I wanted this bike to look like, kind of cafe racerish, but I didn’t want one of those cafe tails that don’t fit very well. So I carved the tail out of foam, covered it with fiberglass and made a mold for the CF.”
The bike was displayed at the NCR Ducstock show (though unfortunately I failed to see it there).
If you like what you see, StradaFab will build you a frame for your Monster for $6,500 or sell you their rolling showcase for $32,500 (gulp).
Damn cool
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