Jerem Bikes leads the cost with a classy Ducati Monster café racer this week, whereas XTR Pepo delivers a basic Ducati endurance racer to beat all. On the information entrance, we take a look at the Moto Guzzi V7 Stone Ten, and the 2024 Husqvarna Svartpilen 401 and Vitpilen 401.
Ducati Monster S2R 1000 by Jerem Bikes Though Jérémie Duchampt doesn’t solely customise Ducatis, he has the magic contact in the case of Italian equipment. This time round, he’s taken a Ducati Monster S2R 1000 and turned it into an aggressive café racer with an outstanding inexperienced and silver livery.
Jérémie’s Monster retains its signature OEM wheels however swaps out its suspension for beefier parts. The entrance forks are off a Ducati Diavel AMG version, as is the entrance fender. The rear shock is a repurposed WP Suspension unit.
The S2R’s Brembo brakes didn’t want changing, however Jérémie needed to fabricate spacers to match the entrance discs to the broader Diavel forks. New brake strains from Actual Engineering add a smidgen extra stopping energy.
Jérémie rebuilt the Monster’s motor, placing it again along with a high-temperature black end and a clear clutch cowl from CNC Racing. The exhaust headers are blacked-out too, and the unique twin mufflers have given technique to a single carbon fiber Termignoni can.
Perched on prime of the modified subframe is a carbon fiber tail unit with a leather-based and Alcantara seat. The best way it’s sculpted to match the inventory gasoline tank makes the entire association look manufacturing unit—and the way in which the raised seat peak juxtaposes the lowered entrance finish offers it an unapologetically aggressive stance. A Paolo Tex headlight fairing and a fiberglass stomach pan end off the bodywork.
The working gear features a Koso LED headlight, LED entrance flip indicators, and three-in-one LEDs performing as taillights and rear flip indicators. The cockpit options clip-ons with bar-end mirrors, and an attention grabbing AviaCompositi sprint that sports activities a yellow face and a carbon fiber housing.
Jérémie’s even handed use of inexperienced and silver deserves one other point out—as does the way in which that he’s completed sure elements in black to enhance the colourful bits. If we had our method, we’d persuade him to construct a small manufacturing run of Monsters on this model. [Jerem Motorcycles Instagram]
Ducati endurance racer by XTR Pepo This fabulous retro endurance racer comes from the wild creativeness of Pepo Rosell—higher often known as XTR Pepo. The temporary got here from a buyer who wished to partake in basic endurance races, and sought a motorcycle within the vein of the legendary Ducati 851 to take action on. However reasonably than supply and hack up an unique 851, Pepo went forward and constructed the gnarliest elements bin particular we’ve ever seen.
The body and engine are each Ducati Monster items, however they didn’t come from the identical bike. Pepo began with a Monster 600 body, then bolstered the daylights out of it. The subframe is a real race-spec aluminum Ducati 851 unit, and the swingarm is one other Monster half.
Shifting the entrance finish, Pepo put in a set of Monster 900 yokes with the forks and wheel from a Ducati ST3. A {custom} linkage and a YSS shock deal with rear suspension duties, with one other ST3 wheel mounted out again. Pepo pieced the brakes collectively utilizing repurposed Ducati Brembo parts, with upgraded rotors, pads, and hoses.
For the engine, Pepo took the 998 cc L-twin mill from a Ducati S4RS Testastretta, and rebuilt it with a blueprinted backside finish, a lightened flywheel, and Ducati 999 throttle our bodies with a Walbro gasoline pump. The engine additionally advantages from a custom-made airbox and a slipper clutch. Many of the wiring loom comes from a Ducati 998, with two ECUs that break up engine mapping and normal electrical duties.
For the bodywork, Pepo put in an 851 fairing on {custom} fairing stays, then retrofitted it with a single headlight, borrowed from a Cagiva Mito 125 II Eddie Lawson reproduction. The gasoline tank is a {custom} fiberglass half, and the tail is a modified Ducati 888 unit. Every little thing is wrapped in the one livery we may think about on a motorcycle of this pedigree; a basic Tricolore scheme, laid down by Artenruta.
Survey the bike, and also you’ll additionally spot XTR Pepo clip-ons, an AviaCompositi sprint, Ducabike rear-sets, a Ducati 1098 fender, an XTR Pepo rear hugger, and an entire lot extra. The exhaust system is especially tasty—it matches a set of {custom} headers to a pair of Silmotor Raymond Roche reproduction mufflers.
We will solely assume that Pepo’s shopper is comfortable—as a result of we’d be happy as punch if this was our observe day weapon. Bravo, Pepo! [Source]
Moto Guzzi V7 Stone Ten Moto Guzzi is the most recent main producer to money in on an anniversary with a commemorative bike. The event is the tenth birthday of the Moto Guzzi Proud House owners Membership—a worldwide homeowners membership that boasts 50,000 members. And the bike is the Moto Guzzi V7 Stone Ten.
Like most particular version bikes, the Moto Guzzi V7 Stone Ten is successfully only a common Moto Guzzi V7 Stone with a recent paint job (and some particular elements). That’s not a horrible factor although—the 853 cc fashionable basic may not be the zippiest bike on the road, however its transversal V-twin engine has oodles of character, and it’s a beautiful bike.
The Moto Guzzi V7 Stone Ten trades the flat colours that the V7 Stone comes out in for a sporty black and white livery with purple accents. An offset checkered stripe runs excessive of the gasoline tank, whereas purple pinstripes hook up with purple stitching on the saddle. The shock springs, tank badges, and wheel logos are all completed in purple.
Additionally included on the V7 Stone Ten are an anodized aluminum gasoline cap and bar-end mirrors. The engine’s valve covers sport a particular graphite-colored end, whereas the throttle physique covers are anodized black.
The sportbike-esque Arrow mufflers are a pleasant contact too. They not solely look good, but additionally liberate an additional 1.3 hp and an additional 2 Nm of torque.
All this may value you the tidy sum of $9,990 within the US. That’s $800 greater than the common V7 Stone—which isn’t too unhealthy when you think about that the Arrow mufflers alone possible value far more than that. [Moto Guzzi]
2024 Husqvarna Svartpilen 401 and Vitpilen 401 The Husqvarna Svartpilen 401 and Vitpilen 401 have gone largely unchanged since they hit the scene practically six years in the past. However now that KTM has up to date the bike that they’re primarily based on—the KTM Duke 390—the Pilen twins have adopted go well with.
That signifies that each bikes get the Duke 390’s all-new metal trellis body, with an aluminum swingarm and WP suspension at each ends. The adjustments lead to an extended wheelbase and a barely decrease seat peak, which ought to make for a extra steady experience. Extra importantly, the Vitpilen has shed its uncomfortably low clip-ons for a much more smart set of avenue bars.
The brand new 399 cc engine is nice for 45 hp, with facilities like ByBre brakes, Bosch ABS, switchable rider modes, clutchless shifting, LED lighting, and a 5” bonded glass TFT show.
Each bikes sport revised styling, whereas nonetheless retaining hints of the basic Pilen aesthetic. Notable adjustments embody the relocation of the license plate from behind the rear wheel to a extra conventional tail-mounted placement, a much less blocky design for the first plastics, and a good, underslung exhaust design.
The 2 bikes are nonetheless set aside by distinctive styling variations. The scrambler-like Svartpilen 401 [above] is completed in a mixture of black and olive hues, with a slim entrance fender, a headlight nacelle, a baggage rack on prime of the gasoline tank, a rear seize deal with, and a slim bash plate. The Vitpilen wears a stark black-and-white paint job with yellow striping, and a chunkier entrance fender that appears to be borrowed from the Vitpilen Aero idea that debuted a while in the past.
Moreover, the Svartpilen 401 will get laced wheels with Pirelli Scorpion Rally STR tires, whereas the Vitpilen 401 [below] has alloy hoops with Michelin Energy 6 rubber.
Whereas the Pilen design was overdue for a refresh, we’re undecided all of the adjustments work. The longer tail throws out the compact, BMX-like styling of the unique bikes, and the brand new trellis body doesn’t look fairly as impactful because the outdated one. The coolant reservoir poking out on the right-hand aspect of the bike is a little bit of an eyesore too.
That stated, we’re nonetheless desirous to take it across the block. We’re followers of the nimble nature of the outgoing Svartpilen 401 and Vitpilen 401, and it’s clear that Husqvarna got down to enhance the formulation reasonably than mess with it. There’s just one technique to discover out if it labored… [Husqvarna]
