Ducati groups up with the long-lasting streetwear label Supreme, an F1 exhaust engineer builds a rowdy Triumph Thruxton café racer, Function Constructed Moto customizes the Royal Enfield Interceptor 650, and CFMoto teases a retro-inspired sportbike. Which one would you are taking house?
The restricted version Supreme Ducati Streetfighter V4 S Should you’re a Ducatisti with a love for iconic streetwear manufacturers and $50,000 burning a gap in your pocket, rejoice. The Italian marque has teamed up with seasoned livery designer Aldo Drudi, and New York streetwear label Supreme, to launch a collector’s version Ducati Streetfighter V4. And it’s fairly probably their cheekiest restricted version machine but.
The Drudi x Ducati x Supreme Streetfighter comes sizzling on the heels of Ducati’s Senna Monster SP. However whereas Ayrton Senna’s connection to Ducati is well-documented, the motorbike producer has zero historical past with Supreme (not less than, none that we all know of).
Admittedly, the Streetfighter wears the Drudi-designed crimson and white striped livery properly—though anybody who isn’t gaga for Supreme would most likely desire it with out the branding. The actual kicker although, is what Ducati is charging for this specific Streetfighter, and what that cash will get you.
A inventory Streetfighter V4 S will set you again $27,595 within the USA; significantly lower than the Supreme version’s $50k asking worth. Usually that additional outlay would cowl a handful of swish elements to sweeten the deal—just a little carbon fiber right here, a high-end exhaust system there. Not on this case.
That $22,405 additional will get you a livery, in depth Supreme branding, white wheels, and crimson paint on the entrance brake calipers. The bike is available in a branded picket crate with a certificates of authenticity and an equipment equipment (contents undefined), however that’s it.
Naturally, the Drudi x Supreme x Ducati collaboration goes additional with unique rider gear, and a capsule assortment of attire that can be bought through Supreme’s channels somewhat than Ducati’s. And that’s the place this collaboration makes essentially the most sense.
Proudly owning an overpriced Streetfighter slathered in streetwear branding will probably solely enchantment to a handful of motorbike riders. However streetwear with a throwback 90s vibe and large, daring Ducati logos throughout it’ll promote like hotcakes to fashionistas. [Ducati]
Triumph Thruxton R by Hitchcox Bikes Tom Hitchcox has a reasonably superior day job; he’s an exhaust engineer for a Formulation One group. He’s additionally into bikes, which is why he launched Hitchcox Bikes, which makes a speciality of each made-to-order and ready-to-wear exhaust methods for Triumph fashionable classics.
This Triumph Thruxton R venture began out as a easy exhaust job, however issues snowballed. The Thruxton did get its customized exhaust; a beautiful twin header system, fabricated out of titanium with hidden louvered cores to regulate the noise. However it was additionally handled to a bunch of different adjustments.
Out again, Tom reduce and looped the body, then topped it off with a super-slim saddle. The OEM tank remains to be in play, however it, and the body, have been stripped naked and clear-coated for defense. Maxton rebuilt the suspension to the rider’s weight and using type, with a cartridge equipment for the entrance forks and beefy, all-black shocks out again. The forks additionally sport contemporary Ti and anodized finishes, whereas the engine and swingarm are blacked out.
Dave Wooden Racing lent a hand with stripping the bike and prepping it for the finishes earlier than issues as soon as once more snowballed. Whereas determining methods to circumnavigate the Triumph’s CAN Bus system to allow a speedo swap, Dave steered ditching the CAN Bus altogether—together with a lot of the wiring. The bike now makes use of a brand new wiring harness with a small ECU and a Motogadget controller, plus it runs with carbs and has no traction management or ABS.
Different adjustments embrace a reworked prime yoke with clip-on bars, Galfer brake discs, Hel Efficiency traces, and tidy upholstery from Hurly Customized Seats. The result’s a lean and imply Thruxton café racer that’s all enterprise. [Source]
Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 by Function Constructed Moto Our associates on The Gold Coast have confirmed time and time once more that they’re able to constructing wild customized bikes. However generally, a consumer’s temporary requires one thing extra delicate—like this tastefully fettled Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 scrambler.
The construct landed in Function Constructed Moto’s lap after their consumer had made a primary spherical of adjustments. He’d made adjustments to the tank, swapped out the facet panels, and put in a set of huge Renthal bars. The bike had an aftermarket exhaust on two—a rowdy low-slung setup from Dustland Moto.
The primary merchandise on Function Constructed Moto’s checklist was a wide-wheel conversion. Utilizing Excel rims and Pirelli Scorpion Rally tires, the blokes transformed the entrance wheel to 17×3.5” and the rear wheel to 17×5.0”. Subsequent, they modified certainly one of their off-the-shelf rear fenders to behave as a entrance fender.
Shifting to the bike’s tail part, PBM trimmed and tidied the rear loop, then added a easy tail tidy with three-in-one PBM LEDs to deal with taillight and switch sign duties. The inventory seat was stripped, re-shaped, after which recovered to vary the profile of the bike.
A 7” LED headlight sits up entrance, mounted on new brackets with LED flip indicators doubling up as mounting bolts; the entire above is from PBM’s on-line catalog. Ending touches embrace leather-wrapped grips and bar-end mirrors, with a killer Nardo Gray paint job from Popbang Classics.
Positive, this Royal Enfield is toned down in comparison with a few of PBM’s earlier work. However generally, that’s precisely what the temporary requires. [Purpose Built Moto | Images by Tristan Tolley]
CFMoto 500SR Voom The Chinese language motorbike producer CFMoto has been as much as some attention-grabbing stuff these days. One sizzling matter is the corporate’s much-anticipated 500SR—a 500 cc inline-four sportbike that, till now, has solely been teased as a camouflaged prototype.
Now CFMoto has given us a clearer take a look at the 500SR, by revealing a home market-only variant of it; the 500SR Voom.
Particulars on the 500SR Voom (and the ‘common’ 500SR) are sparse, and the bike has largely been teased through CFMoto’s social media channels. However there are some things we are able to garner from the obtainable photographs—beginning with how good it appears to be like for a manufacturing bike. CFMoto has nailed the stability between neo and retro, making a machine that evokes just a little nostalgia with out falling into pastiche territory.
The black, white, and gold shade scheme is gorgeous, the gold wheels are a slick contact, and the bike’s proportions are flawless. The extra you dig, the extra there’s to find—like the truth that the spherical lights up entrance aren’t headlights, however somewhat daytime working lights that encircle air intakes.
Cycle World has finished a incredible deep dive on the 500SR Voom, noting that though CFMoto claims that this can be a China-only mannequin, the TFT show that’s seen within the bike’s teaser video has English textual content on it. Does that imply that the 500SR Voom will make it to different elements of the world? We will solely hope. [Images via]
