Not the way to treat a Desmosedici

**Mental Trousers** · 14th November 2011, 21:55

I'm all for crazy designs and customizing the hell out of bikes, but this, to me, is criminal

**TIBLE_90** · 14th November 2011, 22:11

what a way to ruin an amazing bike. He should've just bought a dual purpose bike or dirt bike if he wanted to play in the mud.

**Mort** · 14th November 2011, 22:21

Saw that last week.... what a tragic waste...

**kiwifruit** · 14th November 2011, 22:33

I like it

**trustme** · 15th November 2011, 06:10

You guys need to get out more , take the blinkers off

Flat trackers & their derivative street trackers are some of the coolest most stripped back bikes you will ever see

Just my humble opinion..

If you don't get it

The coolest of them all

The King & his weapon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k8hJWKIVNs

**short-circuit** · 15th November 2011, 06:29

Fucking awesome - fairings are for homos

**Renegade** · 15th November 2011, 08:33

i like it, it takes a hell of a brave man to take a grinder to a piece of art like that.

All most a ducati dirt monster

**5150** · 15th November 2011, 08:41

Actually Chris Haldane Motorcycles has/had a 999 that was stripped and rebuilt as a dirt tracker. It was for sale and there are videos floating on Youtube of it being ridden/raced here in New Zealand

**Crasherfromwayback** · 15th November 2011, 08:46

Originally Posted by trustme

If you don't get it

The coolest of them all

The King & his weapon

Correct. If it was good enough 30+ years ago to turn a state of the art GP bike into a flat tracker, it's good enough now.

I'd love to own it.

**Scuba_Steve** · 15th November 2011, 08:55

Originally Posted by Mental Trousers

I'm all for crazy designs and customizing the hell out of bikes, but this, to me, is criminal

meh I think it's an improvement

**HenryDorsetCase** · 15th November 2011, 09:00

Originally Posted by Mental Trousers

I'm all for crazy designs and customizing the hell out of bikes, but this, to me, is criminal

Wrong. No Desmosedici's were harmed in the making of that motorcycle. If you read the feature in the magazine you will see they are at pains to point that out. It could be unbolted, and put back to stock.

the other point is that that bike is the guy's THIRD Desmosedici. Yes, THIRD: He has one in a crate, a rider, and this one, which was a repo. (He runs Ducati North America's finance company if I remember correctly: i.e. $$$)

Also, Lets not get too precious about it, eh? Its just a bloody motorbike, get on it and thrash the tits off it! Which they did.

**HenryDorsetCase** · 15th November 2011, 09:01

Originally Posted by 5150

Actually Chris Haldane Motorcycles has/had a 999 that was stripped and rebuilt as a dirt tracker. It was for sale and there are videos floating on Youtube of it being ridden/raced here in New Zealand

it was built for beach racing wasn't it? at the Burt Munro etc. It was very cool.

**HenryDorsetCase** · 15th November 2011, 09:02

Originally Posted by TIBLE_90

what a way to ruin an amazing bike. He should've just bought a dual purpose bike or dirt bike if he wanted to play in the mud.

so not the point.

**bogan** · 15th November 2011, 09:13

That's really cool!

I've heard of that guy before too, was he on nitro circus maybe?

Either way, far less of a waste than some plonker who buys one and stacks it into a tree