Unusual to see three well done customs pop up at the same moment, as “well done” can be pretty subjective. While customs are not RSBFS’s specialty, this trio of black Ducatis caught my eye, and maybe you’ll enjoy them as well.
Three Custom Ducatis ( Black ) for sale on eBay
2007 Ducati 696 Monster Cafe Racer
This 2007 Ducati 696 Monster Cafe Racer has a Sport 1000 flavor with retro badged and striped half-fairing. Lots of new parts in the cockpit and neat monoposto looking seat. Freshly serviced, the Monster-based bike should be a sharp handler.
One of a kind built at Beverly Hills Ducati. The bike is a 2007 Ducati 695 Monster. New Build includes 1970’s style Custom SS fairing w/clear wind screen (both tank and fairing are custom painted with Vintage Ducati emblems and racing stripe). Front end includes new clip-ons, Rizoma grips, Rizoma resevoirs, Rizoma mirror, Brembo slave cylinders & CRG adjustable levers. Also included, Fresh tuneup, New brake pads, New rear sets, new tires, High tech speed superbright l.e.d. turn signals, Custom made café seat & High performance Leo Vince exhausts.
2007 Ducati Sport 1000S Custom
The exquisitely photographed 2007 Sport 1000S is pared down to the bare minimum but finished to a very high level. With no carbon or billet parts, all the magic here has a vintage look, though many of the hard parts are from later Ducatis.
The Portland-based builder, Digital Directiv, states:
Many builders like to take pride in doing everything themselves, but at the expense of the final product. I’m not one of those guys. Everything has to be perfect and if someone is an expert at what they do, I’m not afraid to involve them in the project. That’s why I recruited some of the best in the business to help me out. Chris from Masic Industries was enlisted to refinish every nut and bolt back to factory new condition and the only one I trust to coat the mildly-modified frame and wheels. Also done there was the mirror-like polishing of every aluminum part including the engine covers. All seams and casting marks were removed before many of the parts received a brushed finish; a feature also taken from the unique MH. Jeff Johnson of Ill Eagle Designs hand-formed the one piece aluminum solo tail section that mounts using the stock seat latch for easy removal. He also adapted the Monster 1100 headers into an amazing underseat exhaust capped by Cone Engineering cans. Ginger from New Church Moto was the only choice to make the sexy hand-stitched suede seat and matching pad. Tying it all together is the bottomless black and charcoal paint laid down by Tony’s Customs.
Using more carbon fiber and powder coating than the others combined, this 2008 Ducati 1098 is re-finished and upgraded, previously the owner’s track bike. Every system has been overhauled and / or upgraded, and comprehensive maintenance makes it seem ready to go.
Too much to list here, but the owner makes these comments in the eBay auction:
The sale of the bike will include the following OEM/Extra parts: Passenger seat, Passenger rearsets, OEM rear midnight black seat, Extra set of carbon fiber mid-side fairings.
I’m the second owner, the bike has been maintained throughout its life at Ducati AMS Dallas.
The following has been recently done to it – Past 3000 miles or so. Yes this Ducati visits the track, thus the upkeep and upgrades.
Though it rarely results in more value, sometimes a bike has to be refinished if not rebuilt. Laid down or just run out, it’s the owner’s opportunity to try something, a combination of components or finishes that wasn’t available from the factory that year. These three bikes have a lot of personality as well as a very professional presentation. If the right cyclist comes along, and does their homework, everyone could wind up happy.
– donn
