With the original bikes featuring the famed Taglioni trellis frame, a modern Scrambler with its matching frame and L-Twin engine was the perfect base. The TT project would now give him a chance to show off his metal working skills and build a production-styled racer for the street. Growing up a racer both on the track and in motocross, he’s highly skilled at setting up a bike to perform at its best, and since 2016 he’s also been building incredible customs for the public. So, when Christian from Reier Motors got his hands on a model version of a Ducati TT, he knew he had to bring one to life. Along with the 750SS and the 916, it is arguably Ducati’s most beloved production racer, but it has never gotten the credit it deserves. Based on production bikes, Ducati came out swinging in TT2 with a gorgeous fully faired machine that Tony Rutter (Father of current competitor Michael) rode to four world title victories and four TT wins.
Cafe racer seat full#
To come up with new categories for the event, the ACU formulated the TT classes 1, 2, and 3 to join the event and eventually become a full series. With the fatal loss of riders mounting, and popular champions like Agostini boycotting the event, by the time 1977 came around, the Isle of Man TT was no longer part of the world championship. Inspired by that Ducati TT1, Austria’s Reier Motors have taken a modern Ducati Scrambler and transformed it into a stunning homage to that race bike of old.
Many of the first TT Formula machines weren’t any better looking than previous efforts but leave it to the Italians to make sure they had a beautiful bike. But with the advent of the breakaway TT Formula race series, manufacturers were forced to homologate their machinery to compete, and with the Isle of Man the key race on the calendar, wind protection was now huge factor.
In the late ’70s, about the only motorcycles you saw with a full fairing were wearing aftermarket pieces that were both horribly heavy and as ugly as sin.
0 kommentar(er)
