so here is one that caught my eye,
one of my favorite marques, a Ducati, but not just any old Ducati, this creation is from Vitaliy Selyukov of St Petersburg’s Balamutti
workshop and he’s been burning the midnight oil to finish this wicked street
bike,
with his obvious love of Ducati’s he’s combined
an unusual combination, a 996 and a Hypermotard, with a little Monster thrown
in to truly capture the Frankenstein effect. The result is a hard charging,
lightweight sports bike with the personality turned up to maximum effect, he
calls her Neytiri, it is important to remember that in many countries the
ability to restore a bike back to original condition is drastically hampered by
parts supply,
then factor in the extra
premiums associated with doing a restoration on a truly exotic machine,
shipping costs, insurance problems, lack of an official importer and you can be
left with few other choices than to make the most of what you have, he
can and he did!
the brakes are from the
factory superbike, but here is a totally new take on twin disc brakes, “The two front
brake discs are located on the right side of the wheel, making them invisible
at first sight, I paid
particular attention to painting Neytiri. With help from Anton from the
octopus_art_aerografia paint shop, we spent a lot of time deciding on which
basic colours and graphics would work for the bike. I wanted to emphasize the
strict lines of the bike’s tail so that it won’t get lost in the overall
appearance of the motorcycle" as a result, Neytiri took on a superb deep blue
with bright orange fluorescent accents,
the dual-spark,
1100cc lump of Ducati’s finest air-cooled interations, that MCN magazine called
the “perfect motorcycle engine.” has been fitted up with a screaming SC-Project
exhaust, Vitaliy stripped out all of the unrequired wiring and other extras and
the featherlight machine is absolutely stunning, would I like it? you bet! you can follow more of Balamutti here on this Instagram page. what a stunning machine!
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