If you could cherry-pick parts from different models of the same marque, what would you build" For Kris Reniers of Belgium, the answer is this traffic-stopping Ducati racer.
Kris runs Deep Creek Cycleworks, based in the small town of Deepenbeek, near the Dutch border. (You guessed: ‘Deep Creek’ is a loose translation of the town’s name.) You could technically call his customized Ducati a Frankenbike, bitsa or parts-bin special. But none of those seem fair, when you consider how beautifully coherent it is.

?The bike is a bit of a bastard,? says Kris. ?That was on purpose, because not everything Ducati makes is beautiful. So this bike, to me, is a combination of every part I like from Ducati.?
It all started with a frame: ?It was a 750SS from the late 90s,? Kris tells us. ?I had only the frame and the papers, nothing more. I bought the frame because I like the shape of it, and its potential.?
?Then I bought a 2001 Monster 900ie, and so it began. I always had a crush on Ducati because of the awesome sound of that engine.?
Kris handles the mechanical, electrical, fabrication and paint work himself, but calls on his good friend (and Deep Creek race team pilot) Christophe Heyligen to help him conceptualize his projects.

Using the 750SS frame, and the Monster’s engine and electrics, Kris started piecing together his perfect racer from the rest of Ducati’s portfolio. The fairing is a race version of the 1995 model 900SS fairing?so it came ...