Ducati SS1000: Redesigning the SportClassic GT1000
Like any proper cult vehicle, the Ducati SportClassic was hugely under-appreciated when it was first released. That’s probably because it was ahead of its time?blending retro style with contemporary performance, just before modern classics were as popular as they are now.
Or maybe it?s because its looks simply didn’t gel with everyone. Most pundits think of the Terblanche-designed SportClassic as timeless and elegant?but others write it off as awkward and portly.
Take the crew at Greaser Garage in Genoa, in northern Italy. They love the bones of the GT1000 model, and reckon it has potential?but the potential is ?hidden under a bulky body that makes it heavy and not very pleasant to look at.? Ouch.
Greaser Garage founder, Giorgio Pellegrino, has been working on bikes since he was fifteen. He started the shop as a sideline gig ten years ago but is now full-time with five permanent staff and two outside collaborators.
That gives the workshop the ability to tackle just about any task ‘in-house’?and that meant they could go to town on the Ducati.
?The GT1000 is built on a very flexible base,? says Giorgio, ?more or less the same you can find on many air-cooled motorbikes coming out of Borgo Panigale.?
?Once you remove the fuel tank and the fat saddle, you find a good old steel tube frame, the iconic two cylinder motor and pretty much nothing else?except for a giant plastic air box.?
Greaser Garage wanted to create something special, but their clie...
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