If you?re a student of Ducati racing history, you?ll know the Supermono?one of the most tingle-inducing singles of all time. In the mid-90s, just 65 of the light and compact racebikes were built, shot through with carbon fiber and draped with elegant bodywork designed by Pierre Terblanche.
We?ve often wondered what a modern-day Supermono would look like, and that question has just been answered by Chris Cosentino of New Jersey. It?s called the Hypermono, and it?s a remarkable feat of engineering.

Not many workshops can list projects for NASA and Victoria?s Secret on their CVs, but Cosentino Engineering is one of them. Chris has been machining, welding, and fabricating stuff for more than three decades, and now leads a team of likeminded souls in a 4,000 square foot facility crammed with both old and new school tech. The Hypermono is the culmination of 25 years of racetrack R&D, with a goal of creating the lightest and most powerful single-cylinder race bike possible. It?s a virtually ground-up build, with a custom frame, engine and suspension setup?plus 3D printed bodywork.

?A list of mods is answered by ?nearly everything?,? Chris tells us. ?The project started as an exploration of alternate front suspensions?inspired by the Britten, and informed by the writing of Tony Foale.?
Chris has a lot of experience in this field. In the early 2000s he raced a Honda RS125, built a bike with a ?Funny Front End? frame, and grafted a Ducati 999R cylinder head onto Rotax cran...