Hyper8: A race-ready Ducati Hypermotard from Analog
There?s an unspoken truth about building custom motorcycles: you don?t have to change everything. Sometimes it?s enough to just switch up a few parts, and leave others alone.
But Tony Prust feels differently?he’s an extra mile kind of guy, who works with a sharp eye and meticulous hands. It?s an especially good approach when you?re building a race bike, like this Ducati Hypermotard?because everything you do in the workshop matters on the track.
The ethos comes from Tony?s time as an avid track rider, before an injury prompted him to dial things back and open his custom shop Analog Motorcycles in Chicago.
?When you get into track riding and don?t have a lot of money,? he says, ?you learn to do a lot of stuff yourself. I got pretty good at taking things apart?cleaning, tuning and rebuilding.?
Tony had always wanted to race seriously, but never had the means. Then last year he decided to enter his first ever race. He ran his KTM EXC530 in the supermoto class, because it was ?the closest race-worthy machine? he had available at the time. He finished a creditable 7th.
A customer-slash-friend, Del Thomas, went along to spectate?and got in touch soon after. ?Del called me and said: ‘I think I want to build a race bike,’? Tony tells us. ?I said, ‘Maybe you should try a track day first,’ but he replied, ‘No, I want you to race it!’?
?Del wanted to fund a custom-built bike that I would get to race?it was like a dream come true. I want...
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