There are motorcycles that are considered so sacred, you wouldn’t dare customize them. And there are motorcycles that work so well out the box, you probably wouldn’t want to customize them, even if the opportunity presented itself.
We’d file the Ducati Hypermotard 939 in that last category. Its torquey Testastretta L-twin motor makes ample power (110 hp), it weighs just 450 pound wet, and it has dynamite handling. It looks pretty cool in stock trim too… so why bother"

Well, Taiwan-based Rough Crafts are bothered. This 2018-model Hypermotard 939 is called ?Igneous Ripper? and it?s simply outstanding.
Front man Winston Yeh tells us that part of the reason he got the call to fettle the Hypermotard was to change its ergonomics.
?My client really loves the Hypermotard vibe,? he tells us, ?and bought a brand new 939 after a very short test ride. But a couple of weeks later, it was obvious that the 870 mm [34.2 in] seat height was too stressful for him?especially in Taipei city traffic, where there’s a lot of stop and go.?
Winston’s client wanted to keep the upright riding position, so slamming the Ducati into some sort of cafe racer would have been silly. ?We still wanted the direction to reflect the Hypermotard’s natural purpose?light, nimble, and fun.?

?A street tracker came to our minds?a flat tracker-styled bike with regular street tires and brakes.?
This is far more than a minor aesthetic rework though. Winston and his t...