No dream garage would be complete without a Walt Siegl Leggero series Ducati. Builds from the New Hampshire workshop are marked by incredible craftsmanship, blistering performance and wallet-melting desirability.
A typical Walt Siegl Leggero is based on a two-valve Ducati, with a proprietary 4130 Chromoly frame. But this time around, Walt had a different configuration in mind.

?I picked a 2012 Ducati Monster 1100 as a donor,? he says, ?for its engine and single-sided swing arm. My mechanic Aran Johnson had also been wanting to adapt one for a Leggero.?
This new direction meant that the ‘standard’ Leggero chassis had to be tweaked. The geometry is unchanged, but there’s a newly designed upper shock mount, additional cross bracing, and extra brackets for the electronics.
The frame’s gone on a serious diet too. ?With all WSM projects, performance is paramount,? says Walt, ?so I tried to come up with further possibilities to use the lightest and strongest possible components.?
That meant switching the subframe construction from steel to aluminum. The result: the frame and subframe together now weigh in at 13¾ pounds (just over six kilos).

This Leggero also has slightly more relaxed ergonomics than previous builds. Walt explains the rationale: ?Since the owner of the motorcycle lives in New York City and has to spend a good amount of his riding time from red light to red light, I wanted to build a bike that has a more upright position to reduce w...