A lot of folks who work at American motorcycle manufacturers are compulsive tinkerers. Indian’s design head, Ola Stenegärd, has been building choppers since forever. And Brad Richards of Harley-Davidson always has something sweet on his workbench.
Tom Zipprian is a mechanical engineer at California’s Zero Motorcycles?and he too likes to fill his precious downtime with wrenching. He’s just finished turning his Ducati Scrambler into a street tracker, and it’s a total sleeper build.

?I?ve been working on my 2016 Ducati Scrambler for about two years now,? Tom tells us, ?with a simple project brief: What if Bologna made a factory Super Hooligan racer"?
?I finally finished the bike in time for the Quail Motorcycle Gathering last month in Monterrey, and I?m honored to say that I took home the Spirit of Scrambler award presented by the CEO of Ducati North America!?
At a glance, Tom’s street tracker doesn’t look too far off the stock 2016 Ducati Scrambler. But if you know where to look, there’s a ton of good stuff going on. It’s just very stealthy.
?The greatest compliment I receive on the bike,? he says, ?is when someone looks at it and says ‘What did you even do to it"’ But the truth is, there wasn?t a single part on this bike that wasn?t worked over, and I take great pride in the factory look and feel.?

Part of that factory vibe is thanks to the Ducati’s new livery?which is remarkably on-brand. T...