Written by Marlon Slack
?Colt Wrangler Lyons.? With a name like that, I?d be disappointed if he didn?t come from Texas. Based out of New Braunfels, in the North Eastern corner of San Antonio, this charismatically named 26-year-old turned his hobby of hacking and slashing at motorcycles into a business in 2015. And he?s been pulling in a steady amount of work since. His latest creation is this, a tight little Scrambler built around a brand-spankin? new KTM 390 Duke.

Colt?s previous work had brought in an offer to build a bike for a client working overseas. ?He really liked a 1970?s Honda scrambler that I?d done in the past,? Colt says, ?but he wanted a motorcycle with inverted forks and monoshock rear suspension – and no more than 500cc. We came to the conclusion that a new KTM Duke 390 was the perfect platform for the build?.
And he?s bang on the money. Loads of bike builders are using the KTM as a platform for their work. Not only is it a lightweight, punchy little ride that?s not too expensive it also has a trellis frame and bodywork setup that heralds some remarkable results when attacked with a grinder. So Colt shot off to his local temple of orange to buy a new bike for the client. ?It felt a little weird tearing down a brand new bike,? he says.

And a new bike presents some challenges during a build. In the case of the BabyDuke, it?s the bodywork and the dash display. If you?ve never had the chance to butt heads with the 390 Duke in person, the instrument clu...