Our friends at Australia’s Purpose Built Moto lead the charge this week, with a stunning custom Ducati Monster S2R that recalls the iconic Paul Smart Ducatis. We then hop over to Indonesia to profile a sassy Yamaha MT-25-turned-adventure bike, look at a vintage Triumph T140 from Spain, and drool over a classic Honda CB450 with a modern engine swap.

Ducati Monster S2R by Purpose Built Moto Hotdogs and ketchup, pasta and Parmigiano Reggiano, Ferrari and the color red; some things were just made for each other. For us, it’s Ducatis with teal green frames and silver metallic bodywork.
This used to be a bone-stock Ducati Monster S2R 1000?until the team at Purpose Built Moto got their hands on it. Tom Gilroy and the gang were minding their own business when a guy named John walked into their Gold Coast workshop and asked them about Ducatis. He didn’t own one (yet), but he had a dream and a referral from Cube Performance?another Queensland local who specializes in Ducati tuning.
PBM helped John track down a Ducati Monster S2R donor a casual 1,000 miles away, in Melbourne. Regardless, the guys had the bike packed up and shipped so they could start work.
In the meantime, John had found a body kit for the Monster, designed by the Italian automotive designer, Paolo ‘Tex’ Tesio. Since he was so head-over-heels over it, PBM had one shipped to them too. With the donor bike on the bench, the team started by installing the Paolo Tex fairing with a PBM LE...