Jerem Motorcycles leads the charge with a stylish Ducati Monster café racer this week, while XTR Pepo delivers a classic Ducati endurance racer to conquer all. On the news front, we look at the Moto Guzzi V7 Stone Ten, and the 2024 Husqvarna Svartpilen 401 and Vitpilen 401.

Ducati Monster S2R 1000 by Jerem Motorcycles Even though Jérémie Duchampt doesn’t exclusively customize Ducatis, he has the magic touch when it comes to Italian machinery. This time around, he’s taken a Ducati Monster S2R 1000 and turned it into an aggressive café racer with a superb green and silver livery.
Jérémie’s Monster retains its signature OEM wheels but swaps out its suspension for beefier components. The front forks are off a Ducati Diavel AMG edition, as is the front fender. The rear shock is a repurposed WP Suspension unit.
The S2R’s Brembo brakes didn’t need replacing, but Jérémie had to fabricate spacers to match the front discs to the wider Diavel forks. New brake lines from Exact Engineering add a smidgen more stopping power.
Jérémie rebuilt the Monster’s motor, putting it back together with a high-temperature black finish and a transparent clutch cover from CNC Racing. The exhaust headers are blacked-out too, and the original twin mufflers have given way to a single carbon fiber Termignoni can.

Perched on top of the modified subframe is a carbon fiber tail unit with a leather and Alcantara seat. The way it’s sculpted to match th...