Kris Reniers clearly has a way with Ducatis. The last bike we featured from his Deep Creek Cycleworks shop was a Ducati 750SS bitsa of the highest order, and now he’s turned his attention to the Ducati ST2.
Except he hasn’t transformed the 944cc L-twin sport bike into a classy cafe or endurance racer. He’s come from way out the left field… and built a street tracker.

?The customer is a close friend of mine,? says Kris. ?He?s a good rider who used to do dirt track and enduro bikes for fun. He?s just sold his Yamaha XS650 flat tracker and wanted a lighter but slightly bigger machine. One that would perform on both gravel and the road, for normal everyday use.?
?’Keep the thing within budget and have fun,’ he said.?
The donor needed to be a punchy twin that would also work as a daily runner, but not break the bank. ?I knew he liked Ducatis,? says Kris, ?so I suggested using ST2 as a base to start from. They are amongst the cheapest Ducatis, and they?re as reliable as a Ducati can be.?
Kris’ friend sourced a low-mileage 2000-model in good (and original) condition, and dropped it off at the Deep Creek workshop in Deepenbeek, Belgium. Step one was stripping it down; step two was figuring out how to execute the ideas that were floating around.

?The first obstacle was the fact that the bike needed to be low. The customer wanted to be able to sit close to the handlebars, to be able to slip and slide the rear of bike while cornering. ...