Written by Tim Huber.
Though the Monster is a fairly close second, the 750/900 SS platform has become Ducati?s most commonly customized model in recent years. While its bodywork is admittedly on the dated side, once stripped from the SS, what you?re left with is a strapping L-Twin engine, the Bologna firm?s signature tubular trellis frame, and, with a little creativity; gobs of potential for customization.

Northern Poland?s Adrian Lilla, the force behind bespoke bike outfit, LL Motorcycles has only been running the shop for the last three-or-so-years, though in that short time, he?d developed a distinct desire to scramble the classic three-quarter-liter Duck. So, when a potential customer came knocking, inquiring about having a 750SS given the LL scrambler treatment, Adrian knew it was one project that was simply meant to be.  ?I?d purchased a nice fuel-injected 750SS donor a while back and then spent a few months riding it in order to hone in on what needed to be changed for a scrambler build. So, by the time the client commissioned the project I was able to hit the ground running,? Adrian tells us. 

The SS was brought up on the bench where Adrian proceeded to pull the entire thing apart. He knew right out of the gate that the stock seat and subframe simply weren?t going to be up to snuff for what he and the customer had in mind, so a new structure was designed and fabricated with a shorter hoop being grafted into place. Sitting a couple of inches lower than the stock...