Benjie?s Café Racer are one of the few builders to tackle a Monster. Owner Benjie Flipprboi is based in New Jersey, but his latest creation can hold its own against any custom Duc to come from a high-end European shop.
?We really lucked out with ?Angalore?,? Benjie says. ?It started out as a 2007 Ducati S4R with less than 2,000 miles. It had a 90s-era color scheme, with burnt orange accents on the gas tank and wheels.?

?During our first meeting, we explained to our client that we were looking to chop the frame and ditch 90% of the stock bodywork. But the client was defensive of their bolt-on, carbon fiber-toting child, and requested a render of the finished piece.?
Benjie admits that he?s not the best at drawing, and was reduced to gesturing with his hands to portray the lines and the profile of the frame??Carving waves in the air,? as he puts it.
?To showcase the signature Ducati trellis frame, we left the front part of the stock frame and fabricated a more subtle rear subframe to complement it,? says Benjie. ?For a more aggressive feel, we shortened the subframe and positioned it at a slight angle.?
The tank and seat came next. ?We wanted something that looked like it was racing toward horizons, even at a full stop. Maintaining the visual theme set by the trellis frame, we shaped the new aluminum tank like the tip of an arrow in flight.?

BCR didn?t want the rear turn signals to stick out, so they?ve added small scoops on the sides of the tail unit that house ...