The perfect steak: a custom SportClassic from California
Like any good factory café racer, the Ducati SportClassic doesn’t beg to be customized. It’s stunning in stock form?and, with a 992 cc Desmo L-twin mounted in its trellis frame, has more than enough go to match the show. Little wonder then that it’s so sought after on the second hand market.
If you do manage to get your hands on one, you could happily leave it as is?or personalize it with a few select mods. Or you could follow Jeff Soucek’s example. His SportClassic looks almost original at a glance, but it’s actually packing more mods than your garden variety café racer.
All you need to know about Jeff is that he’s based in California, loves Ducatis and has a background in aerospace engineering. He bought his 2006-model SportClassic in 2010, and has been improving it ever since?making subtle visual tweaks and dialing the performance up to eleven. Jeff likens those tweaks to salt and pepper on a great steak. ?The best steak I ever had was in Kobe, Japan,? he explains. ?The chef was quiet and extremely deliberate in his presentation, and when the steaks came out, he simply added a dash of salt and pepper, touched it to the hot iron for three seconds, then served it.?
?It wasn?t covered in sauces, and garnish?just an empty plate with the steak front and center. It was unlike anything else I ever had.?
?This is how I have always seen the SportClassic?a beautiful masterpiece that only needs a little enhancement to bring out the near p...
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