To most people, the mid-sized Kawasaki ER-6n is the quintessential no-frills commuter?it scores high on usability, but its looks don’t exactly set hearts ablaze. But to the crew at Studio Motor, it’s the perfect donor for a lively street tracker.
ER-6n customs are rare, but the Indonesia shop has built several of them already, and even has a couple in their custom motorcycle rental fleet. As far as they’re concerned, the Kawasaki’s 649 cc parallel twin motor and surprisingly good chassis are deserving of better aesthetics.

This 2015-model ER-6n belongs to a customer from Bandung in West Java?about 150 km from the Studio Motor workshop in Jakarta. He tasked the team with building a tracker-style bike with a monocoque body. But the work ended up being more than just cosmetic, with multiple upgrades thrown into the mix too. Studio Motor have swapped out the Kawasaki’s front end for a set of upside-down Öhlins forks from a Ducati, re-valved to suit this build.

The transplant include a pair of Brembo calipers, matched up to new discs from Sunstar. And there’s now a Brembo caliper running at the back wheel, too.
The crew also installed a new Öhlins shock at the rear, then ditched the ER-6n’s 17F/17R alloy wheels. It now rolls on a set of 18F/17R spoked items from TK Racing in Japan, shod with Shinko E805 dual sport tires to handle a wide variety of terrain.

The customer didn’t need any extra power from the Kawasaki̵...