Pepo Rosell’s work is easy to spot, and we mean that as a compliment. If it looks fast, has a killer livery and just a hint of classic endurance racing, it’s most likely an XTR Pepo build.
Pepo’s sharp eye and deft hand come from his vast experience. He’s the guy that originally founded the powerhouse custom shop, Radical Ducati. Then, after a thirteen-year stint at Radical, he went into a hiatus, before realizing that building custom motorcycles was all he wanted to do.

So for the past four years, Pepo’s been producing the same style of high-end customs he built his reputation on, but now as XTR Pepo. He maintains a frenetic pace too, making it hard to keep track of what he’s up to.
Luckily, our good friend and ace photographer Marc Holstein pinged us about this exotic number. It’s a Moto Morini Corsaro 1200 Veloce, and it?s got all the elements of a classic XTR Pepo masterpiece.
Marc tells us how the project came about: ?Oliver Thiel from Thiel Motorsport met Pepo at the Glemseck 101, and after a lot of talking, he expressed his wish for a custom Moto Morini with clip-ons… which is not available stock.?
?They agreed that Pepo would build a custom bike, and that Oliver would leave him a lot of creative freedom. The Corsaro 1200 Veloce was chosen because it’s the most powerful bike in the line-up.?

With 140 hp and 123 Nm on tap, 50 mm Marzocchi USD forks, strong brakes and a dry weight of under 200 kilos, the Co...