From Japan, Australia, and Spain
GULL CRAFT
Japanese modifiers Gull Craft made their name back in the early 1990s, knocking out bizarre, space age creations that bore little or no resemblance to the machines they once were. The firm’s ‘ID2000’ started life as a Suzuki RGV250 but ended up looking more like a Salvador Dali-inspired helicopter when unveiled at the 1992 Tokyo Show. Weird didn’t even come close… Gull Craft have since toned down their output, but in doing so have lost none of their obvious design flair, as highlighted by this Ducati M900 special, built as a nod towards the NCR racers of the ’70s and ’80s. The Japanese modshop make most of their yen designing, creating, and selling bolt-on aftermarket parts. And this Monster makeover is a prototype for a styling kit that’ll be available for M900 owners to buy and fit to their bikes. See more at www.gullcraft.com.
BODYWORK
The aluminium fuel tank is a work of art, and unashamedly styled to mimic those built by NCR founders Rino Caracchi, Giorgio Nepoti and Luigi Rizzi for their TT-F1 machines, and yet it drops straight onto the M900 frame (Gull Craft have even used the NCR Wile E. Coyote logo out of reverence to the Italian trio). Ease of fit was key with the single seat unit and fairing too, both of which bolt onto the existing M900 architecture via Gull Craft supplied bracketry – all super neat and beautiful, as you’d expect.
ENGINE
Gull Craft have kept the M900’s engine internals standard; this project is more about the aesthetic than a radical uplift in performance. They have, however, made the V-twin freer breathing thanks to a pair of slash-cut silencers more befitting the bike’s classic lines than the chunky OE Monster cans. Gull Craft have improved the motor’s look by exposing the cambelts, with neat drilled crescent guards at the heads, and lightened sprocket covers. Fuelling is through the stock 38mm Mikuni BDSTs. We’d be looking to add a 944cc kit and flatslides, if we were to build one.
DETAILS
Attention to detail is what makes this build really shine. This Monster is literally dripping in lightened brackets and componentry. Check out the polished and drilled crescent moon dry clutch cover, and the elegantly simple yet oh-so-trick rearsets with integral mounts for the silencers.
Then there’s the cockpit; a Motogadget tacho and LCD speedo with drilled alloy surround create a focal point around classically styled clip-ons and top yoke – touches that elevate this Duke above prototype s
