Ducati GT-R / Spirit of The Seventies

A stern test for established custom builders is how they handle the budget job. Can they capture the flavor of the mega-buck builds at half the cost? The English workshop Spirit of The Seventieshas just taken this test, and passed with flying colours.

Tim Rogers and Kev Taggart call their latest machine the Ducati GT-R. But despite the name, performance modifications were not on the client’s wishlist. Our client didn’t even have a bike, which was great news. We knew exactly what to use as the donor — a Ducati GT1000 — via Bike EXIF