Peel Out: MOD Moto’s Very Orange Ducati 750SS

The days are ultimately acquiring longer up north. And we cannot believe of a greater way to usher in the Swedish spring than with this sizzling 750SS Ducati from MOD Moto.

It belongs to Johan Fahlnaes—a bicycle shop owner in Gothenburg. Johan currently has a MOD Moto build in his garage a Yamaha XS500 tracker that he’s effectively pleased with. But this time, he was following anything a tiny punchier.

“I employed to own a Ducati a couple of years back,” he says, “and sort of missed it, and its capability to go a bit more quickly than the little 500.”

“When talking to Olof at MOD Moto about creating a cafe racer it all fell into spot. I bought myself a excellent condition 1999 Ducati 750SS, rode it about a bit at the finish of summer, and—when autumn came—handed it more than to Olaf.”

Johan was dead set on a standard cafe racer vibe, but the MOD crew had other concepts. “We sort of persuaded him to go a bit more racer than café,” explains Olof.

“With the Ducati SuperSport’s truss frame and sloping fuel tank, you cannot actually get that horizontal line with fairing, tank and seat parallel to the ground. So we opted for a far more aggressive appear, and tilted the front fairing and rear section upwards to follow the lines of the tank—to give it much more of a race stance.”

With Johan’s approval MOD Moto set to function, drawing inspiration from the 90s race DNA currently in the 750SS, and blending it with 70s endurance racing cues.

Best of the list was a new fairing—a replica 70s Imola unit. Olof and co. massaged it to match the wide stock forks, shaved a bit off the rear to accommodate Johan’s long legs and trimmed the windscreen. An offset opening was cut for a tiny headlight, ahead of the stock fairing brackets had been modified to accept the new setup.

Moving to the rear, the team lopped off the subframe and built a new one particular. It was designed to mimic the angles of the front half of the frame, and to leave space for the below-seat muffler.

Then the Duc’s posterior was treated to yet another throwback portion: a Rickman-style seat cowl, tapered at the front to match the tank’s width. MOD Moto sunk twin taillights into it, ahead of sending it off to Bullitt Leathers for upholstery.

It is a perforated and pleated affair, reminiscent of 70s sports cars, and there’s a leather tank strap to replace the stock rubber portion. (Ducatistas will also notice that the tank’s been relieved of its ghastly rubber bumpers.)

The exhaust method was pieced with each other using bits from the stock headers, a hand-made two-into-one collector, and a gutted Yamaha R1 titanium muffler. “The Ducati engine now sounds awesome,” says Olof. “And together with the K&ampN filter and Power Commander, it runs like a champ.”

To get away with fusing different eras, Mod Moto went to wonderful lengths to echo shapes and lines throughout the bodywork.

The gaps amongst the seat and frame, and seat and tank, are intentional—and equal in size. And note how the back portion of the fairing traces a variety of curves in the tank.

The very same consideration was provided to smaller details: like drilled and brushed heel plates, and hand-produced bar ends and paddock stand bobbins. Rounding off the controls is a set of shorty levers and Renthal grips.

The tires are Dunlop Sportmax Mutants—supermoto-specific products that score high on each style and grip.

And then there’s that luscious orange paint job—lifted from Porsche’s 70s colour chart. It was executed by Mod collaborator Dennis Rohlén, who also returned the frame back to the original Ducati bronze-gold. He’s also recoated the swingarm and foot peg mounts in the identical grey as the engine.

The project was wrapped up just in time for a bike exhibit in Gothenburg, where it drew considerably attention. Johan’s over the moon and cannot wait for the snow to melt he’s currently pegged it as his new every day runner.

“I’m blown away with the benefits, and have yet to take in that I’ll be riding it about soon. I’m so looking forward to spring weather when I can take some longer rides and appreciate it the way it was intended!”

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