At this point in his career, Rough Crafts designer Winston Yeh is almost cheating. He has such an extensive catalog of top-tier builds, that he can pick and choose the best features of each, and end up with something fresh and fabulous. Which is exactly how he designed this diabolical Ducati Monster 821 café racer.
“It’s called ‘modular design’,” Winston hits back. And he might just be onto something. Rough Crafts is a hitmaker that rarely misses the mark—so why mess with a good thing?
On this project, Winston duplicated a subframe design that he’d used on a previous Ducati Monster, and modeled the fairing after the one on his groundbreaking BMW R nineT build. The scalloped bodywork, brooding livery, and thoughtful pin-striping are also typical Rough Crafts details, as is the bike’s kooky nickname; ‘Bologna Dogfight.’…