The project name is an homage to the signature Ducati twin (or desmo), hence "double" and its reconfiguration as an Italian cafe racer. The thread stitching everything together was to have a café racer that was a bit different than the rest.
I sourced bits and pieces from all over the US, as well as Berlin and Italy (of course), and had to fab others. None was easy or quick. Lots of ideas simply did not work. Design, try, iterate, and try again. Rinse and repeat.
People don’t realize the attention to detail unless they come up to it when parked—like the thin pinstripe that is actually the Italian flag drawn across the length of the bike, or the word “Ducati” barely visible on the tank, or the fact it is matte film, not painted, and redone four times until it was perfect.
Most every part had been tweaked or replaced. To many this may seem like a lot of time and talent and money spent for a one-and-done project—and it was, simply for the joy of reengineering something—making it different and better.
