Off the shelf a standard Ducati is a very capable machine. For some its their breath taking beauty that is enough to get them scourging for the cheque book. Out of the crate a standard Ducati is undoubtedly elegant and a very capable machine. On road or track their tractable power delivery combined with a confidence inspiring chassis make them very difficult to surpass in the “user friendly stakes”. But, could they and should they be better?

Consider the following;

When you buy a car you very quickly adjust to its individual quirks! Immediately you set about adjusting seat and steering wheel positions to make yourself comfortable, perhaps revising this position slightly as time passes and you settle in. After driving it for a while you realise that it wallows a little here and there and when pushed a little further develops some rather unpleasant tendencies that make the cat feel a little unsafe and which seems to be reached at even lower speeds in wet or damp conditions, altogether very unnerving. For most of us that’s where it ends. In the following years of ownership we simply drive it, tolerate the handling quirks warts and all, unaware of any beneficial changes that could made that would make our cars more comfortable and at the same time provide safer/better handling.

Well, as you all know we all come in different shapes and sizes, or combinations of weights and sizes when referring to the potential number of occupants that could be sitting in that car of yours! In a car we get away with it simply because we are able to! The degradation in handling due to a over laden vehicle, even a slow puncture goes unnoticed for far to long. Four wheels, a metal roof over our heads, a radio and of course those comfortable seats all contributing to mask us from the dangers of that, albeit slowly deteriorating handling!

With a motorcycle you could take the same view as the driver of the car albeit not having the apparent creature comforts of being able to make any seating/posture changes to the machine. It’s simply ridden away it as it comes out of the crate, warts and all, unaware of any beneficial changes that could be made to improve comfort, handling and of course the riders safety.

Our philosophy both on the road or racetrack it to provide the experience and expertise to allow the rider to realise those changes, helping them change handlebar, foot peg and seating position. Implement changes to an engines power/characteristics, change suspension and chassis geometry where beneficial and last but by no means least provide the right braking attributes to suit the application.
All with the simple goal of making the man machine relationship better!