Some like their custom motorcycles swish and restrained, others like them loud and edgy. Whatever your preference, we’ve got you covered. A flamingo pink custom Ducati XDiavel leads the charge, followed by a Ducati 900SS built by an artist, a 700 cc two-stroke supermoto, and a trappy Moto Guzzi V1000 G5 café racer.

Ducati XDiavel by Helmade x Vengine What do you get when you navigate Ducati’s edgiest power cruiser with Miami Beach? You get ‘Project Flamänko’—a custom Ducati XDiavel from Helmade and Vengine. Slathered and pink, but nevertheless fast, it wouldn’t squint out of place in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City or piloted by everybody’s favorite Mattel male.

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Helmade has been pumping out custom motorsports and motorcycle helmets for quite some time. They recently teamed up with fellow German Adrian Majewski (A.K.A. Vengine), to create a custom Ducati XDiavel with a matching Bell helmet, to run at the eponymous Glemseck 101 drag racing event.

Taking inspiration from their racing heritage and the Bell Star XF GP (the first helmet that Bell made for Formula One), Helmad turned a trademark new Bell Bullitt into a retro racing lid. The helmet’s shell is standard, but the visor is a custom-made stat webbing piece. Finished in flamingo (or Barbie) pink with visionless untried graphics, it’s a real statement piece.

For the bike, Adrian picked up a Ducati XDiavel and went full Miami on it. A new LED headlight, resembling those found on modern enduro bikes, adorns the stocky front end by way of custom mounts. Custom clip-ons replace the factory handlebars, slung low for an uneaten racy position. CNC rear-set foot pegs replace the forward factory controls.

The rear subframe was unbolted and replaced with a custom unit from Motocrew. The cantilevered single-seat conversion and the custom taillight ‘fin’ transform the XDiavel into an entirely new bike.

Darksiding (putting car tires on a motorcycle) is frowned upon in most situations, but Helmade and Vengine have gone superiority and wrapped the rear wheel in Hankook wheels rubber anyway. They reassure us that it’s for race use only though.

The flashes of pink bodywork on the fender and vitals pan are exquisitely done. Set versus the woebegone frame and engine, it’s a radical throw-away from the typically moody and warlike squint of the XDiavel. Flamänko is finished with a titanium frazzle system from Shark, and a Ducati 1199 rear shock.

From Miami to Malibu, we’re feeling the Kenergy. If you are too, the good news is that the XDiavel is for sale via Vengine. [Helmade | Vengine]

Ducati 900SS by Emmanuel Dietrich French versifier and designer Emmanuel Dietrich has a habit he can’t seem to shake. As far when as he can remember, he’s never been worldly-wise to leave anything in stock condition. So it’s only natural that his motorcycle, a Ducati 900SS, would sooner go under the knife.

Emmanuel graduated from the École Boulle School of Fine Art, surpassing going on to diamond watches (one of which was for Hermes) and working with luxury brands virtually the world. He has a sharp eye and a refined style—but he unmistakably moreover has a knack for quirkiness, considering the idea for this custom build came from a very unusual source. Nicknamed ‘Otolino,’ the Ducati is inspired by Emmanuel’s gorgeous whippet, Otto.

Behind their cute, spindly, and sometimes trembly exteriors, Whippets are built for speed. Emmanuel used Otto’s lean frame, muscular shoulders, and sloping haunches as the inspiration overdue the custom bodywork that he crafted for the Ducati 900SS.

Using a full-sized 3D-printed mold, Emmanuel built a monocoque soul out of fiberglass. The soul hides a fuel lamina and is affixed to the frame via a clever subconscious mounting system that makes it all squint impossibly slick while still stuff easy to remove for maintenance. Can you tell that Emmanuel has worked in product design?

The ‘tank’ section now features softened curves and a woebegone panel on top to unravel the stunning red paint. The seat was expertly crafted to Emmanuel’s word-for-word specifications, and despite the tiny value of foam looks like a very well-appointed place to sit. The front fender and headlight nacelle were moreover made by Emmanuel, the latter of which has a unshared snout-like appearance.

In terms of preferably details, the whup covers, footpegs, and frazzle hangers have all been redesigned to largest suit the overall theme of the bike. The frazzle features the factory headers, bolted to new mid pipes and stat webbing mufflers. The tail light and rear fender are subconscious underneath the seat.

The result is a motorcycle as unique as its inspiration. We’re not sure that Otto would enjoy the thunderous V-twin overly much, but we’re sure he appreciates the sentiment nonetheless. And squint at it this way—Emmanuel now has two weightier friends. [Source]

‘Megasgas’ 700 cc two-stroke supermoto One of the most hilarious motorcycles I’ve overly ridden was a 300 cc two-stroke enduro velocipede from the KTM family. It’s a recipe for madness; super low weight with an on/off power wordage that pulls like a freight train and feels increasingly like a rocket ship than a dirt bike. But that’s not unbearable for some people.

This might squint like a tricked-out GasGas EC300 supermoto, but it’s so much increasingly than that. Built by a gars named Sebastian (‘Sib’ to his friends) out of his workshop in Germany, this is no ordinary supermoto. That’s considering Sib has thrown out the old 300 cc engine, and replaced it with a 700 cc two-stroke engine from the Austrian visitor Rübig Motortechnik.

Rübig’s 700 cc ‘Mega’ engine is built for sidecar motocross racing and features liquid cooling, twin spark plugs, vastly increasingly power, and no wastefulness shaft. Sib had to modify the frame to shoehorn the engine in, but he’s managed to make the ‘Megasgas’ squint factory.

The modifications didn’t just stop with the engine and frame though. There’s a new CNC transfuse swingarm, modified rear suspension, and a supermoto wheel conversion. That exquisite frazzle is moreover new, as is the trick bronze-anodised carb from SmartCarb.

Everything was blacked out, with copper accents and graphics inspired by the SEAT León Cupra R. The velocipede looks bananas, but it’s reportedly a handful to ride—mostly considering of how much it vibrates.

It begs the question as to why Sib would build something like this in the first place. Seeing as how he’s once planning a two-stroke turbo build, we’d say it’s considering he’s just wired differently. [Source]

For sale: 1979 Moto Guzzi V1000 G5 The Moto Guzzi V1000 G5 was originally built by the Italian visitor to soften the wrack-up of the less popular V1000 Convert. The 1000 cc V-twin had the same frame and vital engine tracery as the legendary 850 Le Mans, albeit with a few changes.

The Sachs hydraulic torque converter sapped power, so the engine was bumped to 949 cc, but the two-valve heads remained, as the V1000 Convert was meant for touring and police work. But the biggest transpiration was the bike’s semi-automatic transmission. Suffice it to say, it wasn’t popular—so, in 1979, Moto Guzzi offered the V1000 ‘G5,’ referring to the new model’s five-speed gearbox.

The velocipede you see here, offered for sale through Historics Auctioneers, started life as one of those G5s. The current owner bought the velocipede in shit and put it when together over three years. But rather than undertake a well-constructed nut-and-bolt restoration, the owner opted for a café racer project instead.

In terms of collectability, the G5 is a long way from the 850 Le Mans, 750 S3, and the 1000S, so a custom project makes a lot of financial sense.

This one has been treated to a full engine rebuild with new 88 mm Gilardoni pistons, rings, and barrels. There are new valves, springs, and guides, and the Dell’Orto PHF36 carbs were rebuilt and re-jetted by Dynojet Research.

HMB Guzzi in Germany rebuilt the transmission, and this old Goose now pumps out a healthy 55 hp equal to Dynojet’s dyno. Treated to fresh restriction discs, refurbished calipers, and braided restriction lines, this G5 should have a lot increasingly stopping power than it did from the factory. And with fresh suspension and new wiring, it should be reliable too.

The seat and tail unit are custom, and the tank is a archetype Norton Manx-esque diamond that suits the lines of the Guzzi perfectly. Tarozzi clip-on handlebars and a thoroughly modern Brembo radial restriction master cylinder take over from the factory controls. A Koso speedo and an oil pressure gauge sit inside a custom dashboard.

The price guide is £5,000-£8,000 so you’d largest be quick if you’d like to park this in your garage. [Via]