Johnny Nguyen's 1999 Oucati 748SPS w/855 engine kit
But not forgetting to talk the talk
STORY AND PHOTOS
BY BLAKE CONNER
J
ohnny Nguyen is one those guys
who is never satisfied. Every time
I've tested one of his bikes, he
changes something within a week,
always for the better. It's not that
anything needs to be changed, it's
just that he has so many ideas in his
head that it's a never-ending endeavor. It must be nice to have so much
time to play with bikes. Nguyen is the
owner of Ducman, a new Ducati parts
shop in Westminster, California, that
sells anything and everything to spice
up your Ducati. They built the bikes
there to showcase some of the parts
the shop sells.
I thought that the previous bike of
his I rode was trick (Issue #27, July
II, 2001), but it doesn't even compare to his HM Plant Ducati, Neil
Hodgson replica. There are a lot of
similarities between the two bikes,
but this has to be one of the most
extravagant Ducatis on the road. In
addition, Johnny sent along another
Ducati that he put together for a
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