FEATURE
DUCATI DOUBLE-DUCK
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seemed like the best idea was to
squander the profits immediately
on two brand new motorcycles!
So I bought a red 2007 S4RS
Monster for myself, and a white
one for Carl. These quickly
became our favorite bikes, and
we kept them perfect while using
them hard.
"Okay, so now, back to 2014.
I'd lain awake at night for three
months prior to this moment,
going over every detail in my
head about how to build a bike
that I could run over 200 mph on
at Bonneville, and join the 200
MPH Club. But to begin with,
I was only planning on using a
single laydown engine. But then
when I got to playing with a tape
Would you
hop on this
and hold the
throttle wide
open at over
200 mph?
…this guy
would—and
did. Bjorklund
likes to go
fast.
thought it was a great idea! So I
was off and running, plus, I'd be
going after the 2000 A-AG re-
cord, which would mean I wasn't
trying to beat my own 1000 A-AG
speed, which was nice!
"So to construct the Double-
Duck Ducati I built a jig to bolt
the engines together using new
frame lugs I machined to be
identical to the factory lugs. I
welded gussets to the front steer
tubes, and ran bolts through to
center those on the frame table
up front. Then I simply measured
my body lying down to determine
how long I needed the bike to
be—it ended up with an 11-foot
wheelbase, or 132 inches in
length. I rarely use more than a
quick scratched drawing when
I'm building something, because
I believe in the motorcycle creat-
measure on the Ducati motor, a
light bulb went off in my head—
what if I put two Ducati engines
together for this thing? Yes! And
so it began. I asked Carl if I could
borrow his Monster engine for
a project I had in mind, and he
ing itself organically as it's being
built.
"Once I had the four main
tubes tacked in, Tim Clossey
started coming over frequently to
lay out the truss pattern for the
frame, based on a typical bridge
