After five years of making high-quality after-market parts for Royal Enfield and Triumph motorcycles, this Bangkok-based design studio/motorcycle garage finally decided to build a bike of its own. Called the Crafton 01 Project, its purpose is to take a well-known Ducati Scrambler model, the Sixty2, and give it a new life as a modern café-racer. The inspiration for this comes from the legendary Ducati 750 Sport, the brainchild of Fabio Taglioni, one of the greatest motorcycle designers of all time. Talk about aiming high.
A Motorcycle Like This Is Built By Hand
The guys from Crafton went all in when it came to building a 01 Project. It began by stripping the Sixty2 to its bare essentials. The fuel tank, hideous seat, headlight, even the rear sub-frame were cut off… it all had to go. The new parts were mostly built by hand and from aluminum.
All the bodywork was designed and made by Crafton. Most importantly, the rear sub-frame is now aluminum and features an integrated seat lock system. In the front, you can spot a new custom-made aluminum fender, on top of that, 01 Project has new Brembo brakes and braided brake lines from Hel Performance. Those brake lines, along with the adjustable foot pegs from Sato Racing are the only things that were outsourced. The wheels are stock from Ducati, but the tires are an Avon Storm 3D X-M at the front and Pirelli Diablo Rosso III at the rear. The headlight was designed and hand-made from aluminum giving it a classic racer feel.
The fuel tank also features another design nod to the famous 750 Sport, the recognizable knee dents. The exhaust system is made from stainless steel, also by Crafton, and borrows heavily from the famous Ducati.
The black leather seat (something the company is best known for) is done in an elegant, yet stylish manner and only features the company’s logo. The classic racer has a minimalist seat cowl made from fiberglass.
Inspired By The Ducati 750S
Built for quick, urban rides, the Sixty2 features a 399cc air-cooled engine that puts out 41 horsepower at 8,750 rpm and 25.1 foot-pounds of torque at 8,000 rpm. Entry-level numbers. The 750 Sport, back in 1973, had 62 horsepower at 8,200 rpm from a 748cc engine. Those numbers, some fifty years ago, were no joke. When paired with the bike’s stable handling, this was one fast machine. Was the Sixty2 the best choice then?
Well, Crafton’s 01 Project was only inspired by the 750 Sport in design, and to that end they have certainly succeeded. From the color (it’s not yellow, but looks good nevertheless), to the headlight, exhaust, and fuel tank, you can tell they really put in a lot of effort to honor the great 750S.