A real Monster of a bike

Possibly the ugliest bike of all time

Posted: 13 June 2012
by Robin Goodwin

The bike above was once a Ducati Monster S4. It was restyled by Italian custom builder Ferruccio Codutti who took a year crafting the look out for aluminium for one of his customers.

Ignoring the grotesque nose, Codutti's work is impressive as the front end was made by the man himself. He studied bikes with hub centre steering like Bimota's Tesi and the Elf Honda 500 to get it right. In order to accommodate the new front end Ferruccio modified the Monster's frame to fit in the swingarm and with a lack of room for the radiator, it was replaced with twin units underneath the engine.

The question is, has this 'special' Ducati Monster S4 overtaken the Morbidelli V8 as the ugliest bike of all time?


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ripsawII
Looks like some sort of droid. Does it need a rider?

Doesn't knock that Morbidello thing off the top spot tho.

Posted: 13/06/2012 at 14:25


tas901q
Even the models look unimpressed lol!

Posted: 14/06/2012 at 09:30


AFKAN
Can't help thinking that if you had a head on with a Volvo riding it, that it would be the Volvo that came off worse...

Posted: 14/06/2012 at 12:27


Michael Wilkinson
I like the non conformist look.
Most sports bikes are bland imitations of each other>
Id like to know how it handles.

Posted: 14/06/2012 at 12:59


Jermoi Saucier 2
The "models" look like lot lizards.

Posted: 14/06/2012 at 14:18


leftarmlogan
I like it, though the bike looks like Johnny 5.

"Hey laser lips, your mama was a snowblower!"

Posted: 14/06/2012 at 16:03


bim
Its ugliness is only surpassed by those "models" what a pair of trolls .

Posted: 14/06/2012 at 23:02


wasabi
Gotta love the quirkyness of it. The shape screams cruiser to me though - front pegs mounted on those axle thingies.

Posted: 24/06/2012 at 15:55


Eric Vykeng
All birds look very similar, possibly because over years of evolution nature has settled on something that "works!". Expensive turd!

Posted: 25/06/2012 at 17:06


Hugh Jarse

Fabulous looking bike. I'd look good on it.

But WTF is Adam Ramunno on about above? Does anyone know what he babbling about? Can't make head nor tail of it. He must have been sniffing glue......poor bewildered sod....


Posted: 25/06/2012 at 21:01


Alan Turing
Think Adam is referring to the robot from the movie Short circuit. Does a little. Google Image Johhny Five.

Posted: 26/06/2012 at 14:16


Hugh Jarse

Alan Turing was a homosexualist and was persecuted for it. It was a tragedy and a loss to the nation. Are you that way too? It's easier these days of course.


Posted: 26/06/2012 at 22:33

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