Riding Roland Sands Design's Desmosedici Street Tracker

[zagatoF1]

ducati vs. harley 

[iscreamninja]

Wow, this just really inspired me. I think tomorrow i'm going to find a McLaren F1, and turn it into a dune buggy, because i really like how the seat is in the middle.

[shzze]

all these people crying about how he used a limited to 500 models bike are just pethetic i bet most of you will never be able to afford one anyway so what douse it matter. like yeh hes flexing his wallet with this one and he could of used something else but then no one would really care about it and it would just be another street tracker and nothing special

[lnromandude]

and now there are 499 Desmosedicis in the US lol

[Chewbacca833]

That's an amazing machine from a highly talented builder. Why doesn't he have a show like occ?

[Lessdeth14]

@Chewbacca833 Because he tears up a Desmo, which to most sensible persons is, as near as makes no difference, heresy.

He keeps going on about the motor, well, buy the bloody motor then. Don't destroy a masterpiece to create street art, you Philistine.

[JorritEnzo]

Every commemt here is about this project is kind of a fail

No need to add my reaction then, it has been said

Oh wait i just did

[edondari]

that's like drawing sunglasses on the monnalisa.....

[roelfdoms]

A shame of the bike, use an CRB or something else instead, just a bike that is NOT a piece of art.

this was 2wheeled art, you guys fucked it (imo), no offence.

[ltsnipe]

They ruined this bike.

[MrBigi666]

crap

[theminimalisto]

200+ HP in the dirt... good luck.

[revrsleeker]

I tend to agree with 'francebros' below, lock this Sands character up in a psychiatric hospital as very sadly there are now only 499 of these motogp replicas on planet earth...if you're going to create something so called 'unique' then do so from scratch but to butcher a Desmosedici is just plain crass...the guy is from the design studio of 'we did it because we could'... but pleeeeeese, stick with ripping apart your ten-a-penny Harley cart horses in future !! 

[tameemz90]

This is a Undoubtedly cool bike but it was a Weird choice. This guy took a limited edition 100,000 dollar Desmosedici and kinda ruined it. I know some people say that its creative (which it is) but taking a perfectly wind tunnel tested aerodynamic body and throwing on random panels and leaving some parts exposed is crazy. I really like the bike but I think a 1198s could have done almost exactly the same for 1/4th of the price.

[cycleworldmagazine]

@tameemz90 An excellent point, but ask yourself if either of us would even be talking about it if it was an 1198...there just may be a method to his madness. This is also pretty similar to the quintessential element of the original chopper/outlaw culture, which was sometimes "just to piss people off."

[Topthai23]

@cycleworldmagazine Just go fuck yourself cycleworldmagazine :)

[francebros]

Io vi farei rinchiudere in un manicomio, profanare così, una delle più belle moto della storia.

[dukedalington]

Very cool but did they really need to destroy a perfectly good desmo?? They could've gotten the same effect by using a regular duc...

[Desmodromic916]

Americans: People capable to create nothing form something and at same time proud about that

[ritochit]

I like trackers, I really love Roland Sands' work and I absolutely love the desmo....... but frankly, I don't like the both combined (tracker+Desmo). As it is, the Desmo is a super-rare, super-expensive and super-exotic machine..... and to see one getting disassembled and being redone as a Tracker just broke my heart........... no offence Roland Sands, I have immense respect for u.... bt this is one experiment u shouldnt have done. U lost a fan here.

[soapman7x7]

fantasic WORK !... remember me my S4Rs...

[MrGuyfella]

That exactly how i'd like to configure a Desmo.

I need a badass V4 in a street tracker.

[Racetwins2]

Excellent Roland! You best work IMHO

You stated all the reasons this bike should be made in your interview.

This is so beautiful. Someone would have to be gay not to like this bike.

When does Nicky get to ride it?

[hefrongsxr]

You shouldn't do this with Desmo... waste of great bike

[oicyann]

もったいねえなあ。。。

んなもん　ハーレでやってりゃいいじゃん

[loeger1]

Too bad you put such SHIT music to go with it

[leov60]

Drag race it against King Kenny's TZ750 @ Indy Mile. PLEASE!

[19slipstream84]

what a shit box waste of a ducati.

[roostermotors]

I usually dig Roland Sand but this one is just a waist of cash......don't like it

[roblaw77]

love it, can you make me a motard version please

[R1150RBMWRider]

This is one of Rolands best project bikes ever. If you don't get it you never will.

[punishbeer]

fukn hell......on dirt they prob use less then 20% of the bikes power. More money then sense!!

[pikachupwnsssbb]

123,456th viewer

[WOWILL1331]

How do you buy one?

[xjonny99]

It may be "..still pretty cool..." as one poor idiot has commented. I would like to know how it feels, after having dismantled a perfect high speed bike and putting together a flat tracker which turns out to be totally useless . Didn't you confess yourself that you did on of the greatest shit in your life? You can buy a D16 but no intelligence.

[DaShnipa]

@xjonny99 Go buy one and rip it apart. Find out. Cant afford it? Don't bitch how someone chooses to use it's components. Most desmo's never see a road, or a track, or even something resembling dirt. Creativity is seriously lacking in the motorcycle world, and it's people like you who hold fast to the "old" ways of thinking a desmo is for "tracks only" who are holding it back. Do I have a use for it? No. is it neat? yup. Get off your soap box, and trying looking at things from a different angle.

[0youx]

i like streetfighter

[leBigguy]

What a waste of great bike...



[schlusselmensch]

Next time, just send me the Ducati and I'll send you an ugly old turd. It'll be a bit of a time saver.

[shubidubar]

@schlusselmensch lol

[tbadger]

oh, now i am depressed.

[sputnickPT]

this should be considered a public crime... 

[1960guardian]

Did I miss something? That's a Ducati why do this I don't get it......

[dee18f]

That thing is a BEAST!! I want a go :D

[mamouros]

from all the things you could transform this bike, you chose a dirt bike??? STUPID IDEA!

[mark675]

This looks like shit imo but looks proper fun to ride :)

[VeltroVentiTre]

when they must have a V4 engine, ok, take a RSV4 (for my ist this still an shit idea) and i didnt have a problem with it but a limited ducati? for me is this disrespectful for the desmosedici....

[chambergosi]

WTF!!!

[DaShnipa]

Interesting idea. Not sure I would have ripped apart a desmo for it, maybe an RSV4 would have served the purpose better or an 1198. Either way, still pretty cool, and something different. Nevermind all the smacktards running around saying you've destroyed something. They have no idea what a desmo is or what it's capable of, so this street tracker is of no difference to them. If you want art go to a fucking museum.

[xjonny99]

@DaShnipa 2 words : Brain dead. But you must really believe the shit you are talking, as you are the one who will never have the opportunity to ride such bikes nor understand what's behind the idea of a high speed bike concept.

[DaShnipa]

@xjonny99 It's only a bike!! omg its a desmo... WOW big deal. You hard core ducati guys are almost laughable in your approach to motorcycles and their "specific" applications. I have a very solid understanding of a high speed bike, don't presume anything because I will gladly make you look like a tool. No I wont have a chance to ride a desmo, nor do I want one. It's a motor, frame, carbon fibre and fibreglass. Nothing more, and how someone chooses to use it is well none of your god damn concern.

[casicasixt]

Nunca deberian tocar nada que no fuese una Harley......

Cuanto daño ha hecho lo del MTV tuning........

[VeltroVentiTre]

I hate it. Idi*ts with to much money who think they must destroy such a beautifull piece of art for such a sh*t idea.PLEASE get back to your Harley's and f**k these up for your f**kin sh*t crap... And another RSD Crap the world never need!!!!!!!!

testa come un pe**o dei me*da ma v'af***c*lo

[DaShnipa]

@VeltroVentiTre And you think the people that buy desmo's actually use them? Give me a break kid. Go to a museum if you want art. Motorcycles are for riding not for staring at. RSD has created something unique, and by the looks of it a ton of fun to ride. You'll never sit on a desmo let alone open it up, so this tracker is of no difference or consequence to you. Bashing it shows single minded thought with no spark or passion for our sport. Please go back to waxing your vespa.

[VeltroVentiTre]

@DaShnipa first: You think motorcycles are for riding? Congratulations! Its the right answer. BUT a Desmosedici is for streettracks and not for this fuckin Dirtshit. You would streetracebike on the dirt then buy a fuckin japanese bike we have millions of R1,ZX10.... and nowbody would cares when one of these get raped by a couple of idiots for such a shit. Oh and you think the people didn't ride the desmosedici? sorry but look how much videos on youtube are.

[DaShnipa]

@VeltroVentiTre It's an V4... WHOOPTY SHIT!!! Aprilia Makes one for far less money, and with a few mods is complete capable of destroying an Desmo on the track. It's carbon fibre and fibreglass... nothing fancy or exciting about it, all bikes these days are running it. The reason you don't want in I4 for dirt track is because of TORQUE or lack there of. Most people treat them as trailer queens and collection items. If you can find a way to race it or ride it, dirt track or other... DO IT.

[dominique5462]

nice bike

[fullfunk]

Rednecks with money!?!? wtf destroyed a perfectly good running Desmosedici for this crap? get a 1198 engine and add a frame and you have same result without killing one of the best bikes around idiots!

[NoSkates]

This man has too much money. But at least he knows how to use it. So I'm all for it.

[gigitygigitygou]

that was me and my friend at 2:35.

That bike was so amazing in person

[801NvizioN]

@gigitygigitygou This bike lives under the same roof as my work. It's amazing.

[acidangelster]

Looks good,but a desmo is simply too beautiful and soulfully charming to be fiddled with.

[martianluther]

how do you get one of these? or is this just a video posted for gawking because it's a one off??

[biggunsnate]

looks nice but turning a moto gp bike into a flat tracker? i disagree

[matt46vale]

cant believe you turned a street legal moto gp bike into that could have choose 1198 not this and i am not the only one who thinks that

[SicSeb]

Very poor taste.

[wokos32]

No no no. Just no. Wrong bike to mess with!

[mountainthrasher500]

That is one bad ass burly dirt tracker! Right on! I think its great. I wish I had a $ for all the haters on youtube. Then I could build one just to piss em off!

[Raphae7]

Desmosedici didn't deserve to become something like this.Sacrum turned to Profanum

[oxygendrunkard]

Some of you guys are narrow minded jack asses. Amazing project. Bike looks way to hectic for the rider, but that kind of power is pretty much to much for everyone. Wonder what that thing would do at the Indy mile!!

[mcernicky1]

@oxygendrunkard

We were all set to go...then the wind blew so hard people died and we couldn't ride. 

[mountainthrasher500]

@mcernicky1 How does this bike compare to the custom R1 street tracker? Both look like more fun than should be legal! Maybe a comparison in the future?

[Banditmanuk]

Why would you do that to a Desmo???? Turned it into a crap dirt bike

[buemvass]

he desecrated ducati

[2tempista54]

l'essenza del vero trattore!

[vandenfell]

SCEMPIO!!!! O.O

[cofferacer73]

Amazing Bike!

[yamrz500]

Sweet bike! Sounds like it drives like my 1200 CC Yamaha Super Tenere tons of power!!

[albertbartels]

Sands made a badass bike even more badass for certain bikers. Don't crucify creatvity because it's not your style. Roland does what we could if we could, appreciate it!

[ramus001]

Lame vid, too much yadda yadda and not enough bike.

[gasdive]

and for our next project we're turning Michelangelo's David into a swing set and slippery dip at McDonalds playground.  He's going to be painted up to look like the hamburgurler.

[mcernicky1]

First, please pick up a copy of the December issue of Cycle World for the full feature story ; bike build, riding impression and history of Ducati dirt track racing. It’s all in there. Or at least read the web-story; Yes 19-inch wheels front and rear/again not wrong if you could afford such a thing/Yes, 4 hand made FMF exhausts. And yes Gregg's R1 is super rad/easier to ride and I had more time on it just not in the dirt. Springfield was all arranged/ windstorm/concert killed people...cancelled.

[freedoomcr]

this is just so WRONG!!!!!!

[cenon415]

I love it!

[glastornjet73]

Holy fuck i wanna see nicky on that at the springfeild mile! Its a shame the ama only allows twing now after the tz750 way to ruin it for everyone kenny! Lmao that this is super cool!

[ryderforlife00]

19 inch..

[munchafat1]

does it have four exhaust . ? meean , i want one

[DecaPierce]

Front wheel size?

[ryderforlife00]

Sorry mcernicky1 I was comparing it to the R1 Tracker that you rode. You were tearing it up in that vid. That was some sliding!!! Maybe I biased..

[mcernicky1]

Say what you may, just remember DD's owner loves the Desmosedicis enough to pay RSD to built this Dirty Duc, and shine light of attention on a bike that hasn't seen the light for years. An now owns a one of a kind that some will never understand, or feel what that bike was like to ride on clay-balls…check my FB editor page for a photo---No sliding? You’re right…just never had any traction. And backing-in a $200,000 bike aimed at our photographer face, nope, not a big deal at all...

[Jtinsley57R]

VVVVEEEEEEENNNNNTTTTTUUUUUUURR­RRRRAAAAAA

[jcotteri]

fuck off

[navygas]

That thing is sick!



[loris199]

americani, altro da aggiungere?

[alu5050]

That´s just a crime!!

[ryderforlife00]

Slide like what? I didn't see much sliding!!

He backed it into a corner once. But that was on the brakes.

[TheOfficialKC]

Best RSD bike yet.

[ormand3000]

Fuck you.

[MadSmokerBBQ]

Hey producer, youtube lets you post ten minutes of video. How about some b roll without a music bed and flashing zooming and hot cutting. Just say no to overdoing it.

[Fizin]

Por favor habéis destrozado una de la mejores motos del mundo para hacer una cosa horrible que me daría vergüenza conducir, parece una motocroos de 50cc...

Penas de cárcel tenia que haber para esto..

[gasdive]

@Fizin Gaol is too good for him.

[mugget]

I'd been waiting to see a video featuring this bike... just a shame that most of the sounds seem to be muted - I really wanted to hear that bike scream...

[MadSmokerBBQ]

@mugget and the editor thinks 100 quick-cut flash frames is necessary. or hip. Just say no to overproduction.

I can't see WTF is flashing by every tenth of a second.

[Notoriousdsb]

That bike was supposed to be $65k but released at $72.5k and I had a shot at one for $55k... Didn't do it.

[bugcrust]

I used to "FIX" my toys back when I was a kid too.  Luckily I grew out of it.

[markadorjan]

May these people be all cursed! What a shame to disassemble such a piece of art..

[HAACKER45]

@markadorjan my thoughts exactly and if i'm not mistaken that bikes $70,000 is it's also a huge waste of money!!!

[TheOfficialKC]

@markadorjan Read the article. This is his 3rd Desmo. One he rides, one is brand new, not out of the crate. This bike he bought as a salvage title. Besides, the way it sounds, if he wanted, since none of the parts were cut, you could re-assemble it to stock. Pull off the RSD parts and put the stock ones back on. But this bike is so sick I wouldn't. A Desmo that looks sick and can slide like that! Awesome.

[mcernicky1]

@TheOfficialKC

Yeah, thanks! Reading the aritcle in the December issue of Cycle World would explain a lot, answer question people may have.

[rafsta77]

Special bike, and an awesome build, LOVE IT !!!! Also love that you ride it !!!!! YEAH !!!!

[jokerioafm12]

Don't get me wrong, I love the Desmosedici (I own one, it's awesome ) but this looks like it handles like a wet noodle. Fail !

Here is my bike...

Enter this in the Youtube search window... HzUCBRpWGGk

[DUCATIPUNK]

It is the Desmoseidici FPS edition, for Fucking Piece of Shit

[DUCATIPUNK]

Very UNCOOL, Don't need 250HP to go dirt tracking,

60HP and no brakes will do, why not try your  whim on a Harley

[jokerioafm12]

At 1:51 he says the Desmosedici has a 16 and a1/2 inch rear wheel stock, Wrong !

It's a 16...Get the facts straight there Roland !

[DecaPierce]

@jokerioafm12 what size is the rims front and back now?

[Pamberjack]

It's a brave project, but I can't help but think they could have done it with a 1098 and still achieved a similar result. The end bit seems a bit too "humble" considering where it's come from...

[Kaschperl1962]

What a grap!!!!!! This is a crime against good taste!!!!

[ryderforlife00]

I will admit that I do usually like Rolands creations but this just looks like a knock off of the R1 Tracker. With the Gregg's customs RFK bike radiator shrouds. Just with an Italian theme. The number plate, sure I like how he added the ram air duct and made it look like the desmos stock intake. Functional or not but it's straight from the R1 Tracker other than that intake snout. Oh the tail is original, that's nice!

[ryderforlife00]

I would love to see a head to head comparison between this Duc Tracker and the Gregg's Customs R1 Tracker.

I watched both vids and from the looks of it Cernicky had to pussy foot that Duc around compared to the way he was able to rip that R1 Tracker.

[torquearm69]

Oh yea!!! Get your build on Boathas!!!

[shamanwako]

Really? This about as dumb as it can get.

[fzr4]

Love it! Really nicely done with some nice touches, look at that exhaust routing. There are 1499 Desmo's being paddled around by people who can't ride, this one is leaving black lines on the way into corners :)

[pandyapalooza]

Burns sweeping? Wow.



[ankhises]

Why did you destroyed the state-of-art in motorcycle to make this crap!!!!! Perhaps because I am european I don't understand you speed-tracker-or-whatever... but now we have reasons to declare WW3, you insulted our culture!!

[freongee]

@ankhises Fucking pathetic mate... I'm EU too....and what fucking culture are you talking about... a GP replica of a private firm selling for a fortune... he has every right to do so... and what if he made a café racer of it? Sands been always on the revolutionary side of things – that's why we love his work. No one even dare to touch that bike... but why? No one could ride that thing except Casey... come on, declare a war on your boring life!

[raoulthedevil]

Like the paint scheme BUT why, why a desmo, really dumb in my opinion

[search656]

Cool. It seems way too much power for dirt. You need traction control.  Very nice looking. I'm a Multistrada rider (which I won't even take off road....).

[mrcengr]

Sorry Sands........ there's ton's of bikes out there to do such a thing to. With only 1500 of these fabulous bikes on the planet, surely there are others to make a mockery of.

What's next........a Ferrari rock climber with full scale model of Christ on cross on trailer behind it ?

[goodsparkgarage]

Man, why not?! This project is great. Put this thing on a bigger, smoother track, say, the Indy Mile? :)

[czi123]

Part of me loves it, part of me is screaming WHYYYY?!?!?

[johandhlgrn]

Hope the piston breaks through the engine smashing his balls into pieces

[Andra921]

Idiot destroyed Desmosedici to make this!?!

[spartanturtle333]

I'd buy it i for say a months/2 salary. love the color scheme.

[MrMalyx]

Pretty cool but i'd rather have a standard desmo

[citi0rhythm]

i like it

[chasezas]

holy hell that bike is good looking.

[olive1913]

i'd sell one of my kidneys and my left testicle to drive that bike only once in my life :o

[KeTwoShoes]

@olive1913 I'll take the kidney, you keep the nut and I'll pay him to let you ride the bike.

[olive1913]

@KeTwoShoes no problem sir ;)

[Ultimatemxcn]

I have to admit I don't like it. There has been better looking street tracker customs out there.

[hackneo64]

so its basically a desmo thats been turned into a scrambler type bike, pretty cool!

[Bulgdoom]

That bike looks pretty cool, I'm not gonna lie, I like the streetfighter looks