2005 SS 1000 DS track day bike

Owner - Jim Calandro ("Capo" of USDESMO)

"Official US DESMO" livery as painted by Greg Pettigrew

 

It is one of the SS that Ducati brought in for track day only use and has been doing that duty ever since. It has a Shark Skin 999 fairing, 916 tail section and seat pad,
Paul Smart Shark two into one exhaust, Aculine rearsets, Ohlins rear shock and steering damper, Cogent Dynamics installed Race Tech fork kit, Carrozzaria forged aluminum wheels, three Galfer Wave rotors, 520 chain kit with composite rear sprocket, Speedcell lithium battery, Power Commander 3, DucShop Hyperstack kit, DP slipper clutch, NCR titanium clutch cover, Yoyodyne aluminum fairing stay, Brembo radial brake and clutch master cylinders, Friction Performance carbon brake pads and several home made aluminum parts and brackets. It weighs in at 350 pounds with two gallons of gas. Now if the owner could loose as much weight we would really have something!

Photo: Neale Bayly

Camera: Canon EOS 1D Mark two

Long lens set at 275 actual and 35 mm
385 equivalent

Shutter speed 1/60 f-7