Photo: El Solitario MC
The word “mononoke” means at least two things. Most commonly, is the Japanese word used to describe maleficent spirits determined to cause harm by all means necessary. But most of the world outside Japan knows it as the name of a princess from a 1997 anime by Japanese mastermind Hayao Miyazaki.
Yet a small number of people, familiar with the work of a Spanish motorcycle garage by the name of El Solitario MC, also know Mononoke as being a motorcycle. And not just any motorcycle, but a custom 1975 Ducati 350.
Now, officially these guys say the name of the bike was inspired by Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke, and the paint job used on it could be interpreted as a sign of that (zoom in on the photos to see the incredible detail of the work). But take the bike, with its oily paint, and hide it in the woods for a photo shoot like you can see in the gallery above, and the mind immediately flies to those evil spirits.
Lurking like a pro in a surrounding that it’s rather uncommon for the Italian-made bike, the Ducati has been modified well past its looks.
El Solitario says it used a “full race spec motor fully blueprinted and built with the best parts that could be found,” leaving enough room for interpretation on whether their talking about a mild rebuild or something a bit more extreme. The list of parts used - new bearings, ported head, Phil Joy camshaft, VMH 3 piece crankshaft, Leonti conrod, Omega piston – rather points to the latter, though.
Aside for the changes made to the engine and the extreme paint job, the bike was also gifted with the modified frame and swingarm, and of course with a custom seat.
We are not being told how much the build cost to make.
Now, officially these guys say the name of the bike was inspired by Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke, and the paint job used on it could be interpreted as a sign of that (zoom in on the photos to see the incredible detail of the work). But take the bike, with its oily paint, and hide it in the woods for a photo shoot like you can see in the gallery above, and the mind immediately flies to those evil spirits.
Lurking like a pro in a surrounding that it’s rather uncommon for the Italian-made bike, the Ducati has been modified well past its looks.
El Solitario says it used a “full race spec motor fully blueprinted and built with the best parts that could be found,” leaving enough room for interpretation on whether their talking about a mild rebuild or something a bit more extreme. The list of parts used - new bearings, ported head, Phil Joy camshaft, VMH 3 piece crankshaft, Leonti conrod, Omega piston – rather points to the latter, though.
Aside for the changes made to the engine and the extreme paint job, the bike was also gifted with the modified frame and swingarm, and of course with a custom seat.
We are not being told how much the build cost to make.
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