Bolton YouTuber shares her journey to restoring her dream motorbike and why she’s giving it away

In 2010, Kate Ralph, also known as UsernameKate on her socials, had just written off her first big motorcycle.

“My only worry was my next bike as I had a trip to Europe planned with my Dad and some of his friends,” the motorcyclist recalled.

While on the hunt for a new bike, she stumbled across a 2002 Ducati 750S on sale.

“I found my dream bike at the time on eBay, it was about £2,000 and I fell in love,” the bolton local enthused.

“It wasn't a standard one, it had all its fairings ripped off to turn it into a mean-looking Streetfighter instead of the sports bike it started life as.”

Kate’s father wasn’t convinced and discouraged her from buying the bike.

“Growing up, I was obsessed with Radical Ducati builds from the likes of Walt Siegl and always wanted one as a forever bike, so this was always the bike I looked back at and kicked myself about! It was so me, stealthily, blacked out and just mean looking!”

Over a decade later, Kate would find herself facing her dream ride again, but this time, it would need some work.

“It was the best example 750S that I could find on the Market. Body wise, it was in lovely condition, the engine paint was in great condition too,” she revealed.

“It was a very clean example, which is why a few Ducatistas may scream ‘sacrilege’ at what we have done to transform it.”

The Youtuber, in order to give the motorcycle a complete refresh, has done a lot more than just give it a full MOT.

Some alterations include the fairings being removed to make it into a streetfighter, twin cone air filters being fitted, plus new barend and rear indicators.

Now the motorcycle is finished, Kate has taken her new ride on the road, back to its motherland in Italy, where the Ducati museum is.

Fans can watch all the highlights from this trip on the ‘Italian Stallion’ on the Bikesure YouTube channel.

After the social media star has completed her trip, surprisingly, she will be giving the motorbike away.

Teaming up with Bikesure again, the classic Ducati will go to one lucky competition winner.

“I honestly love the thing and don’t want it to be given away,” she joked to her nearly 84K YouTube subscribers and 40K Instagram followers, thanking them for all the interest in the competition.