Ducati Monster Forum

  I've been without a Duc for a couple of years, but just bought this 2007 S4RS with only 660 miles on it!
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Nice bike, but love that classic Porsche in the background.  [thumbsup]

 The Porsche is sold....that's how I bought the bike ;D

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Sweet Ride!

Thassa nice!!!  Congrats!!!

660 miles...I put that many on mine the first weekend I had it  [moto]

Nice bike, but you've got a lot of work ahead of you (though probably not as much as that sweet Porsche took) lol.

 The Porsche was a two year project. A year and a half to restore it and about 6 months to get it sold. I am getting ready to tear the S4RS apart and build a Ti frame. I'm picking up a few more items for the shop this weekend but I am getting close to having everything I need.

Ti frame? Damn. You must have relatives that work at NCR!! [laugh] Nice score on the scooter for sure! [thumbsup]

you know how to weld Ti?

  Yes, I can weld Ti. I TIG welded Stainless Steel for 11 years, 10 hours a day. Ti welds about the same as SS, just takes a lot more preperation. I hope to do this fulltime eventually.

Ewwwww it's all red and shiny and stuff...




;)

Wow like brand new! congrats and enjoy being in a duc again!

Sweet! 660 miles?! How can you buy a bike like that and not ride it?

The biggest difference is that Ti has distortion problems that make 304 or 316 SS look like child's play.  Typically, titanium tube frames are built on a jig and stress relieved on that jig before they're unclamped to insure dimensional stability.  The jig should be simple to fabricate using your stock frame, so have fun!  The hard part is finding an oven big enough to relieve the whole weldment in.    ;)

Congrats on the new acquisition.  Keep the list "in the know" as you proceed with your build.  Who knows, there may be a market in titanium Monster frames in your future.   [thumbsup]

Cloner
ABQ, NM

  Yes, distortion on SS can be a problem. I've even had to clamp parts "out of square" so that they would be square after welding. Some of that is fitment. Welding is like painting, if you don't take the time to do the body work correct, the paint job won't be any good. I believe about 90% of good welding is making sure the parts fit correctly. If you're welding gaps, you're asking for trouble. If you tack something up and go at it like a madman, usually something bad happens. I just bought a Tig welder with pulse, that should help minimize distortion also.
  But you got me thinkin about how to build a big oven ;D

I used to work at a fabrication/machine shop in Ooltewah, TN, where Lightspeed bicycles is (was?) located.  We did lots of work for those guys and I've seen what happens to titanium bicycle frames when they're improperly stress relieved.  It's a shameful waste of beautiful titanium.   :'(

I seem to remember stress relieving temperatures for titanium alloys to be somewhere in the 900° to 1100° Fahrenheit range.  You just have to be sure to keep it below the annealing temperature.  I don't remember those guys doing any pre or post treatment other than stress relief in an oven.

Good luck!

litespeed is still there as is the lynskey bike company i think the original owners of litespeed before it was sold.

wow you used to work around with that stuff that is cool.

Don't tear it apart!   What a make the beast with two backsing waste of a good motorcycle.  Swing a leg over it and ride it.  It's one of the best motorcycles ever sold to the public. Can  you say ....... Termi kit, 14 tooth sprocket, a good set of tires and a steering damper?

Ride that bike. Make a Ti frame for an old Triumph or something.   :'(

LA

I sold one just like this one w, 7 miles on it.

I would have loved to have kept it but I got the 1098 R in it's place plus I already had it's twin.

Like LA said, Full Termi Exhaust, open Airbox, DP ECU and a 14 tooth Front Sprocket and the bike will give you all you want !

I have 3 bikes now and no room for a 4th or I'd like to have another S4Rs.

Great find.

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Dolph    :)

He sold the one he had stored, then ended up crashing the other one he had. =(

When its all growed up it will look like this!

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Hi LA,

 Yeah I had 2 of them ...identical twins !

Rode the hell out of one of them and never rode the other !

Dolph     :)

Exactomondo !

Dolph      :)

With the few full on rebuild threads we have I am surprised so many are shooting down the idea of  Ti Frame.

Well said. I don't know make the beast with two backs all about welding but I would love to see you build a Ti frame just to learn something about it  [beer]