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Title: Ducati Cafe Racer Project - Pic heavy Post by: Yorkie on January 15, 2016, 11:15:25 AM As well as doing a re-fresh on my Monster I am doing a Cafe racer with some bits I had knocking around. Using the frame from an ST2 I picked up really cheaply and the 900 engine I had from my Ducati Monster I figured I could make something cafe racer-ish out of the bits:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0023_zpsc98ae741.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0023_zpsc98ae741.jpg.html) (http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0024_zpscc6c6c0d.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0024_zpscc6c6c0d.jpg.html) I ordered a seat unit from Australia from http://www.shed-xcustoms.com/, (http://www.shed-xcustoms.com/,) it was cheaper than a similar one in France: (http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0117_zpsb2a2f0d9.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0117_zpsb2a2f0d9.jpg.html) I borrowed a Ducati Classic Sport fuel tank to see what needed to be cut off to make the plan come together: (http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0255_zpsbk7imuxa.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0255_zpsbk7imuxa.jpg.html) Yorkie Title: Re: Ducati Cafe Racer Project - Pic heavy Post by: Yorkie on January 15, 2016, 11:21:30 AM Most of the rear frame needed to be trimmed away, taking a lot of weight off the bike:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0258_zpssrmerz46.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0258_zpssrmerz46.jpg.html) I started to trim the back end off the frame: (http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0265_zps6kjwr8cd.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0265_zps6kjwr8cd.jpg.html) The frame then needed to be tightened up at the rear to allow the seat unit to fit: (http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0266_zps9kpnhtx3.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0266_zps9kpnhtx3.jpg.html) (http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0267_zpsa4neiqow.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0267_zpsa4neiqow.jpg.html) The idea was to make the lines flow. I also needed to add some more trellis frame-work to make it look complete: (http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0272_zpsclklofcz.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0272_zpsclklofcz.jpg.html) The back end is starting to come together: (http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0288_zpsgdcmldj8.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0288_zpsgdcmldj8.jpg.html) Yorkie Title: Re: Ducati Cafe Racer Project - Pic heavy Post by: Yorkie on January 15, 2016, 11:26:51 AM Next was welding the new bits of trellis in place:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/2015-04-06_12-43-03_743_zps5lden50p.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/2015-04-06_12-43-03_743_zps5lden50p.jpg.html) Once they were mocked up it started to look quite good: (http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/2015-04-06_13-13-06_993_zpsebutym2d.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/2015-04-06_13-13-06_993_zpsebutym2d.jpg.html) (http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/2015-04-06_13-13-24_233_zpsrt2hv9hu.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/2015-04-06_13-13-24_233_zpsrt2hv9hu.jpg.html) The frame still needs a bit of work: (http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0354_zpscvoeecfr.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0354_zpscvoeecfr.jpg.html) I bought a fuel tank for £100 to chop about: (http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0448_zpsfisfjwjo.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0448_zpsfisfjwjo.jpg.html) Yorkie Title: Re: Ducati Cafe Racer Project - Pic heavy Post by: Yorkie on January 15, 2016, 11:30:58 AM I had to trim the tank to get it to fit:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0850_zps5zm55dsz.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0850_zps5zm55dsz.jpg.html) (http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0852_zpsl6sucbxb.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0852_zpsl6sucbxb.jpg.html) All smoothed off, I just need to plastic weld it now: (http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_1459_zpsnevli7lv.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_1459_zpsnevli7lv.jpg.html) Starting to look how I want it to: (http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_1460_zpsveod8hvh.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_1460_zpsveod8hvh.jpg.html) (http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_1461_zpsss0ljdks.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_1461_zpsss0ljdks.jpg.html) Yorkie Title: Re: Ducati Cafe Racer Project - Pic heavy Post by: koko64 on January 15, 2016, 11:34:29 AM [thumbsup] Very cool. [popcorn]
Title: Re: Ducati Cafe Racer Project - Pic heavy Post by: Yorkie on January 15, 2016, 11:35:16 AM The last bit I have played about with is a rear light:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_1439_zpsnqcmkeku.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_1439_zpsnqcmkeku.jpg.html) The total cost was £10 for the light, rheostat and diodes. This is the running light: (http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_1455_zpsxhy4utyu.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_1455_zpsxhy4utyu.jpg.html) This is the brake light: (http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_1456_zpsmqnjw4sc.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_1456_zpsmqnjw4sc.jpg.html) That's all so far folks. Yorkie Title: Re: Ducati Cafe Racer Project - Pic heavy Post by: Yorkie on January 15, 2016, 11:36:14 AM [thumbsup] Very cool. [popcorn] Cheers buddy, I will put my completed build on here as well. Yorkie Title: Re: Ducati Cafe Racer Project - Pic heavy Post by: SpikeC on January 15, 2016, 01:21:32 PM That rear end treatment is what Ducati should have done with the sport classics! Very nice!
Title: Re: Ducati Cafe Racer Project - Pic heavy Post by: Yorkie on January 15, 2016, 02:37:29 PM That rear end treatment is what Ducati should have done with the sport classics! Very nice! I am hoping the image in my head will work out. Yorkie Title: Re: Ducati Cafe Racer Project - Pic heavy Post by: MotoPsycho on January 16, 2016, 10:59:16 AM This is what it is all about. Making it your own. Good job bro.
Title: Re: Ducati Cafe Racer Project - Pic heavy Post by: Yorkie on January 16, 2016, 11:01:12 AM This is what it is all about. Making it your own. Good job bro. Cheers, once you start you just can't stop .... it's like a tube of Pringles, addictive. Yorkie Title: Re: Ducati Cafe Racer Project - Pic heavy Post by: oldndumb on January 16, 2016, 05:20:09 PM [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [thumbsup]
Title: Re: Ducati Cafe Racer Project - Pic heavy Post by: DucHead on January 16, 2016, 05:27:51 PM Nice! [popcorn]
Title: Re: Ducati Cafe Racer Project - Pic heavy Post by: Yorkie on June 25, 2016, 11:29:45 AM Nearly 6 months since I played with this project, that's the drama with doing two projects at once.
So with the Monster waiting for an oil scraper ring or a Hi-comp piston replacement for the ST2 engine I decided to crack on with this for a bit. This is the end result that I want for the rear end, so a bit more cutting and shaping was needed: (http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2545_zpsyrrluxmm.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2545_zpsyrrluxmm.jpg.html) I cut the frame at the rear some more and made some shaped pieces to finish off where the frames meet: (http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2549_zpssslrmlra.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2549_zpssslrmlra.jpg.html) Rear frame brace shaped and test fitted: (http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2550_zpsxnjuqvtt.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2550_zpsxnjuqvtt.jpg.html) (http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2551_zps9vuwogzp.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2551_zps9vuwogzp.jpg.html) It looks a little like Frankenstein's Monster but it will be tidied up once it is properly welded : (http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2563_zps1png0ypc.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2563_zps1png0ypc.jpg.html) With the exhaust mount in place: (http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2562_zpsc4rhg4mc.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2562_zpsc4rhg4mc.jpg.html) With the bodywork fitted it looks okay: (http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2552_zpsz1ugqwtt.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2552_zpsz1ugqwtt.jpg.html) (http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2556_zpsoxwatzej.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2556_zpsoxwatzej.jpg.html) It really is coming together.... Yorkie Title: Re: Ducati Cafe Racer Project - Pic heavy Post by: koko64 on June 25, 2016, 04:05:59 PM Like some Harley riders, there are Ducati riders showing the factory the way. Good work. [thumbsup] Title: Re: Ducati Cafe Racer Project - Pic heavy Post by: 2WheelsFTW on June 30, 2016, 05:56:39 AM This is some hotness in the making [popcorn]
Title: Re: Ducati Cafe Racer Project - Pic heavy Post by: Pinion on July 01, 2016, 05:26:29 AM awsomesauce, looking good, [thumbsup]
Title: Re: Ducati Cafe Racer Project - Pic heavy Post by: Stabel1 on July 03, 2016, 07:52:22 AM Unbelievable what some People just can do. Great work.
Gesendet von iPad mit Tapatalk Title: Re: Ducati Cafe Racer Project - Pic heavy Post by: Yorkie on August 06, 2016, 09:41:17 AM Thank you all. The Monster project I am doing is moving quicker!
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