Monster bikes

[Scottish]

I already got one of those in my garage.  I'm thinking it might be fun with a custom sidecar. Same year and everything.

[kingbaby]

Do it   Do it   Do it   

[kingbaby]

Titanium: smooth as butter, with reflexes like aluminium.

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=28810.0

[kingbaby]

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=29065.0

[Cloner]

Titanium: smooth as butter, with reflexes like aluminium.

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=28810.0

This guy was a fair artist, but he took money from a number of folks and then disappeared from the face of the earth.  A few guys on the Ducati.net list were looking to beat his head in for a while.  I particularly liked his exhausts, but I guess we won't have an opportunity to acquire one of those anytime soon.

Wanna go into business building titanium Ducati frames?  I know enough about working with the stuff to be REALLY dangerous.  I've worked for a company that machined and welded titanium in fair volume a few years ago.  On second thought, maybe we should start by building stainless steel custom exhausts.  Any thoughts?  All we'd need is a saw, a welder, a tube bender, and a source for decent stainless tube and sheet metal. 

[Zaster]

This guy was a fair artist, but he took money from a number of folks and then disappeared from the face of the earth.  A few guys on the Ducati.net list were looking to beat his head in for a while.  I particularly liked his exhausts, but I guess we won't have an opportunity to acquire one of those anytime soon.

Wanna go into business building titanium Ducati frames?  I know enough about working with the stuff to be REALLY dangerous.  I've worked for a company that machined and welded titanium in fair volume a few years ago.  On second thought, maybe we should start by building stainless steel custom exhausts.  Any thoughts?  All we'd need is a saw, a welder, a tube bender, and a source for decent stainless tube and sheet metal. 

Don't tempt me...I love this kind of work

[kingbaby]

Yeah it's funny how some of these guys act as if he were a saint.
Makes my saying "two sides to every story & a punch line" more rock solid by the day.

As far as building stuff goes, you know I'm down!  The Exhausts are always a good call seeing as that they are not a structural piece. AKA: Less chance of getting your ass sued.

[KRJ]

     there are several venders that can supply mandrel bends and swaged tapers to a customers specs, from there it's a good tig welder, liquid cooled band saw, fixturing, design, vender to cut flanges and brackets (waterjet,laser), dyno tests to prove they actually work, patent lawyers to keep you out of trouble, market demand analysis, marketing strategy, advertisement, shipping and recieving facilities ,shop space, start up costes, overhead projections, profit margin.......Oh yeah, it does sound fun on weekends in the garage though...

[Cloner]

     there are several venders that can supply mandrel bends and swaged tapers to a customers specs, from there it's a good tig welder, liquid cooled band saw, fixturing, design, vender to cut flanges and brackets (waterjet,laser), dyno tests to prove they actually work, patent lawyers to keep you out of trouble, market demand analysis, marketing strategy, advertisement, shipping and recieving facilities ,shop space, start up costes, overhead projections, profit margin.......Oh yeah, it does sound fun on weekends in the garage though...

OK....I also have access to a liquid cooled band saw, a laser, and a water jet (and a high definition plasma), I can design product and fixturing (as I am a mechanical engineer) and I can handle the business stuff (as I also hold an M.B.A.).  Anybody got a TIG (preferably with a liquid cooled torch and high-frequency capability so we can work with aluminum for brackets and such) and access to a dyno?  Oh...wait....we ride Ducatis.....there's no need to prove any performance gain....we just have to prove it looks and sounds good!  Witness these crazy "Boom Tubes" as evidence.

I think we'll also need a set of sheet metal rolls, a sheet brake, and welding lessons.  I can't weld for crap.  I've done some oxy-acetylene welding, but that was 20 years ago.

Any more crazy questions?

[Zaster]

JJ could lend a hand when it comes to fluid dynamics to make sure the sound is up to par
as well as the performance enhancement

[KRJ]

   Just throw'n out some good hearted fun!! I am in the steel fabrication business, and have explored the prospect, it sounds to Me that We have a definite positive pool of resource, and We all like to do this kind of thing... maybe Let's look at it a little more serious...If nothing else We could build some really cool shit for Ourselves and Friends. That's where it begins anyway...If there's a market for a unique product it will surface, if You build it with style and quality craftsmanship, only the economy would be the final hurdle. Something to think about, because it be damn good fun

[Cloner]

Just throw'n out some good hearted fun!!

That's how I took it....I was just pointing out that we already have lots of the resources necessary to make it happen. 

As to building for ourselves and friends, that's exactly what I had in mind for now.  Let's design an exhaust for Monsters, comparable to "Boom Tubes", but that actually works and looks cool.

Just a thought.  Anybody got a Monster they'd volunteer for research?

[bonfy]

What kind of research?  Will it involve alien leathers on my saddle?  Just sayin'...

[dusty]

Sounds like it to me...You got a spare Monster laying around??

[bonfy]

I've got some spare parts.  And so does Scottish, I believe.     I was just wondering about the research part.  You know the Paladin don't like anyone else's leathers touching his saddle.  We come as a package.  Sounds bad, I know.