Awesome vintage Ducati - '65 Mountaineer 100

[Christian]

A buddy of mine from another forum picked this awesome bike up and I wanted to share the photos with you guys. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did! The vintage Ducs have a special place in my heart.

[the_Journeyman]

What a great specimen!  Thanks for sharing.  Reminds me of when the off-road version of the 450 single was for sale locally ~

JM

[Two dogs]

Duel rear chain ring  has anyone seen that on a moto before?

[JDucati]

Duel rear chain ring  has anyone seen that on a moto before?

I bet it has something to do with it being some kind of dual purpose bike.  gearing for highway/town speeds and trail speeds.

Im prolly wrong

Cool bike by the way

~JD

[NFJ79]

That is cool!  Thanks for sharing!

[triangleforge]

Duel rear chain ring   has anyone seen that on a moto before?

Only once -- on a Suzuki that was about to be rendered at the local scrap metal dealer. I looked at it really closely and couldn't figure out how you'd move between the two, other than keeping two different chains in different lengths, and maybe flipping the rear sprocket over to keep a good chainline. Since that's as much work or more than simply swapping single sprockets, there's got to be a trick I missed.





One other interesting feature -- the 1961 Vespa we're working at restoring has the same left-hand twist grip gear shift arrangement. Sure hope I can get the corrosion broken loose on ours!

[Chucko9-696]

Thats sweet thanks for sharing . And is that a twist grip gear shifter?

[Betty]

Most scooters of that vintage were made in Italy and made with twist grip gear shift (like the Boss' '65 Lambretta) ... so no real surprise to see it on an Italian bike of similar vintage and similar engine capacity.

I am far from an expert in these things but it looks like a pretty complete/original package.

[Betuadollar]

Just a minor comment: I had one of these in the early 70s. It was dual sprocket because it was intended as dual sport. The bike also came with a piece of chain, maybe six links and two master links. With the large sprocket torque was vastly increased but it also reduced the speed to about 35 mph. With the smaller sprocket it did about 55. And generally, using it in the woods, I kept it on the larger sprocket.

[Duck-Stew]

What a time capsule!  I hope he does NOTHING with it but get it running and occassionally enjoy it.

That, and enter it into a few vintage motorcycle festivals.

Damn good find! 

[sgollapalle]

Just a minor comment: I had one of these in the early 70s. It was dual sprocket because it was intended as dual sport. The bike also came with a piece of chain, maybe six links and two master links. With the large sprocket torque was vastly increased but it also reduced the speed to about 35 mph. With the smaller sprocket it did about 55. And generally, using it in the woods, I kept it on the larger sprocket.

I was thinking the same, a small chain bit for the extra length and a chain tool that you carry in your pocket. At the speeds those bikes were then capable of, I don't think a few mm difference in sproket placement (inward/outward between the two) would have mattered that much. 

Nice one! Thanks for sharing.

[Fergus]

Awesome! Looks like it's going 50 mph standing still!

[DesmoDiva]

Sweet ride!!

[lazylightnin717]

Kick start on the left side would be a tough one to get used to.

Unless I'm remembering my childhood dirtbikes differently 

Nice bike though for sure!

[Speeddog]

Euro bikes back in the day were usually left side kickstart.

Japanese bikes usually right side.

Kick start on the left side would be a tough one to get used to.

Unless I'm remembering my childhood dirtbikes differently 

Nice bike though for sure!