New tank

[supertjeduc]

I don't think every time i am going to change the color of my tank i change the color of the disks
And yes is magnesium
And about the angle of the exhaust , it's better now i think, it's all about the angle of the photo taken

[Travman]

Ist more grey than bleu 
Maybe greybleu , it's a bit like some primers

OK, I went back and looked at the pics on pages 1 and 2.  I thought it was white in those pics, but I can see the greyness of the paint job in those pictures now. 

Glad to see you are back to the classic headlight.  It is good to experiment, but the painted headlight bucket of the classic headlight along with custom two into one exhaust is what really sets your bike off. 

[dlearl476]

Notably, the use of a gold eagle is a direct reference and national symbol of the Italian Air Corp. This symbol was first integrated into a logo and used by Moto Guzzi and later adopted by Ducati. At that time, the eagle was used as a symbolic reference of national pride and has remained a part of the Guzzi logo to this day.


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Moto Guzzi was conceived by two aircraft pilots and their mechanic serving in the Corpo Aeronautico Militare (the Italian Air Corp, CAM) during World War I: Carlo Guzzi, Giovanni Ravelli and Giorgi Parodi. Assigned to the same Miraglia Squadron based outside Venice,[5] the three became close, despite coming from different socio-economic backgrounds. The trio envisioned creating a motorcycle company after the war. Guzzi would engineer the motor bikes, Parodi (the son of wealthy Genovese ship-owners) would finance the venture, and Ravelli (already a famous pilot and motorcycle racer) would promote the bikes with his racing prowess. Guzzi and Parodi (along with Parodi's brother) formed Moto Guzzi in 1921. Ravelli, ironically, had died just days after the war's end in an aircraft crash and is commemorated by the eagle's wings that form the Moto Guzzi logo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moto_Guzzi

My Favorite Eagle:



I wish I had taken more, better, pictures of it.



The last one shows the rough quality of the  hand-hammered tank.

[supertjeduc]

New 4G so made my first movie , sorry try to shake be bit less next time
Ducati Monster

[Blue]

New 4G so made my first movie , sorry try to shake be bit less next time
Ducati Monster

[Rameses]

Wow, that thing really looks amazing.

[Monster Dave]

Nice bike - out of curiosity though, why is it idling at 3k RPMs?

[supertjeduc]

Nice bike - out of curiosity though, why is it idling at 3k RPMs?

It's idling at 1200 revs but i had the (how is that think on the left called) a bit on (bike was cold)

[ducpainter]

It's idling at 1200 revs but i had the (how is that think on the left called) a bit on (bike was cold)

choke/fast idle lever...

[NorDog]

Alright, after digging and digging, I discovered the origin of this logo.

It turns out that this logo was originally a "Moto Ducati Eagle" logo and labeled as such during the 1960's and used on the singles:

"Moto Ducati Eagle" logo?

How in the world did they come up with that name for it?  That's just loopy.  They shoulda called it the, "Maybe It's A Bird" logo or something cool like that.

[Monster Dave]

choke/fast idle lever...

Ahh...that explains it! 

[DucHead]

Your bike sounds great!!   

I also like the animal logo on your tank.  What is it?   

[Howley]

Were you born in a cave??? If it's facing right its an eagle and if it's facing left it's a bird!!!

[slowkitty]

the use of a gold eagle is a direct reference and national symbol of the Italian Air Corp. This symbol was first integrated into a logo and used by Moto Guzzi and later adopted by Ducati. At that time, the eagle was used as a symbolic reference of national pride and has remained a part of the Guzzi logo to this day.

Re the Moto Guzzi logo, the eagle was used by remaining founders of the company to commemorate the other would-be founder who was a pilot and who died before the company was formed.

Cheers

[Rameses]

Re the Moto Guzzi logo, the eagle was used by remaining founders of the company to commemorate the other would-be founder who was a pilot and who died before the company was formed.

Cheers

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Look 11 posts up from yours.