Radical Ducati now in the US

[TAftonomos]

Looks pretty good.  Nose looks a bit low, like it will hit the fender under full compression.  Might just be the angle though.

Thanks for the pic(s)!

[mia monster]

      Yeah you would need to bore the engine cases, or the bottom of the frame can be modded to be more like a 999 style. This way you would not need to touch your engine. The frame can be made to fit your engine and swingarm when ordered, but I think its easier to bore the cases.
       They also have Aluminum Frames for Monster http://www.radicalducati.com/index.php?page=diciembre-2006

[mia monster]

      And the front fairing is not in the right place yet, there are a lot of small styling changes done to the nose and tail before the bike is done.

[junior varsity]

      Yeah you would need to bore the engine cases, or the bottom of the frame can be modded to be more like a 999 style. This way you would not need to touch your engine. The frame can be made to fit your engine and swingarm when ordered, but I think its easier to bore the cases.

you let me know a place that bores cases "easily" to change the location of the swingarm pivot hole on the ellipse, high-to-low or vice-versa, and I'll be sending them an empty set of crankcases "tomorrow" (and by tomorrow I mean the very day i finish removing all the "innards", and such). 

[mia monster]

      Well I said easier not easily, and anyone with a Bridgeport should be able to mill the cases. Theres probably a dozen machine shop in my area that can do it, so when you get that bottom end apart let me know and ill give you some names.

[TAftonomos]

you let me know a place that bores cases "easily" to change the location of the swingarm pivot hole on the ellipse, high-to-low or vice-versa, and I'll be sending them an empty set of crankcases "tomorrow" (and by tomorrow I mean the very day i finish removing all the "innards", and such). 

You are planning on mocking the engine up/marking it in the actual frame....correct? 

[junior varsity]

yes - so its both up/down and forward/backward correct.

[Punx Clever]

      Well I said easier not easily, and anyone with a Bridgeport should be able to mill the cases. Theres probably a dozen machine shop in my area that can do it, so when you get that bottom end apart let me know and ill give you some names.

Methinks it would be easier to mod the frame.  There are a lot more people with welders than there are people with mills... and you don't have to gut the engine to do it.

[mia monster]

      Yes alot of people welders and alot of people can weld, but the frame is aluminum and when aluminum is welded it gets soft so the more times you cut/weld/mod the frame the softer the alloy gets. So again its up to you but ether way milling the cases or re-heat treating the frame its not easy, but that all the fun of custom building a bike

[Turf]

Was excited to see that I got an email with some new pics and telling me that my radical stuff should be here this week   

[671M900]

Was excited to see that I got an email with some new pics and telling me that my radical stuff should be here this week   

I love it, but where's the exhaust?

[junior varsity]

And oil cooler lines. Clearly a work in progress.

[671M900]

And oil cooler lines. Clearly a work in progress.

And throttle... haha.. Still, looks great!

[sgollapalle]

And cables to the front brakes 

[mia monster]

And paint, and powdercoat, and wiring harness, and seat, and connected water cooler lines. its in its finall moc-up so we can pick colours and fab the exhaust. It should be finshed in a few weeks