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Author Topic: Ducati Bobber 900  (Read 22895 times)
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« Reply #30 on: May 19, 2011, 08:54:57 AM »
Quote from: mikeb on May 19, 2011, 07:46:36 AM
Can't be a rebel by building a bobber anyway.  No matter what motor you put in it.  Nothing original about a bobber.  Been done to death.




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« Reply #31 on: May 19, 2011, 09:03:26 AM »
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« Reply #32 on: May 19, 2011, 09:05:47 AM »
Quote from: mikeb on May 19, 2011, 07:46:36 AM
Can't be a rebel by building a bobber anyway.  No matter what motor you put in it.  Nothing original about a bobber.  Been done to death.

What hasn't?

Played:
Bobbers
Choppers
Cruisers
Cafe Racers
Street Trackers
Streetfighters
Stunters

Not-played:
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« Reply #33 on: May 19, 2011, 09:43:59 AM »
Quote from: Artful on May 19, 2011, 09:05:47 AM
What hasn't?

Played:
Bobbers
Choppers
Cruisers
Cafe Racers
Street Trackers
Streetfighters
Stunters

Not-played:

Leaving a bike alone
Modifying a bike with accessories from the era it was manufactured (or handworking it to appear so)
Tasteful anything  (mods or an entire bike) that's not cookie cutter.
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« Reply #34 on: May 19, 2011, 09:50:23 AM »
How does one "leave a bike alone" ??

Does not compute.
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« Reply #35 on: May 19, 2011, 10:04:10 AM »
Quote from: Artful on May 19, 2011, 09:50:23 AM
How does one "leave a bike alone" ??

Does not compute.
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« Reply #36 on: May 19, 2011, 10:46:07 AM »
Quote from: hillbillypolack on May 19, 2011, 07:35:24 AM
  "I want to be a rebel" the customer says. 

I would have made this for him then:
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« Reply #37 on: May 19, 2011, 11:03:10 AM »
I like it.  Doesn't make me wanna run out and buy one just like, but I like it (though I'm with everyone on the grim reaper thing.  But if that's what the customer wanted . . . ).  

I know the customer didn't want a one-off frame, but I wonder if ya coulda taken the motor mounts continued them with a mini trellis 'til they met near the middle of the engine.  It'd look like a mini-Duc frame.  Actually, now that I think about it, that would prolly look like dogshit.  Forget I said anything.   Grin

FWIW, Duck-Stew geared his bobber really tall.  The multiple times I rode it, the tall gearing worked really well with the Duc 900 motor.  It slowed it down a bit off the line (and was hell on the clutch on start n' stop San Francisco hills), but stock gearing would have had too much sportbike thrust and ruined a little bit of the hybrid bobbber/Duc feel.  It's an easy change, but it's something to think about.  
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« Reply #38 on: May 19, 2011, 11:56:56 AM »
Quote from: 666r on May 18, 2011, 07:05:09 PM
The frame is a kraft tech. Originally made for a Harley type v twin. This bike is being built for a customer that wanted a ducati engine in a old school bobber type frame. The customer didn't want to pay for a one off frame. So we needed to make a mounting system that would hold the engine and give some rigidity back to the frame. There are not many options on how to mount this engine. We needed to make the mount removable so if the engine needed to be  removed for any reason it could be easily done. Its easy to say the mounts look like an afterthought but when you explore your options there are not many solutions that  are safe and strong enough. Also the reaper design was at the customers request.(not my choice) You can check the oil level very easy the sight glass is in plain sight when you get at eye level.


I build custom things (ginormous homes) myself so I am completely sympathetic to the fact that the guy writing the checks can completely (or partially) ruin what as otherwise a really great build. If you can't talk any sense into them all you can do is point to the great quality of the ugly POS you were forced to build.

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« Reply #39 on: May 19, 2011, 02:47:13 PM »
^^^^ What he said.

Personally I like most of the bike. The parts I don't aren't that big a deal.
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« Reply #40 on: May 20, 2011, 06:48:01 AM »
I like it more and more as I look at it.  Smiley

If it were mine:

1. Strip it down, blast, and repaint the frame, wheels, and bodywork in satin black.

2. Lose the clutch cover entirely, or go with one of the super-minimal ones made out of wire (which, chromed, would echo the wheel spokes to a degree).

3. Lose those timing pulleys in favor of more mechanical-looking, black-anodized machined billet units. Those in the pics are too froo-froo.
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« Reply #41 on: May 25, 2011, 10:23:53 AM »
here's an olde skoool Ducati Choppa

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1968-DUCATI-chopped-back-70s-/130524565786?pt=US_motorcycles&hash=item1e63ded11a
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« Reply #42 on: May 25, 2011, 10:34:30 AM »
Quote from: zooom on May 25, 2011, 10:23:53 AM
here's an olde skoool Ducati Choppa

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1968-DUCATI-chopped-back-70s-/130524565786?pt=US_motorcycles&hash=item1e63ded11a

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« Reply #43 on: May 25, 2011, 10:55:50 AM »
Fortunately, there's no Ducati Monster groupthink when it comes to mods ... such as Termis, CF everywhere, open clutch bling, Corse decals, etc...  Roll Eyes

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« Reply #44 on: May 25, 2011, 10:58:32 AM »
Quote from: DrDesmosedici on May 25, 2011, 10:55:50 AM
Fortunately, there's no Ducati Monster groupthink when it comes to mods ... such as Termis, CF everywhere, open clutch bling, Corse decals, etc...  Roll Eyes

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