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« Reply #15 on: May 18, 2011, 11:21:21 AM » |
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How do you check the oil level?
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Check out my oil filter forensics thread! Offended? Click here"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the air—these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.
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« Reply #16 on: May 18, 2011, 01:56:00 PM » |
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I really like it, but I would also lose the Grim Reaper and do something that picks up on the unique Italian motor.
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« Reply #17 on: May 18, 2011, 02:21:31 PM » |
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I really like it, but I would also lose the Grim Reaper and do something that picks up on the unique Italian motor.
Like motor mounts that don't look like an after thought? Its like some one fabbed a cool frame and then they had to decide what kind of motor they could wedge into it. well that Sportster 1200 didn't fit, but I know a guy who just wrecked a 900SS. The more I look at this bike the more it looks like using a Ducati 900 was not part of the original concept. Is that the case here? sac |
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« Reply #18 on: May 18, 2011, 02:52:18 PM » |
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Another vote for losing the Reaper. Way played out... The rest I dig.  |
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« Reply #19 on: May 18, 2011, 07:05:09 PM » |
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Like motor mounts that don't look like an after thought? Its like some one fabbed a cool frame and then they had to decide what kind of motor they could wedge into it. well that Sportster 1200 didn't fit, but I know a guy who just wrecked a 900SS.
The more I look at this bike the more it looks like using a Ducati 900 was not part of the original concept. Is that the case here?
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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 Originally made for a Harley type v twin.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. |
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« Reply #20 on: May 18, 2011, 07:14:23 PM » |
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Nice work Rick. Bobber's don't have front brakes.  |
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« Reply #21 on: May 18, 2011, 10:22:10 PM » |
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« Reply #22 on: May 19, 2011, 04:58:57 AM » |
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I actually like it better than Stu's bobber.
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« Reply #23 on: May 19, 2011, 05:47:40 AM » |
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Hey guys with much feedback I lowered the headlight. I think the lines look better.  |
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« Reply #24 on: May 19, 2011, 06:47:53 AM » |
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but how do you check the oil level?
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Check out my oil filter forensics thread! Offended? Click here"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the air—these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.
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« Reply #25 on: May 19, 2011, 06:50:38 AM » |
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Its an answer to a question nobody asked.
The reason for the underslung frame (on most older bikes) was that the frame needed to hold the engine from below. On Ducatis, the engine IS part of the frame. So doing a Harley wannabe bobber with a Duc engine looks like crapola IMHO.
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« Reply #26 on: May 19, 2011, 07:01:49 AM » |
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it just....it hurts right *here* you know what i mean?  |
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« Reply #27 on: May 19, 2011, 07:18:59 AM » |
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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.
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« Reply #28 on: May 19, 2011, 07:35:24 AM » |
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So, it's an out of the catalog Paughco with a standard Sportster peanut tank, 21" front wheel with Avon Speedmasters on it, repop springer front end and PM-look (Brembo) cantilevered brakes? Yep, recipe for an HD bobber.  "I want to be a rebel" the customer says. "I want to be different and put a Ducati engine in a bobber". And winds up looking just like everyone else. Needs tassels and an FTW clutch cover. |
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« Reply #29 on: May 19, 2011, 07:46:36 AM » |
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"I want to be a rebel" the customer says. 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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