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Ducati Bobber 900

Started by 666r, May 17, 2011, 02:55:57 PM

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hillbillypolack

#30
May 19, 2011, 09:54:57 AM
Quote from: mikeb on May 19, 2011, 08:46:36 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.




precisely

Silver King

#31
May 19, 2011, 10:03:26 AM
Valve checks should be easy

Artful

#32
May 19, 2011, 10:05:47 AM
Quote from: mikeb on May 19, 2011, 08:46:36 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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hillbillypolack

#33
May 19, 2011, 10:43:59 AM
Quote from: Artful on May 19, 2011, 10:05:47 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.
_________

Fixified

Artful

#34
May 19, 2011, 10:50:23 AM
How does one "leave a bike alone" ??

Does not compute.
Every time I meet a new group of your friends that understand you and your weird sense of humor I'm a little more amazed that there are other people in the world like you that lived through childhood - My loving girlfriend

hillbillypolack

#35
May 19, 2011, 11:04:10 AM
Quote from: Artful on May 19, 2011, 10:50:23 AM
How does one "leave a bike alone" ??

Does not compute.
;D

ducatiz

#36
May 19, 2011, 11:46:07 AM
Quote from: hillbillypolack on May 19, 2011, 08:35:24 AM
  "I want to be a rebel" the customer says. 

I would have made this for him then:

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"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 airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

Spidey

#37
May 19, 2011, 12:03:10 PM
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.   ;D

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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SacDuc

#38
May 19, 2011, 12:56:56 PM
Quote from: 666r on May 18, 2011, 08:05:09 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.

sac
HATERS GONNA HATE.

Drunken Monkey

#39
May 19, 2011, 03:47:13 PM
^^^^ What he said.

Personally I like most of the bike. The parts I don't aren't that big a deal.
I own several motorcycles. I have owned lots of motorcycles. And have bolted and/or modified lots of crap to said motorcycles...

Speedbag

#40
May 20, 2011, 07:48:01 AM
I like it more and more as I look at it.  :)

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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zooom

#41
May 25, 2011, 11:23:53 AM
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98 Monster 900(trackpregnant dog-soon to be made my Fiancee's upgrade streetbike)
2010 KTM 990 SM-T

ducatiz

#42
May 25, 2011, 11:34:30 AM
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 airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

DrDesmo

#43
May 25, 2011, 11:55:50 AM Last Edit: May 25, 2011, 11:57:23 AM by DrDesmosedici
Fortunately, there's no Ducati Monster groupthink when it comes to mods ... such as Termis, CF everywhere, open clutch bling, Corse decals, etc...  [roll]

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Cheers,
Adam
'95 916
'12 800XC

ducatiz

#44
May 25, 2011, 11:58:32 AM
Quote from: DrDesmosedici on May 25, 2011, 11:55:50 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]

Monty Python - Life of Brian - Your're all different

Cheers,
Adam

AAAHAHAHAHA, one of my most favorite lines... "i'm not"  SHHH SHH SHH!
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 airâ€"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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