Familiar Monster...new face

[Count Zero]

When I showed the bike to a friend who works at one of the two Ducati shops here, he actually said "I want to make sweet sweet love to your tank."


So yea, it's not drifted far from its usual crowd, apparently.
 

[Count Zero]

Ok, I've now had the bike almost 3 weeks...not ridden it all this week, but in the first 2 weeks I put about 500 miles on it.

Dear lord, I love this bike.
 

[Count Zero]

Dredging up an old thread, but I have a question about my gas tank...

I understand it's a VW specialty color, but does anyone know the actual color code for it?
Or should I just roll up to a VW dealership and ask their body/paint guys?

Thanks!

[The Bearded Duc]

Hey Charles, how's it going?!

Let me check with Speeddog, maybe his paint guy has the code.

In the mean time, it's called VW Fresco Green if thats helps at all.

[The Bearded Duc]

Here ya go. This is from Speeddog, paint code is at the bottom....

We have about a half-pint of spray-ready paint in the can, if he wants to go that route.
$30 plus shipping.

Jim says it's enough to shoot a tank, or perhaps a fender and cowl.
It would need a base coat of a close color to be done successfully.

Jim says that it's *very* difficult ( in layman's terms, impossible) to brush touch or spot repair that paint.
The pearl and metallic won't cooperate.

Otherwise....

Volkswagen LA6W, Fresco Green Pearl Metallic, 2001-2003

[Count Zero]

Hrmmm....  Yea, the idea was to just touch up the chip and a couple little spots on the tank.

I'll have to see what my options are.  I've a guy or two I know that might spray the whole thing for cheap if I supply the paint.  We'll see. 


And the bike runs great as ever.  Been on the Harley a lot, but mostly because 90% of the time I've been out riding it's been with other Harley guys.   But I love pulling the Duc out now and then and just zipping around for the hell of it.
Tomorrow will be a nice 30-40 mile ride on it, I think.  Not long, but got a lot to do between now & next Saturday.

[The Bearded Duc]

Sounds great!

I wish I've had time for a nice ride, it's been all commuting for me for the past couple of months and I've got the itch!!

[Count Zero]

I had to run out to our "farm" which is a 40 mile ride out mostly hilly, curvy road.
No way I wasn't taking it. 

Of course, all the slow-driving tourists were also out, so hard to keep a good pace more than a minute at a time.  Grrrr.