Ducati scrambler?

[koko64]

They're orange cannons.

[duccarlos]

That tank looks really small.

[Speeddog]

That tank looks really small.

That's OK, by law hipsters cannot live farther than 5 miles from a coffee shop.

[triangleforge]

That tank looks really small.

It does, now that you mention it. Though I suppose that's kind of inevitable, given the way the '70s Scrambler aesthetic (with relatively small gas tanks) has kind of merged with the flat tracker/street tracker aesthetic (with REALLY small gas tanks).

I'm in the process of scrambler-izing a 1978 Yamaha XS650 to explore some of the gravel roads that are everywhere here in Northern Arizona. I'm planning to keep the larger, more bulbous Special gas tank, even though the Yamaha HT1 tank I have hanging in the rafters would look SO much cooler (but have about half the capacity)

The HT1 Tank looks like this:



While the Special Tank (which was chasing the chopper look) is this:

[spolic]

I see that they fixed the head light.  *O*

[ChrisK]

[DucRS]

I like what I see. Modding this thing would really be a hoot.

[Dirty Duc]

For a second I thought you posted a fuzzed picture of an XR1200.

[Skybarney]

Or a Buell Blast.....   

[triangleforge]

Now you're just being mean. 

[Privateer]

triumph scrambler was on my short list, so I'm excited to see what this will really look like/perform/cost.

[DarkMonster620]

[1.21GW]

I do not approve of that shade of yellow at all. 

[Curmudgeon]

I do not approve of that shade of yellow at all. 

It's probably Photoshop anyway. THIS is the color.

[1.21GW]

Still don't approve.