Ducati Cafe Racer Project - Pic heavy

[Yorkie]

As well as doing a re-fresh on my Monster I am doing a Cafe racer with some bits I had knocking around.  Using the frame from an ST2 I picked up really cheaply and the 900 engine I had from my Ducati Monster I figured I could make something cafe racer-ish out of the bits:





I ordered a seat unit from Australia from http://www.shed-xcustoms.com/, it was cheaper than a similar one in France:



I borrowed a Ducati Classic Sport fuel tank to see what needed to be cut off to make the plan come together:



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[Yorkie]

Most of the rear frame needed to be trimmed away, taking a lot of weight off the bike:



I started to trim the back end off the frame:



The frame then needed to be tightened up at the rear to allow the seat unit to fit:





The idea was to make the lines flow.  I also needed to add some more trellis frame-work to make it look complete:



The back end is starting to come together:



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[Yorkie]

Next was welding the new bits of trellis in place:



Once they were mocked up it started to look quite good:





The frame still needs a bit of work:



I bought a fuel tank for £100 to chop about:



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[Yorkie]

I had to trim the tank to get it to fit:





All smoothed off, I just need to plastic weld it now:



Starting to look how I want it to:





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[koko64]

  Very cool.  

[Yorkie]

The last bit I have played about with is a rear light:



The total cost was £10 for the light, rheostat and diodes.

This is the running light:



This is the brake light:



That's all so far folks.

Yorkie

[Yorkie]

Very cool.  

Cheers buddy, I will put my completed build on here as well.

Yorkie

[SpikeC]

That rear end treatment is what Ducati should have done with the sport classics! Very nice!

[Yorkie]

That rear end treatment is what Ducati should have done with the sport classics! Very nice!

I am hoping the image in my head will work out.

Yorkie

[MotoPsycho]

This is what it is all about. Making it your own. Good job bro.

[Yorkie]

This is what it is all about. Making it your own. Good job bro.

Cheers, once you start you just can't stop .... it's like a tube of Pringles, addictive.

Yorkie

[oldndumb]

   

[DucHead]

Nice! 

[Yorkie]

Nearly 6 months since I played with this project, that's the drama with doing two projects at once.

So with the Monster waiting for an oil scraper ring or a Hi-comp piston replacement for the ST2 engine I decided to crack on with this for a bit.

This is the end result that I want for the rear end, so a bit more cutting and shaping was needed:



I cut the frame at the rear some more and made some shaped pieces to finish off where the frames meet:



Rear frame brace shaped and test fitted:





It looks a little like Frankenstein's Monster but it will be tidied up once it is properly welded :



With the exhaust mount in place:



With the bodywork fitted it looks okay:





It really is coming together....

Yorkie

[koko64]

Like some Harley riders, there are Ducati riders showing the factory the way. Good work.