Ducati 996 engine custom build

[buzzer]

thanks! brilliant, its not far off the multistrada map I have...  I may ask on the other forums if anyone has a specific 996 map

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Spent a couple of hours making a chain guard today… should keep the MOT man happy.  He follows my builds, and sometimes messages me to say he will fail it!

[koko64]

  How's that for MOT feedback.

That motor looks beautiful.

[buzzer]

well thanks to a member on the Ducati Custom manufactures group mentioning a case saver, I have now made one out of stainless steel and put it under the chain guard I have made. a bit of googling suggests that chain breakages, and subsequent case damage is all too common on some Ducati bikes! Plenty of case savers on the market and quite cheap, and a dam site cheaper than new cases!

Also made a start on the tank and seat...  my wife is moaning about filler dust on her plants!!  A trick I learned many years ago is that when you want to get filler to shape, make sharp edges so you can see the lines, then when you are satisfied they are right, sand them off!  its much easier that way.  its the best way to get something like a car wheel arch spot on…  I know the seat will divide opinion…  I could have made it any shape, and played around with quite a few shapes at the foam stage…  but in the end I decided on this on, as I like it, and that's all that matters at the end of the day, I build bikes for me!

[koko64]

As the song says," can't please everyone, gotta please yourself"

[Duck-Stew]

I'm joining the “I like it” camp. 

[buzzer]

Well here it is in primer...  just got to decide on colour now...   I have plenty of time to think about it, this will be the last update for a while...  I am being kidnapped and sent to a tiny (and I mean tiny!) island where there are no cars, bikes, transport, just beaches... and sun... and no internet.  Quite frankly, I don't know how I am going to cope 

[Duck-Stew]

 



Enjoy the R&R!!!

[koko64]

Yes the incarcera.. I mean R & R.

How about a hi gloss black?

[buzzer]

squeezed a bit of time in the garage before we go!


Here is the seat being made…  I have used closed cell EFP30 foam, which is firm, but has the advantage that it can be sanded to shape. it will be covered with some 6mm foam and trimmed.  Trimming is one of the jobs I cant do at home!

[buzzer]

Back from Holiday...  to cold, wet and rain...

well its that time of indecision....   i have Photoshoped on other colours, but its either red or orange...  I have to decide by tomorrow as I want to get the paint...

[koko64]

Red. Still think gloss black would look sharp. Actually, yellow would look wild. If you go orange, go real deep Charger orange and paint the shock spring jet black.

[Orange16]

I'd always say orange.  Front disc centres, pressure plate and rear spring in black?

Add black or silver into the orange somehow as highlights?

[stopintime]

Orange.

I'll tell you why I think so  The tank + seat section looks quite long and the headlight + handle bar section is quite forward and high. Both features are less obvious and blend better with orange.

[buzzer]

Well sorry to disappoint you guys that said Red...  its going to be orange!

The seat is back from the trimmer, and as usual its a perfect job,  Karen at Aldridge trimming is simply fantastic!