another Ducati 1000 build....

[buzzer]

Perfect, thinking of an EV myself in near future.
Full Monty resto, including clutch, driveline and forks or what?

I wont do a restoration...  just use it as a basis for a custom bike...  already ordered the tank and carbs!

I am So SO annoyed with myself… the tank has taken days to get to the right shape… I etch primed it… prefect… 2K primer… perfect… just needed flatting before the base coat. Unfortunately I went through to the bare metal on an edge… Not wanting to have to fill the gun with 2K again I used some 1K primer… As the base coat dried… the 1K primer reacted… lesson learned!

[buzzer]

Well the tank is finally finished, bar for a mop and polish.  It took a lot of time to rectify the paint reaction...  I had to sand back to bare metal, and re primer the lot...  I then put the tank above the radiator in the small bathroom and left the radiator on for 2 days to fully harden ...I had complaints about the smell of paint!!!

[stopintime]

Tell the complaint'er that it's free anti bug treatment 

[buzzer]

Tell the complaint'er that it's free anti bug treatment 

you come and tell her... I am not that brave, and in need of brownie points!

My build is coming to an end...  here is how it looks with clothes on....

[Howie]

Too pretty to go on dirt.

[stopintime]

you come and tell her... I am not that brave, and in need of brownie points!

BROWNIES 

[ungeheuer]

Awesome - a much overused word.  But I am in awe of the range and depth of your skills 

Looking forward to seeing your Guzzi build (while I too play over winter with my own much more modest Guzzi project).

[ducpainter]

Your work is impeccable, and I share ung's appreciation of your skillset.

You do need to find a paint supplier with more than one color, however. There are others you know. Sorry...had to say it.

[pitbull]

What an awesome and unique build. It's certainly better looking than any of the factory scrambler bikes. 

[buzzer]

This will be my last post for a while...  the Ducati build is almost at an end and before I start the next project I have a list of house DIY jobs to do :lol

this has been my 9th Ducati build / restoration so I fancy a change...  the next bike will be a Guzzi 1100  

For now, here is a short video that tells the story of the last build...

merry Christmas!

[buzzer]

Your work is impeccable, and I share ung's appreciation of your skillset.

You do need to find a paint supplier with more than one color, however. There are others you know. Sorry...had to say it.

I know...  I do seem to have a thing about orange! 

[buzzer]

A couple of things were bugging me about this build… one was the inlet manifold where I had used the original rubber manifolds, they looked out of place, and gave to much movement on the carbs. I decided to re-make the manifolds. they are a bit difficult as the carbs are bigger than the port, so I had to expand some alloy tube a bit with a tapered mandrel.

The other thing was the foam filters… I really wanted bell mouths, but as the carbs were forward facing it was to risky to have big open, sucking carbs… So I decided to make some bell mouths with mesh… they came out well! I have also tidied up the under seat area.

Finally, I set the timing accurately it was out by 2 degrees cylinder to cylinder, probably do to me getting the positioning of the hall sensors slightly out. Its easy to correct for that in the ignitech software though.

A couple more videos...  she says it sounds like a bag of spanners with the clutch out!

[koko64]

That under seat area is so tidy.

If I lived up the road I would have ordered manifolds from time to time instead of friggin' around with various rubber adaptors.

Really appreciate what you do with metal.

[Howie]

Fantastic work

[greenmonster]

Top work as always.

Any plans for a spin on the Dyno, engine sound really peppy w Ignitech?