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Ducati Custom build

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buzzer

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well my Guzzi build has come to an end, and is now in the back of the workshop waiting for some good weather. So onto the next project which I bought 3 months ago... this will be Ducati number 10, but I want to do something a bit different this time. It came with a pile of tasty parts, some brand new... there are lightweight forged wheels, big front brakes, Ohlins suspension, which will go to making a quick and light bike.

I have ordered a load of stuff, but due to strikes and the time of year nothing will be here till the new year… so the first job on this build was to make the throttle of all things. I made similar for the Guzzi build and it worked well, so this is an enhanced version of that with a slightly smaller cable wheel as the Guzzi throttle is a little too quick… I refined my silver soldering technique after watching the repair shop, and I have to say it worked rather well!

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As I wanted this to be different to the other builds, I tried several other tanks… I had an ST4 tank and a Monster tank that had too many holes to repair, so I cut these down… while I liked the ST tank, I couldn’t get the seat to tie in… I didn’t like the monster tank… So off to the bike breakers… he gave me the key to his storage unit... and said "say hi to the ghost!"


I walked around looking at the hundreds of tanks in there, discounting the plastic ones, of which there were many… the slope of the frame makes the choices limited... Nothing took my eye. Its a VERY old building though, and I have to say it spooked me somewhat being in there on my own, lots of creaking noises, and scuttling sounds which were probably rats... I didn't stay longer than I needed!

In the end I went back to the 999 tank I have used before. Another with some holes in the bottom where its rusted out.

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No one is an Expert at Everything !

My father in law was a war Veteran/ POW and government worker,

But self taught guitar builder, used a mirror to look at the inside of a Martin guitar and built three from Scratch !
Then bought himself a metal lathe to build parts to fix his own guns, or replace substandard pieces on stuff he purchased…

just a smart, resourceful man !
 
scottmastrocinque said:
You must be a retired machinist?

Please don’t tell e you are a “hobbyist “ here because that will just make me feel more pathetic with my limited skills.
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I started my working life as a car mechanic, then transport workshop manager, then fleet engineer... then at 35 I changed career completely into project and programme management, mainly in IT! I was lucky to be able to retire at 55, which was 14 years ago! I have no training in machining or anything like it, but the internet is a wonderful teacher!
 
davethewelder said:
Nothing like a Ducati with a dry clutch! Probably best sounding bike at idle. What model is that? I love the “repair shop “. To bad it’s not on my cable provider.
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I am going to be honest here and say it annoys the hell out of me! Last year I had a guy in a van pull up along side me and look down, he said" I should get that fixed mate!" here is a short clip of my other Ducati!

 
Moto-Uno said:
And I would've just thought to use a simple junction box for the extra cables :) ! Which of
course would have been no where near as creative (or fun ) . Peter
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On a previous build I did just that! it worked OK, but I was never really happy with the action, hence the 4 cable throttle...

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While I love the look of a nice velocity stack they are not really practical for the road, hence while I make them for the photos I take, I like to use foam filters on the road. this of course means I need some suitable adaptors, which although you can buy them are REALLY expensive. these took a while to machine out of billet! I sometimes get asked where I get my material from for the lathe and miller. I am really lucky that there is a scrap yard locally that lets me hunt through the bins! They take scrap in from some of the aerospace companies so there are sometimes some nice bar ends in the skips. What is great about that is the bar ends are often etched with the material specification!

I don’t usually pay as I take my scrap in there and he writes the value in the back of his desk diary, and then as I take stuff, he takes the value off! he has done this for me for over 30 years! A few years ago I went in early in the year… he was no longer there as he had retired and I learned that his grandson had taken the company over. We chatted and I mentioned about the diary as I had a few pounds credit… The lad said he knew all about it and it was in the back of the book!

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Ohhh you lucky guy ! I have a scrap yard 1/2 hr away from me , but , most of the pieces are a few meters
long and they won't cut them :( . On my home made lathe ( too long covid ,too much YouTube) I feel good
when I turn something I can measure with a ruler >:D Peter
 
buzzer said:
I am going to be honest here and say it annoys the hell out of me! Last year I had a guy in a van pull up along side me and look down, he said" I should get that fixed mate!" here is a short clip of my other Ducati!

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I have a Ducati desert sled and it’s for sale, if I get my price I could be in the market for a monster Evo! Yours in the video didn’t have that ring a ding ding sound, actually sounded pretty bad, like a spun bearing, could be my iPhone…
 
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