Pictures of my Ducati Winter build 2019/20

A100man · World Chat Champion Joined: 19 Aug 2013 Karma :

Red! (it is Italian after all) but a darker hue than the swatch to match he clutch etc..
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buzzer1955 · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 12 Jan 2019 Karma :

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!

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lilredmachine · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Jan 2005 Karma :

buzzer1955 · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 12 Jan 2019 Karma :

Back from Holiday... to cold, wet and rain... Crying or Very sad

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...

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Easy-X · Super Spammer Joined: 08 Mar 2019 Karma :

Red is traditional but maybe that's the reason for not doing it. Then again orange says KTM Thinking

Anyhoo, if you go with the latter I don't think you can do better than Ford's "Screaming Yellow" "Tangerine Scream" or "Competition Orange" (nice spread from yellow to red choices)
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buzzer1955 · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 12 Jan 2019 Karma :

Well its going to be orange!

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

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buzzer1955 · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 12 Jan 2019 Karma :

here is the first coat of lacquer… For 40 years I used my trusty Binks Bullows 230 but it was starting to give problems… I tried several guns off Ebay, but despite the Binks problems always went back to it… then a few years ago I bought a cheap (£20) gun off amazon… it had great reviews, and sure enough its brilliant! this is the gloss straight from the gun!

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buzzer1955 · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 12 Jan 2019 Karma :

And the final coat.... my heart is always in my mouth when painting over decals... I have found by experience you MUST wipe them over with panel wipe, and make sure the first coat of lacquer is a mist coat which then has to tack off... then a couple of coats on top. if you go with a full coat first you always get runs off the lip on each letter! I will let them dry fully in the drying oven... OK, the small bathroom as that is the hottest room in the house!

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A100man · World Chat Champion Joined: 19 Aug 2013 Karma :

buzzer1955 · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 12 Jan 2019 Karma :

buzzer1955 · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 12 Jan 2019 Karma :

out in the sunshine... people are saying I have an obsession with Orange!

Clutch cover is now on...

tank plate now finished....

lost an entire day as I could not get the TPS voltage to register on the ignition... turns out that I had the TPS load in pin 9 and it should have been pin 6.... wrong way up! its registering voltage readings now so next few days I will post a video

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buzzer1955 · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 12 Jan 2019 Karma :

Question... is bike building a form of self isolation?

As I am going to leave the belts open I thought it best to at least have a token grill to stop big stones flicking up… particularly off the front wheel. Its still a risk I know… I made this grill out of Stainless steel mesh, and 6mm stainless tube. I needed to cut a slot in the tube to make it neat, so I made a jig and used a 0.9mm cutting disk. it worked rather well! just got to polish it now.

Also fitted new belts... I have used the app on my phone before for tensioning and its very good. takes any guesswork out of it. after fitting the belt on the horizontal cylinder I tensioned it using the app… and on the vertical cylinder I tensioned it to the good old trusted method of twisting it 90 degrees on the longest run to what years of experience told me felt right… when I checked it I was VERY close, which was quite pleasing.

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GettinBetter · Crazy Courier Joined: 20 Jun 2019 Karma :

Fantastic thread, brilliant pics, all stuff top notch.

buzzer1955 · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 12 Jan 2019 Karma :

Sometimes it doesn't go to plan... it would not start... I spent a good few hours trying to understand why... I had taken the tank off a few times to change things and had put a clamp on the fuel pipe.... and forgot!

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buzzer1955 · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 12 Jan 2019 Karma :

here is a short video of how it sounds.... I did take it up the street and the throttle response is fantastic! Laughing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttwXvitwLT4

sulphur · Trackday Trickster Joined: 01 Oct 2010 Karma :

That’s a lovely looking bike. It really is. Fabrication skills +100 Thumbs Up

buzzer1955 · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 12 Jan 2019 Karma :

buzzer1955 · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 12 Jan 2019 Karma :

Scratching around for jobs to do now while I cant ride it! made some frame finishers…

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buzzer1955 · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 12 Jan 2019 Karma :

well I came to make the last frame finisher that was actually a different size to all the rest... then I noticed that Ducati had cut the frame at an angle! So I had to make an angled finisher... this took some setting up in the lathe to get the angle just right....

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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

I presume the hex-key on those is purely decorative or is there some cunning hidden fitting to make them expand slightly?
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buzzer1955 · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 12 Jan 2019 Karma :

sulphur · Trackday Trickster Joined: 01 Oct 2010 Karma :

You sir, are a rather talented man.

Easy-X · Super Spammer Joined: 08 Mar 2019 Karma :

Nice touch Thumbs Up

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buzzer1955 · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 12 Jan 2019 Karma :

buzzer1955 · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 12 Jan 2019 Karma :

None Ducati this time, but with lockdown still in place I helped a mate out who needed some brake calliper pistons for a Norton Commando he is rebuilding...

I made two out of stainless steel for him as the originals were pitted quite badly... took a while to grind a tool to the correct angles and get the speed of the lathe right to get a nice finish, but I got there in the end...

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