Ducati 750ss First time project

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No joy, can't find anyone that will bend the tube (at the moment)

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Bought one of those cheap sand blasting guns from Lidl or Aldi

So I thought I would give it a go





Makes a hell of a mess though. cough cough!

[VTRDark]

Looks like it's done a good job. A job for outside if it makes a mess then. I hope you wore a mask.

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[whitestorm pete]

works alrite then eh looked at them a few times while i was shopping and didnt think they would be much good! but i will get one next time i see one

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Only good for small stuff though

Not very powerful

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Welded the frame added a bit of filler and now wait until it dries to see how it looks







Welding is atrocious so hope the filler works

[lloydie]

Who welded that ? He needs shot .
Add more weld and then smooth off
And will last where as filler won't .

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After a bit of work

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Have decided to have a go at reshaping the tank

Will be trying to make it a bit more rounded

The areas along the top edges which shows as the reverse "V"

It's quite flat so I will add a bit of a curve to it

Here goes...............

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You can see a pronounced flat area







Now a pronounced curve........Result



Each side looks slightly different because the photo was taken off centre

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Now to do the bottom of the forks

I will do these black, using Hammerite as it's done a good job on the VTR

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The centres of the discs are in poor condition and they are gold coloured

Time for a refurb methinks..........black or red...........hmm

Black fork bottoms

Black calipers

Red disc centres? Might look tasty



I wish I could use photoshop to see what it looks like in red or black

[VTRDark]

I wish I could use photoshop to see what it looks like in red or black

Is that a hint

You have bean busy. You still have a bit more light filling to do on that tank. Use some wet n dry in the final stages of filling and it wil be nice and smooth.

OK Photoshop here I come.

(:-})

[VTRDark]

A couple of roughs.





Give me a picture of the front end and we can see how it looks as a complete thing. With the Black callipers and Black fork lowers. I'm thinking the Red disks would be better.

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I was hoping



And if you could manage black fork legs as well.............

The other option is red calipers...... for you when we meet