Well you asked for another Ducati build

[buzzer]

yes, October... and we had a 3 week holiday out of that! I have found it difficult to stay away from this build for some reason...

A build like this takes a while to finish… I sat and looked at it the other day and noticed the tank mounting rubbers which I had made out of some thick wall rubber tube… I couldn’t live with that! After a bit of research I found you could buy Polyurethane casting rubber… it can be purchased in any colour, and with varying hardnesses… I chose some with a shore hardness close to natural rubber. I made a simple mould out of some scrap alloy and gave it a spray with some silicone lube and tipped the resin in. It cures VERY fast, like 10 mins and it’s going off! its semi cured in a couple of hours and fully cured in 7… I was very pleased with the results! I can see lots of possibilities for this in the future…

[freeridenick]

yes, October... and we had a 3 week holiday out of that! I have found it difficult to stay away from this build for some reason...

A build like this takes a while to finish… I sat and looked at it the other day and noticed the tank mounting rubbers which I had made out of some thick wall rubber tube… I couldn’t live with that! After a bit of research I found you could buy Polyurethane casting rubber… it can be purchased in any colour, and with varying hardnesses… I chose some with a shore hardness close to natural rubber. I made a simple mould out of some scrap alloy and gave it a spray with some silicone lube and tipped the resin in. It cures VERY fast, like 10 mins and it’s going off! its semi cured in a couple of hours and fully cured in 7… I was very pleased with the results! I can see lots of possibilities for this in the future…

Cool. How did you keep the central pillar of the mould centered? It looks like it's completely loose.

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[buzzer]

I just used a bit of glue to steady it in place and stop leaks.

[sirch345]

yes, October... and we had a 3 week holiday out of that! I have found it difficult to stay away from this build for some reason...

A build like this takes a while to finish… I sat and looked at it the other day and noticed the tank mounting rubbers which I had made out of some thick wall rubber tube… I couldn’t live with that! After a bit of research I found you could buy Polyurethane casting rubber… it can be purchased in any colour, and with varying hardnesses… I chose some with a shore hardness close to natural rubber. I made a simple mould out of some scrap alloy and gave it a spray with some silicone lube and tipped the resin in. It cures VERY fast, like 10 mins and it’s going off! its semi cured in a couple of hours and fully cured in 7… I was very pleased with the results! I can see lots of possibilities for this in the future…

Well I never, everyday is a learning day
Thanks for that Tony

Chris.

[neil]

Just seen bike picture has been shared on Lincolnshire bikers page

[buzzer]

if anyone is interested I have put the build video on my youtube channel...

you can find me by searching @jtccc

[sirch345]

if anyone is interested I have put the build video on my youtube channel...

you can find me by searching @jtccc

Nice job with the video Tony as usual

Good too hear your new exhaust in the video, it sounds great



Chris.

[sirch345]

Well done Tony You and your good lady wife have each won a virtual prize in the Forum voting stakes, courtesy of MacV2 who put it altogether for 2024, have a look here: https://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopi ... 78#p509678

Chris.

[buzzer]

Well done Tony You and your good lady wife have each won a virtual prize in the Forum voting stakes, courtesy of MacV2 who put it altogether for 2024, have a look here: https://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopi ... 78#p509678

Chris.

Well I am highly honored So is Mrs' Buzzer who then asked what's the prize

[sirch345]

Well done Tony You and your good lady wife have each won a virtual prize in the Forum voting stakes, courtesy of MacV2 who put it altogether for 2024, have a look here: https://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopi ... 78#p509678

Chris.

Well I am highly honored So is Mrs' Buzzer who then asked what's the prize

Chris.

[MacV2]

Well done Tony You and your good lady wife have each won a virtual prize in the Forum voting stakes, courtesy of MacV2 who put it altogether for 2024, have a look here: https://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopi ... 78#p509678

Chris.

Well I am highly honored So is Mrs' Buzzer who then asked what's the prize

As the adjudicator of The Forum awards it has been made clear that 'No prize or certificate but have a virtual pat on the back.' is that's all that's on offer.


However a weeks stay at the Grain salt mines can be arranged, picks, shovels & wheelbarrows are supplied you are responsible for your own PPE. It's B&B, the gruel is provided as is a manky itchy blanket...

El Presidente.

[buzzer]

Well done Tony You and your good lady wife have each won a virtual prize in the Forum voting stakes, courtesy of MacV2 who put it altogether for 2024, have a look here: https://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopi ... 78#p509678

Chris.

Well I am highly honored So is Mrs' Buzzer who then asked what's the prize

As the adjudicator of The Forum awards it has been made clear that 'No prize or certificate but have a virtual pat on the back.' is that's all that's on offer.


However a weeks stay at the Grain salt mines can be arranged, picks, shovels & wheelbarrows are supplied you are responsible for your own PPE. It's B&B, the gruel is provided as is a manky itchy blanket...

El Presidente.

Look... the salt mines sound luxury compared to the hotel she booked us in for a night in aberystwyth last year...

[buzzer]

I was so impressed with the speed/tacho I fitted to the Buell, I decided to fit one to this bike! A bit easier than the Buell housing as there were no complicated angles, bit it still took a while to machine. I managed to incorporate some grommets so its nicely rubber mounted as well.

I don’t know what the alloy was (The scrap yard said it was from one of the aerospace companies locally) but it machined so nicely, The downside was the chips were small and very sharp… I had an official warning as somehow she kept finding the chips in the house…. and one ended up in her heel

The instructions are in english, but a lot was lost in translation, so it took a while to figure out the wiring, and the programming for the speedo calibration and Tacho pulses, but I got there in the end. Its also nice to have a trip meter. As always I did a bit of etching to personalise it.

At the same time I took the opportunity to change the bars… I wanted to drop the front end as I had done this on a previous build and it sharpens the handling. The Multistrada forks are a lot longer than many other models… I found some raised clamps on Aliexpress that fitted nicely to the top of the stanchions now raised above the top yoke.

[sirch345]

A very neat looking job Tony
I noticed you even have a gear indicator built into the speedo/tacho face

Chris.

[fabiostar]

Another top class fit Tony