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Title: roll-your-own clutch covers?
Post by: Teutonics on October 26, 2008, 06:37:53 PM

I saw a couple of very cool home-made covers in the "show me your clutch covers" thread, are there any more out there? I want to make my own, and I have a drill press, hacksaw, dremel, and a another spare cover (so those are the limits of my fabrication ability!). Here's my first attempt (before painting):

(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j81/Teutonics/monster/DSC_3756.jpg)

Any ideas or suggestions for improvement?

Title: Re: roll-your-own clutch covers?
Post by: JustDucky on October 27, 2008, 06:53:53 AM

Suggestion - paint it, mount it. Looks great! Nice work on the radial holes that straddle the ridge.

Title: Re: roll-your-own clutch covers?
Post by: Slide Panda on October 27, 2008, 08:16:37 AM

As a 1st go - that looks pretty good.

With the tools you list, there's a lot of potential. For example, MonsterMash has made at least 1 'Dynamic D' covers. Basically cutting out 90+% of the center circle and leaving a strip on metal... and tah-dah the ducati logo.

Depending on your willingness to commit time, some ideas might be:
Ducati Logo
- One of the retro logos
- The 'Campioni del Mondo' laurels
- Some other geometric pattern - tons of influences for this, Celtic, Mid-East, Japanese prints and on and on

Also somthing else to think about would be multiple paint colors or finishes. Back to the 'Mash example - the stock paint was stripped and the metal polished then Powder coated w/ translucent red

Title: Re: roll-your-own clutch covers?
Post by: DucHead on October 27, 2008, 06:05:20 PM

OEM, no holes, but two-tone color (silver with candy red over top half):
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d147/pompino/DSCN2132.jpg)

Title: Re: roll-your-own clutch covers?
Post by: CMDRDAVE on October 27, 2008, 07:11:15 PM

(http://i309.photobucket.com/albums/kk392/xjdave11/DSCN0112.jpg)
1 hour of work, $5 rattle can

Title: Re: roll-your-own clutch covers?
Post by: DucHead on October 29, 2008, 04:16:01 AM

XJDAVE - I like that -- nice and simple! [thumbsup]

Title: Re: roll-your-own clutch covers?
Post by: abby normal on October 29, 2008, 07:13:43 AM

a little off-topic, i know, but i had a black anodized aluminum cover engraved with
the ducati flying-D design by a shop called 'axljak' ... you can find it on the web.

came out very nice, and only one of its kind i've ever seen.

Title: Re: roll-your-own clutch covers?
Post by: Teutonics on November 05, 2008, 04:45:47 PM

Just a quick update, here is the cover painted and on the bike:

(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j81/Teutonics/monster/DSC_3802.jpg)

I've got a few ideas for next time that I can't wait to try.

Title: Re: roll-your-own clutch covers?
Post by: Duc Fever on November 05, 2008, 09:51:36 PM

Looks good [thumbsup] you can usually find a couple on fleabay for your future plans.

Title: Re: roll-your-own clutch covers?
Post by: weemonster on November 06, 2008, 06:32:46 AM

i like yours its cool

saw this on ebay a while back

(http://i4.ebayimg.com/02/i/001/12/93/16a7_1.JPG)

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