As well as doing a re-fresh on my Monster I am doing a Cafe racer with some bits I had knocking around. Using the frame from an ST2 I picked up really cheaply and the 900 engine I had from my Ducati Monster I figured I could make something cafe racer-ish out of the bits:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0023_zpsc98ae741.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0023_zpsc98ae741.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0024_zpscc6c6c0d.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0024_zpscc6c6c0d.jpg.html)
I ordered a seat unit from Australia from http://www.shed-xcustoms.com/, (http://www.shed-xcustoms.com/,) it was cheaper than a similar one in France:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0117_zpsb2a2f0d9.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0117_zpsb2a2f0d9.jpg.html)
I borrowed a Ducati Classic Sport fuel tank to see what needed to be cut off to make the plan come together:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0255_zpsbk7imuxa.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0255_zpsbk7imuxa.jpg.html)
Yorkie
Most of the rear frame needed to be trimmed away, taking a lot of weight off the bike:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0258_zpssrmerz46.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0258_zpssrmerz46.jpg.html)
I started to trim the back end off the frame:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0265_zps6kjwr8cd.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0265_zps6kjwr8cd.jpg.html)
The frame then needed to be tightened up at the rear to allow the seat unit to fit:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0266_zps9kpnhtx3.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0266_zps9kpnhtx3.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0267_zpsa4neiqow.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0267_zpsa4neiqow.jpg.html)
The idea was to make the lines flow. I also needed to add some more trellis frame-work to make it look complete:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0272_zpsclklofcz.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0272_zpsclklofcz.jpg.html)
The back end is starting to come together:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0288_zpsgdcmldj8.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0288_zpsgdcmldj8.jpg.html)
Yorkie
Next was welding the new bits of trellis in place:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/2015-04-06_12-43-03_743_zps5lden50p.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/2015-04-06_12-43-03_743_zps5lden50p.jpg.html)
Once they were mocked up it started to look quite good:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/2015-04-06_13-13-06_993_zpsebutym2d.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/2015-04-06_13-13-06_993_zpsebutym2d.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/2015-04-06_13-13-24_233_zpsrt2hv9hu.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/2015-04-06_13-13-24_233_zpsrt2hv9hu.jpg.html)
The frame still needs a bit of work:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0354_zpscvoeecfr.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0354_zpscvoeecfr.jpg.html)
I bought a fuel tank for £100 to chop about:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0448_zpsfisfjwjo.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0448_zpsfisfjwjo.jpg.html)
Yorkie
I had to trim the tank to get it to fit:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0850_zps5zm55dsz.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0850_zps5zm55dsz.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0852_zpsl6sucbxb.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_0852_zpsl6sucbxb.jpg.html)
All smoothed off, I just need to plastic weld it now:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_1459_zpsnevli7lv.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_1459_zpsnevli7lv.jpg.html)
Starting to look how I want it to:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_1460_zpsveod8hvh.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_1460_zpsveod8hvh.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_1461_zpsss0ljdks.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_1461_zpsss0ljdks.jpg.html)
Yorkie
[thumbsup] Very cool. [popcorn]
The last bit I have played about with is a rear light:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_1439_zpsnqcmkeku.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_1439_zpsnqcmkeku.jpg.html)
The total cost was £10 for the light, rheostat and diodes.
This is the running light:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_1455_zpsxhy4utyu.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_1455_zpsxhy4utyu.jpg.html)
This is the brake light:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_1456_zpsmqnjw4sc.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_1456_zpsmqnjw4sc.jpg.html)
That's all so far folks.
Yorkie
Quote from: koko64 on January 15, 2016, 11:34:29 AM
[thumbsup] Very cool. [popcorn]
Cheers buddy, I will put my completed build on here as well.
Yorkie
That rear end treatment is what Ducati should have done with the sport classics! Very nice!
Quote from: SpikeC on January 15, 2016, 01:21:32 PM
That rear end treatment is what Ducati should have done with the sport classics! Very nice!
I am hoping the image in my head will work out.
Yorkie
This is what it is all about. Making it your own. Good job bro.
Quote from: MotoPsycho on January 16, 2016, 10:59:16 AM
This is what it is all about. Making it your own. Good job bro.
Cheers, once you start you just can't stop .... it's like a tube of Pringles, addictive.
Yorkie
[clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [thumbsup]
Nice! [popcorn]
Nearly 6 months since I played with this project, that's the drama with doing two projects at once.
So with the Monster waiting for an oil scraper ring or a Hi-comp piston replacement for the ST2 engine I decided to crack on with this for a bit.
This is the end result that I want for the rear end, so a bit more cutting and shaping was needed:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2545_zpsyrrluxmm.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2545_zpsyrrluxmm.jpg.html)
I cut the frame at the rear some more and made some shaped pieces to finish off where the frames meet:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2549_zpssslrmlra.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2549_zpssslrmlra.jpg.html)
Rear frame brace shaped and test fitted:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2550_zpsxnjuqvtt.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2550_zpsxnjuqvtt.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2551_zps9vuwogzp.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2551_zps9vuwogzp.jpg.html)
It looks a little like Frankenstein's Monster but it will be tidied up once it is properly welded :
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2563_zps1png0ypc.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2563_zps1png0ypc.jpg.html)
With the exhaust mount in place:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2562_zpsc4rhg4mc.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2562_zpsc4rhg4mc.jpg.html)
With the bodywork fitted it looks okay:
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2552_zpsz1ugqwtt.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2552_zpsz1ugqwtt.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a615/Yorkie13/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2556_zpsoxwatzej.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie13/media/Ducati%20Monster/Cafe%20Racer/IMG_2556_zpsoxwatzej.jpg.html)
It really is coming together....
Yorkie
Like some Harley riders, there are Ducati riders showing the factory the way. Good work. [thumbsup]
This is some hotness in the making [popcorn]
awsomesauce, looking good, [thumbsup]
Unbelievable what some People just can do. Great work.
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Thank you all. The Monster project I am doing is moving quicker!
Yorkie