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Original plans were to build a hard tail with a sporty engine, but looking around the basement I realized I had a heck of a lot of Italian parts sitting around. And then a buddy had a frame with a trashed rear section, and I'll have a spare engine once I get another of my projects going, so why fight fate?
It's obviously not very far along and I hadn't planned on "presenting" it this soon, but what the hell. Here is my '66 Ducati hardtail. It'll be 250cc of romping stomping single cylinder Italian horsepower. Should be good for about 80mph+ which will be more than enough. Rear fender isn't trimmed, seat is held up with a roll of masking tape, nothing's welded yet, tail light is in the wrong position, and the background is so cluttered you can't see many of the details, but hey, other than that...
Seriously though, I threw this together to see if the tail was going to be too short. I don't want the bike to look stretched, but I also don't want it to look stubby. Rear wheel is all the way forward in this shot - I think I'm going to run with it. (Edit - this configuration is a little over an inch longer than a stock 250's wheelbase, which is a little longer than a stock 160's wheelbase. Frame is from a 160)
It's obviously not very far along and I hadn't planned on "presenting" it this soon, but what the hell. Here is my '66 Ducati hardtail. It'll be 250cc of romping stomping single cylinder Italian horsepower. Should be good for about 80mph+ which will be more than enough. Rear fender isn't trimmed, seat is held up with a roll of masking tape, nothing's welded yet, tail light is in the wrong position, and the background is so cluttered you can't see many of the details, but hey, other than that...
Seriously though, I threw this together to see if the tail was going to be too short. I don't want the bike to look stretched, but I also don't want it to look stubby. Rear wheel is all the way forward in this shot - I think I'm going to run with it. (Edit - this configuration is a little over an inch longer than a stock 250's wheelbase, which is a little longer than a stock 160's wheelbase. Frame is from a 160)