Rippin' of the ugly parts

Today I found some time working on the Duc.

I started with takin of the front..
Dont think I like the M-steering-bar. Some clipons would look better..still working on that.

The tank looks really cool without all the bodywork. I'm consider keeping this one.
But we'll see how things work out.

Gettin' it running

Before I start rippin of all the ugly parts, I fist like to have it running properly.
Yesterday I tried to get it started. After a few attempts it only ran on one cilinder.

Adjustments to the carburatteur didnt make any difference.
It didnt take long to find out what the problem really was :-D




The idling jet was totally blocked with dirt..
It was clear that id had some good cleaning up to do.

After two cans of break cleaner and putting it back together, it now runs very nice.
Still got some synchronisation to do. :-D

The start

Ok so this is what i bought:





Its a Ducati Pantah/ Cagiva Allazura from '85. Ive always liked the sound of the two cilinder machines. And the pantah has a really nice frame too. The ideal combination for a caferacer coversion.

There are some nice examples of really cool cafe's on the web.
This one in perticular..



Of course the idea is not to make an copy of this bike.
Well see how things work out.