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Very very awsome xs650...

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My mother in Law..

Yeah, last wednesday, my parents in law brought me a very nice present.
Tadaa!

The guy who owned (the parts of) this alazzurra lived in the same town as my parents in law...so that was a done deal :-D 
I think this is going to look great on the duc. It is actually bigger that I thought it would be, also feels pretty solid. The previous owner finished the swingarm with a pretty nice paintjob.
I'm not sure if i need some spacers between the swingarm and the weel, but we'll see..

Verlicchi swingarm..

Turns out that the "ugly" swingarm of the Duc is actually a Verlicchi type, from the famous Italian custom frame-builder. Still I think changing it with the standard type will do the caferacer look some good.

The frame of the duc isnt all that rigid, its quite flexible. Puttin on the standard swingarm isnt going to improve this Im afraid. So I'll think I'm not selling the Verlicchi just jet, just in case.

 

We also took the virago and the duc for a little test run in the neighborhood. Because of the changes of the exhaust and the air filters of the Duc, we needed to adjust the carburettor jets, he has a nice drill for this. 

The Duc now runs very well, nice..

Tomorrow we'll be visiting the Rusty Gold Swap Meeting in Amsterdam, I'm planning to go on the Duc but its 70 km's.. , never dit more then 30 with the Duc....

I hope all goes well. I'll try not to loose too much parts on the way :-D

Update of tha duck

Its been a while since I last posted something usefull on this blog. I just havent had the time for it.
Got a really cool son last January, his name is Max! Could this got something to do with my lack of time..
Anyway, a couple of weeks ago, we made some nice pictures ofthe duck.
Lost my licenceplate (including the brackets that were welded to my frame) but I got a new one..
Also finished the steps and gear shifter. Still need to find a proper rear break pump.
The battery is now underneath the swingarm. The amount ofparts under the seat is now very little. Looks minimalistic this way.

More of the photies michiel made can be found on his new website http://www.shedbuiltbikes.com/vincents-ducati/

The rear swingarm of my duck is quite ugly. Im not sure if a swingarm (made from round pipes) from a pantah is compatible with my bike. I think it is, where all parts are almost identical between the alazzurra and the pantah.

I think this would improve the classic look of the bike.
Damn I got some polishing to do...

Quick and dirty

Okay, I havent had the time to do some proper foto shooting, but to get an idea of the bike how it is right now, this one is made with my iphone..(I know, quality sucks bigtime..)
Ill try to post some better photos lateron.

Virago badge part 2

We're still not sure about, the badge. Well actually, I like it but michiel is still in doubt. I think I know what he means, the badge is a kind of cartoon-style, and the rest of the bike is more dark and brutal.
Nevertheless I think the contrast with the color is ok.
We'll see how it holds :-D

Virago badge

The master at work...

Asked Robert to paint us a nice logo for the virago tank. He's really good in painting small and very detailled Warhammer figures. He's the perfect man for the job.
I think its coming along really nice. :-D
He still needs to do some finishing up and also make a badge for the other side of the tank as well.
Go Robert!