Finally Did It!

[Sumfun4me]

Well, after almost 20 years of procrastinating & bitching, I finally bit the bullet & brought myself the project bike I have always dreamed of. I picked her up tonight after work & have put her to bed with her new big sister. Sorry about the quality of the pics 9especially the background) but i was a little rushed.









The plan is for a bare frame rebuild to get her back to showroom condition - this will probably take a while, as parts are pretty much non existant these days.

[pnork]

Noice. If you find there's not enough room for the both of them & you need to get rid of the 1198S - lemme know...

[Sumfun4me]

I doubt she'll be going anywhere in a hurry - I've got $15k worth of mod parts sitting in boxes waiting to be fitted

[pnork]

That's alright - I've got room for them too

[killswitch54923]

christ that 1198s looks like sex!!

[Sumfun4me]

Mods for the 1198:
Ohlins FG 353 Desmocidesi Forks with magnesium steering head & offset triple
Ohlins TTX rear shock with Kyle racing progressive linkage & all titanium hardware & pins
Sato ride height adjuster
Marchesini forged magnesium rims
Titanium front axle & lots of other titanium hardware
Lots of carbon bits
STM rear quick change sprocket with magnesium hub, titanium cush drives & hardware
Magnesium axle nuts for front & rear
Billet crankcase breather
Puig screen with titanium fasteners
Oberon billet fuel cap
Vortex 14t front sprocket
EVR billet drive sprocket cover
Carbon instrument subframe

This is on top of the work already completed, and the list keeps growing each week. Looking at the mag swing arm, cf airbox, mag swingarm hub & other goodies, but may decide to stop spending ont his one to concentrate on the new project bike.

[SOLID]

I've got $15k worth of mod parts sitting in boxes waiting to be fitted

So you bought the Ducati OEM key ring to go with the bike?

Great project bike am very jealous

[RT]

ooooo this will be a nice project!! good luck