Ducati powered MPS750-F project

[55chevr]

Really like the seat section.   Teh bike looks low and that's good.   Especially like the T shirt in first week of March when it is 30 here in NY.


Joe

[Duck-Stew]

Thanks Joe.  We've had a warming spell here in NM this past week.  Even rode my Ducati SS into work today.

[fredvance]

Hey Joe and all my friends up there in the frozen wastelands up north, My wife and I just got back from a 130 mile ride, in tshirts. About 85dg!!

[Koncretekid]

Just a few ideas.  Looking at your profile, I would try putting the bottom of your helmet down on the airbox, supported by a hunk of rubber.  If your fairing is cut too high, cut it down in front for a good view of the horizon.  Also, looks like you could make more forward  reaching handlebars to get your arms forward and down.  Make a small gas tank and put it in the seat pod behind you. Getting your head down a couple of inches will gain a few mph or more.  Put your rear sets as far back as allowed (6" from rear axle at BUB, staying in M class). This is not a road race.
Tom

[55chevr]

Fred - Stew - When I look at Slim's photo of the UP snow I feel better but still cold ... When I ride now I need the plug in heated suit.


Joe

[lsrjunkie]

Bike looks great Duck! Keep it up! 

[Duck-Stew]

Got the tank installed, but it's too dang big... 



Fortunately for me, it's Ducati's last steel tank used on a superbike so I can cut & weld it as needed.  Here's the projected first cut (just above the blue tape):



From there, a new bottom plate will need to be water-jet cut and welded in.  Going to run a later model Ducati in-tank pump as they're cheaper than the 749/999 units & flow more fuel.

[RansomT]

I really can't tell from the picture of the tank about your cut, but your minimum capacity must be 5L to stay in MPS. (going by my ECTA rule book, I can't find my SCTA book to double check)

[Duck-Stew]

Yup, it's a 5L minimum.  Stock tank is 4.2 gallons and I'm planning on cutting 40-50% out of it.

Bike may run alcohol next season...

[wobblywalrus]

Duck, it is good to have your pegs back like Tom says.  When you do this the weight of your torso will be forward and it will need some support.  Some bikes like a light touch on the bars so it is hard to use them to hold you up.  Resting your chin on the tank will make your vision go goofy on a rough track.  Sometimes the best place to support yourself is with your chest on the tank and your chin an inch or so above it.  It is good to ride it in a race before you decide to cut things up.   

[Duck-Stew]

Cut the crap outta the tank tonight but I can now get my chest much further forward and I feel comfortably supported. 

Mediocre cell phone pic tomorrow.

I'll be right around 1.6-1.7 gallons of fuel after I re-make the rear 1/2 of this shell into a tank.

[gsx-rboy750]

Sick project. I am also working on my areo for MPS while trying to keep legal. I will be starting to build my gas tank soon.

[Duck-Stew]

I may slice the tank side to side above the vertical head and lengthen it back towards the seat for add'l fuel capacity and the ability to add the pump flange behind the head.  I may not...

Good luck w/the project gsx-rboy750! Hope to see you out on the salt!

[tauruck]

Are you dropping the back and making it fit the vee in the frame?

[Duck-Stew]

Are you dropping the back and making it fit the vee in the frame?

Probably not.  Just a rear-ward expansion of the tank back to the subframe attachment point.  That's like 3-4".