Recent content by DesmoDog

I did start out with oxy acetylene using the same rod a lot of other people were using for frames back then (and probably are still now). It's not just some random brazing rod but I can't recall what exactly it is. It's used for "brass welding" vs "brazing" but I'm not about to start arguing the...

A big step today - I found a HUGE Ducati 750cc single engine and fit that up for size! Ok, fine, I didn't. But what I DID do is finally put together something so I could mount a narrowcase engine on an engine stand. I've been building this in my head for 20 years and finally actually did it...

Here's the material I'll be using. The packing included with the muffler is unwrapped and displayed in all it's finery in the foreground. Pretty much worthless on it's own but might come in handy for wrapping the end of the tube that goes into the smaller diameter end of the cone. I wrapped...

With this post I'm up to things I did a couple weeks ago. I've covered about 20 years of work now... Time to work on the muffler. It's an aftermarket part - I probably should have ponied up and bought the correct style muffler for it but that ship has sailed, I'll run what I have for it. This...

After doing that stuff, I got tied up with other projects for a bit over a year. During that time I started using ASA filament in some of my prints. One cool thing about ASA is it can be smoothed with acetone. So I played with that. Back to tail lights. I spent a bunch of time with LED bulbs...

I printed a chain guard too. I never really intended to use it as the finished part, it was more to get an idea of what I wanted to build, or use for a fiberglass form. I decided on using metal though. I bought some rectangular channel and cut it up more or less like the plastic part. Cut and...

I bought a tail light for this ages ago. The problem is, it's made for a larger fender. I spent a ton of time modeling and printing an adapter, then had to accept that it just didn't fit so I took the lens and trim ring off it and started working on a 3D printed version. I decided to go with an...

I don't even want to say how much 3D printing I've been doing, of things that mostly end up getting tossed. The good news is I finally ran out of magenta filament so no more pink parts. SO close to finishing the final part but had to change at the end. This shows a progression of battery tray...

I'm stealing most of this content from another forum I've been posting on. I'm leaving a lot of things out because I went down a few rabbit holes, one of which was 3D printing. Holy cow I've printed a lot of, wait for it... MOCK UP parts for this. I'm skipping most of that stuff for now because...

One thing that's obvious in a few photos is the centerstand is too long. The rear tire sits too high. The stand is basically made of a bunch of plates welded together, but they all run at angles to each other so shortening this results in that being too wide and/or too low to fit back together...

Buying parts... I mentioned that because I decided to order a set of rims for this instead of trying to match something I already had. I painted the original spokes, decided to go with the stock Ducati front hub (you Honda freaks may have noticed a CB brake/hub in a few photos. The CB brake is a...

I bought an NOS battery years ago. It's not "correct" for a Ducati but it looks the part. I considered putting some acid in it and trying to run it, but... its got to be 50 years old. It was old when I bought it, then it sat for another 10-15 on my shelf. I like the look though. Hmm... what...

Did I mention I did a lot of mock ups? This doesn't show it very well, but since I stuck the frame through the old brake lever pivot location, I had to come up with a new rear brake lever/pedal. The centerstand pivot seemed like the logical solution so I turned a new pivot that would mount...

With the tail in place the bike was ready for mock ups, tossing parts on it to see how they worked. This project took a back seat to pretty much everything else I had going on so actual progress was REALLY slow for quite a while. As in years. This was an early mock up, pretty basic but...

I could have SWORN I started a thread for this here, but all I can find is a mention of it at the end of my 160 Monza Jr thread so I guess I'll start one. The beginning of this will be old info, I started this thing about 20 years ago. I wish I were kidding... but anyway... A long time ago in a...