Recent content by DesmoDog

I have no idea why a 500+lb bike needs carbon fiber parts, but it does.

My hand was forced, had to do it. 2018 Multistrada with 1100 miles on it.

I've heard of lost PLA casting but I've always wondered why people bother when there are filaments available that are made specifically for sand casting? Sure PLA is dirt cheap but if you're putting the time into designing the part to begin with, is $50 for filament really a big deal? For...

Back to making progess on the 900ss track bike. In fact I should be working on it now instead of surfing the 'net... Engine is back together, ugly swingarm was refinished with a $7 spray bomb. Tail and hugger are just sitting there to get them off the bench but it's getting there. Just in time...

Thanks, I've got more work to do but it's getting there. It's a 900ss but not a Super Light. Super Lights (in the USA) had different (two piece) wheels. I sold my 851 to get that Super Light. The 851 is one of my favorites but so is the Super Light so when one came and found me I had to make a...

I bought some white paint, but didn't take a picture of it in the can. Here's how it looks now that it got out. In other news, the wheels for my track bike are both the same color now.

It didn't when I got it but does now...

When I last posted here I had just bought a beat to crap track bike instead of a nice stock Monster per the orginal plan. Work on the trackbike continued until it was close to being almost ready to think about maybe getting it back on the track. Then i decided I needed a Streetfighter V2. I...

Here's the one that's been relelgated to donor bike status Here's the one that's getting those parts

Hey! I'm not familiar with that particular model specfically but in general the tags signify an edition and nothing more. IIRC they don't even go consecutively, as in #100 may not have been built right after #99 or before #101. But I don't think that's a Foggy Edition anything. Check out this...

Yesterday it was this It's been sitting for about 20 years so needs some work, but nothing major I know of. Yet. Today it was this Still waiting on some parts for it but it's finally here!

Something I should have bought a bunch of years ago when I first started mumbling about it. Now I'm not sure it'll ever "pay for itself" but it will make it easier to screw around with a couple of projects I have going on. Ordered it last night. No idea when it'll show up. Yeah, I know...

I don't recall why, but we had the frame from one of these sitting around at work. I went to move it one day and was shocked at how heavy it was. I've lugged around a few bare Ducati frames and a couple Japanese bike frames, and this thing was massive in comparison. Not sure why... certainly...

Number 1, 1991 Ducati 907ie #2 was an RD 350 track bike made out of three bikes (so does that make it 2, 3, &4?). It's #907, I haven't got any good pics of it #4 was a Honda Hawk... if I have pics I don't know where they are #5 May have been a KDX250, not sure of the exact order around this...