What bore is the carbs on a VTR 1000?

[buzzer]

That tank looks fantastic. I really really admire your skill. To my mind that is a truly lovely motorcycle

thank you!

out in the sunshine... people are saying I have an obsession with Orange!

Clutch cover is now on...

tank plate now finished....

lost an entire day as I could not get the TPS voltage to register on the ignition... turns out that I had the TPS load in pin 9 and it should have been pin 6.... wrong way up! its registering voltage readings now so next few days I will post a video

[freeridenick]

That look the dogs whatsits. If the project I'm planning looks half is good I'll be well chuffed. Chapeau sir.

[sirch345]

Beautiful work

Not that easy to get a good gun finish like you have on the petrol tank, well done with that

Nice work too on the seat upholstery by Karen at Aldridge trimming

Chris.

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Question... is bike building a form of self isolation?

As I am going to leave the belts open I thought it best to at least have a token grill to stop big stones flicking up… particularly off the front wheel. Its still a risk I know… I made this grill out of Stainless steel mesh, and 6mm stainless tube. I needed to cut a slot in the tube to make it neat, so I made a jig and used a 0.9mm cutting disk. it worked rather well! just got to polish it now.

Also fitted new belts... I have used the app on my phone before for tensioning and its very good. takes any guesswork out of it. after fitting the belt on the horizontal cylinder I tensioned it using the app… and on the vertical cylinder I tensioned it to the good old trusted method of twisting it 90 degrees on the longest run to what years of experience told me felt right… when I checked it I was VERY close, which was quite pleasing.

[sirch345]

Question... is bike building a form of self isolation?

I'm sure it will be if you ask the better half

That must have took a bit of doing slotting the frame work for the mesh.

Nice work
That mesh should give some protection from flying stones etc I'm sure.

I have used the good old trusted method of twisting cambelts 90 degrees over the years to gain the correct tension, although all on vehicles with four wheels. Good to know your app showed that method is fairly accurate

Chris.

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Sometimes it doesn't go to plan...  it would not start...  I spent a good few hours trying to understand why...   I had taken the tank off a few times to change things and had put a clamp on the fuel pipe....  and forgot!

[Ace VenTRa]

I like the orange, same as my first bike a 78' DS100.

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here is how it sounds...



typical ducati dry clutch rattle... some find it characterful.... I find it annoying

[Pete.L]

Beautiful, Fantastic, Bravo!

Thanks for sharing this. I for one have truly enjoyed the journey

[tony.mon]

Fuel pipe clamp confession made me laugh. We've all done something similar at some time.
I dropped a Storm on ice once, picked it up, wouldn't start, spent an hour poking at various things, fuses etc, then realised I'd knocked the engine kill picking it up.....

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Made a stand today to keep it upright and safe in the garage… The wheels are idler bearing i changed on a car recently when I did a can belt... makes it roll nicely. Also fitted the seat badge and tank protector.... with all the Corvid 19 issues its looking like I won’t be riding it for a while…

[sirch345]

here is how it sounds...



typical ducati dry clutch rattle... some find it characterful.... I find it annoying

What a build, well done
You are one very talented guy

As has Pete L, I have really enjoyed following this build.

Many thanks for the video link, also for the link to your blog, there's some really interesting information and lot more too there

Chris.

[buzzer]

Thanks Chris!

Scratching around for jobs to do now while I cant ride it! made some frame finishers…

[sirch345]

Nice touch

Chris.

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well I came to make the last frame finisher that was actually a different size to all the rest... then I noticed that Ducati had cut the frame at an angle! So I had to make an angled finisher... this took some setting up in the lathe to get the angle just right....