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ali
19-Mar-2006, 19:03
It's that time of year again.........coming home from the garage with a bad back and frozen feet, hands still grimy mid-week, bank balance deeeep in the red, no leaves on the trees but a race schedule on the dining table. "Hmmmmm, I love the smell of swarfega in the morning"

After bouncing across track & field in October the bike's been in a bit of a sorry state. Big clumps of grass sticking out of all four sides of the tyres, mangled this, broken that. Not a happy bike. :(

Fortunately the caring hands of Mr Cornerspeed welcomed her in, dropped the forks (off to ktech), dropped the engine (6 speed in, new mains), pulled all the grass out of the tyres and did a hundred other jobs to get her ready.

Back down south by early march and it was time for a super-speedy 3 hour paintjob (don't look too close), and some truly outstanding bodgery. Despite all the tools at my disposal I am usually to be found with either a hammer, gaff tape, or zip ties in my hand. You could found a civilization with that lot......

So thanks to all that helped (Jason, big brov J, Tonio, Rattler, Nelly). I'll do my level best to keep it upright. :D


http://ali.bisson.com/dsc/20060319a.jpg

:D
twpd
19-Mar-2006, 19:05
Looks good Ali. What bodywork is it? Ricambi? The seat doesn't look like it.
ali
19-Mar-2006, 19:10
Fairing is ricambi, and seat unit is one that Tonio helped me sort out from france.

See here:

http://www.ducatisportingclub.com/xmb/viewthread.php?tid=29892#pid294279

Cheers,

Ali
twpd
19-Mar-2006, 19:13
Did you have to do lots of cutting and filing to get it to fit? My stuff is an abortion. I was tempted to skip it!
twpd
19-Mar-2006, 19:15
Thanks for the link. I might get on of them. How was it mounted at the rear (oooer!). Did you have to fabricate some brackets?
Iconic944ss
19-Mar-2006, 19:17
Well Done Ali - looks superb.

Enough said :)

F
skidlids
19-Mar-2006, 19:19
Four pad calipers, twin discs and a Brembo radial, i take it that it stops ok, makes me wonder how fast its having to stop from.
will it be one of the fastest out there
:devil: Who said not with Ali onboard
phoenix n max
19-Mar-2006, 19:24
Looks rather nice Ali :)
Glyn
19-Mar-2006, 19:25
looks great ali

too great!!
dont go falling in love , you'll be to scared of droping her!
ali
19-Mar-2006, 19:55
Originally posted by twpd
Thanks for the link. I might get on of them. How was it mounted at the rear (oooer!). Did you have to fabricate some brackets?

No cutting at all to fit. The ricambi stuff isn't exactly top quality, but it's cheap as chips. The seat unit is mounted at the front with two bolts and I've added a couple of brackets at the back to support it. It's currently sloping down a bit towards the back, so I'm thinking of cutting a bit of the front away and lifting it up at the back.
ali
19-Mar-2006, 20:02
Originally posted by Glyn
too great!!
dont go falling in love , you'll be to scared of droping her!

:lol: ......... :lol: :lol: :lol: It's not dropping her that worries me, it's dropping me!

Don't worry she'll get a good thrashing. :D
nelly
19-Mar-2006, 20:05
Looking good Ali :)

Maybe a couple of truck inner tubes cable tied on each side might help ;) :lol:
Dibble
19-Mar-2006, 20:07
looks good Ali ....

And Nelly ... one thing I forgot yesterday ..... (apart from my key)

I need some new cornerspeed stickers ...:)
ali
19-Mar-2006, 20:19
Originally posted by nelly
Looking good Ali :)

Maybe a couple of truck inner tubes cable tied on each side might help ;) :lol:

What? And do you out of a living! Don't be daft, it'll be four-to-the-floor, flat-out, wide-eyed-terror the whole season.

Can't wait. :D
nelly
19-Mar-2006, 20:29
Originally posted by DIBBLE
looks good Ali ....

And Nelly ... one thing I forgot yesterday ..... (apart from my key)

I need some new cornerspeed stickers ...:)

no worries. i forgot about you doing a "Rattler" :lol:
Rattler
19-Mar-2006, 21:07
Originally posted by nelly
Originally posted by DIBBLE
looks good Ali ....

And Nelly ... one thing I forgot yesterday ..... (apart from my key)

I need some new cornerspeed stickers ...:)

no worries. i forgot about you doing a "Rattler" :lol:

:puzzled::puzzled::puzzled::puzzled::puzzled::puzz led::puzzled::puzzled::puzzled:
Dibble
19-Mar-2006, 21:10
what it says on the tin Tim ...

I managed to cart the bike all the way to Shottingham from Sarf Lahndan and "did a Rattler" .... which in "DSC speak" is forgetting ones key ..... much to my shame :P
nelly
19-Mar-2006, 21:10
"doing a Rattler" ..................................... Getting the bike shipped off and leaving the keys in London :lol: