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Old 13-Mar-2011, 18:10
Mr_Duke Mr_Duke is offline
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The bike already has a "Ducati Sporting Club" sticker on it, the previous owner was from Welshpool, maybe someone on here knows the previous owner ?

It had a load of stickers on it which i removed the 1st day as it's not my thing, here it was...



Anyone know any history of the bike ?

I managed to bag myself a bike lift, it was pretty tatty and needed a bit of work but i bought it anyway.... here it is when i got it....





So i repainted it Red, put a new bed on it and carpeted the top with some carpet i had left over from carpeting the garage floor...







It uses a trolley jack to lift and then is secured in place with brace bars, pretty simple really, i've ordered front and rear paddock stands so the bike can be worked on safely.

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Andy
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Old 14-Mar-2011, 08:04
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Oh dear you have spoilt it with those 'orrible stickers,I fookin hate them.
Besides,Infostrada belongs on those shonky old 996's and the like.





Did I mention that I hate stickers?
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Old 14-Mar-2011, 08:11
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But he's taken the stickers off Keith!
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Old 14-Mar-2011, 12:48
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Oh dear you have spoilt it with those 'orrible stickers,I fookin hate them.
Besides,Infostrada belongs on those shonky old 996's and the like.





Did I mention that I hate stickers?

Stickers have been removed, i just showed a pic what it was like with the stickers on, I hate them too....
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Old 14-Mar-2011, 15:37
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Stickers have been removed, i just showed a pic what it was like with the stickers on, I hate them too....
Well thats alright then!
A kinda before and after,....but in reverse!
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Old 14-Mar-2011, 19:02
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dont u ever get the urge to put a seat on it that covers the top and sides of the exhaust? It sort of looks like people wearing trousers that are too short somehow. Great looking otherwise.
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Old 16-Mar-2011, 19:44
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Decided to tidy up the garage some more today so i built myself some cupboards......

BEFORE :



AFTER :





Happy with the results, everything is put away nice and tidy now....

cheers

Andy
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Old 15-Apr-2011, 10:55
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I fitted a 6000k HID kit today with a slimline ballast, just fitted to the low beam as it's so bright then High beam isn't required.







I mounted my ballast here....







The wiring is a "plug and play" affair with no wiring modifications at all...



NOTE : MAKE SURE WHEN YOU FIT THE HID BULB THAT YOU TWIST IT FULLY ROUND WHEN FITTING OTHERWISE THE BEAM PATTERN WILL BE DISTORTED.



Also did a little mod to make the front headlight look red (will do the high beam later this week), the modification does not affect the colour of the light from the headlight at all.

It actually looks a lot better with the naked eye, the camera doesn't pick it up very well.





I decided to make my own tail tidy to clean up the rear end a little, the rear lights have now been lifted a little and moved back to put them a little more snug at the rear end, the number plate bracket was made by me and now it's much neater, i've just got to fit the led number plate lights now.

FROM THIS....



TO THIS....













I did this modification a couple of weeks ago and have ridden the bike for a few hundred hard miles, there is no heat problems and the lights are not affected at all, i've kept the original heat shields under the rear lights.

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Old 06-Jul-2011, 08:57
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Very nice looking bike..
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Its a beaut
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