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400/4 build. Paused due to other commitments. But starting up again
ComfySofa:
Thats the problem with this kinda work (in the best possible way). Once youve got a good clean base (frame and engine clean) then you cant put shitty coated bits back on! :)
Laverdaroo:
--- Quote from: ComfySofa on November 06, 2022, 04:45:25 PM ---Here's the Hyper motor...
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Now thats a motor 8)
You must have some brass, I used to fit Renault Clio 1.4 cam belts on my ducatis up to the 748/853. I see you have monster pockets to put Ducati's own on there...........nice ;D ;)
Wicked lump that, looks great.
ComfySofa:
Not really - i could never have afforded to pay for it all at once! (theres a guy up north called "Ducati John" he was the one that built it. He finished it, gave me a ring and said "final bill is 2.5k....i know youve not got the money to pay for it. Come and get it and just pay me what you can each month" - so i paid him over 6 months....Gentlemans agreement....he was great. Cerakoting was about 600 on top of that but because the whole thing took about 4 months from start to finish i was paying him in installments before he even started!
As far as my other half is concerned it cost a grand!
Matt_Harrington:
--- Quote from: Laverdaroo on November 06, 2022, 04:45:57 PM ---I did the 400 in clear cerekote after beadblasting as the ally tarnishes a bit which is a pain but it is 40 odd years old. The engone came out mint. This is just before I bobbed it in the frame and put the carbs on for a 'ooooo, look at that' moment.
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Roo, just so I am clear (!) The engine was bead blasted and then clear Cerakoted? I was perhaps under the misapprehension you used a silver Cerakote.... ???
Matt
ComfySofa:
Nope - just bead blasted. I did ask the guy that did it if it needed clearcoating afterwards and he said no....theres some sort of finish in the beadblasting...i cant remember what he told me but it wont tarnish...
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