It's amazing the difference the rear mudguard makes to the overall look of the bike - with it it looks staid (well I suppose it is a tourer) without it it looks like it's doing 120mph standing still. I have a theory about rear mudguard design and how bad design helped to bring down BSA...*ahem* feel free to disagree... When the BSA Rocket Three was introduced to combat the Japanese invasion they deliberately styled it as a tourer and could not have made it more staid looking - this was at a time when the US, as the main customer, was calling for good looking, fast looking bikes - not bikes for the Belstaff and pipe brigade. So the R3 had an awful bread bin tank...dreary colours and a oversized and boring rear mudguard... What where they thinking? They had designed good looking bikes before - Spitfire - RGS - Starfire and Barracuda to name just four. Yes they heavily redesigned it in MK2 form but by then it was too late... Like a lady showing her cleavage - the more rear tyre you show the faster she looks!
By the way Rikkd - I was going to ask about the rear indicators. Did you decide not to put any on or are they so tiny they don't show up in the pic? Just wondered...:biggrin:
Well spotted mate....... they are sitting in my local shop waiting for me to collect them......black oberon's..... havent got around to goin down there yet.
I love that chopped down look but I can't help really liking the rear mudguard, I know I shouldn't but it works for me, I've got a hugger as well! Top job though, would love to know what those cans souns like.
Dude.....the cans are fresco's .......and they are E marked for when the baffles are in.........but.........they are loud..... take the baffles out and it rattles my garage rafters...... you cannot stand within 15 feet of the rear of it.......the air blast out the back wont let you......
Holy Sh*t thats arguably the most beautiful example I've seen - beautiful - If you were to sell it how much would you want?
... and you can't even see all those lovely engine internals ... :biggrin: 1078, heads made, Carillos, Pistal pistons, crankshaft lightened and balanced, Ducati Corse flywheel, DP camshafts in combination with an individual mapping mainly done by an engineer usually working for Ducati Corse.
Simply lovely! One of the (many) things I love about the SC is that they are so uncluttered and you can clearly see the shape & form of all the engine, especially the rear cylinder. Too often, they are obscured on other Ducatis.
Well IF it were mine... It is beautiful, if it were mine it would take at least £18000 to prise it out of my cold, dead fingers
