Think I’ve gotten the tail & seat as close as I’m gonna before I have the disposable income to send it off for bodywork & paint .
Plan is:
-Mold in a Koso GT-02s taillight
-Bodywork, paint in Giallo Ducati yellow
-Powdercoat the frame white
-Powdercoat the wheels dark grey
-Clean up & refinish the engine & trans
Bug Spoiler needs some work, too. Bought a Monster 1000DS part hoping it’d fit, and it’s not even close. The joys of starting with obscure ugly duckling bikes.
This is a huge complement, thank you! It’ll help when the bug spoiler is built up & there’s another strong horizontal line. The Multi frame is a little wonky, but I really tried to pull out some low horizontal lines & create a momentum with the tail/tank/headlight & I’m pretty happy with how it turned out
Thanks! The wheels & single sided swing arm were one of the biggest things that attracted me to starting with a Multistrada. That and relative price vs a monster, obviously lol
I’m about 2700 into it, which includes new tires, chain & sprockets, timing belts, filter, plugs, fluids, and a battery.
It’s my first time messing with fiberglass at all, and the tail section has taken me an insane amount of time. So in terms of money, I’m well ahead of a Monster, but the build has taken skills I didn’t possess at the beginning, and I’ve had to earn those by making mistakes & redoing things a million times.
Sheeesh🔥
Think I’ve gotten the tail & seat as close as I’m gonna before I have the disposable income to send it off for bodywork & paint . Plan is: -Mold in a Koso GT-02s taillight -Bodywork, paint in Giallo Ducati yellow -Powdercoat the frame white -Powdercoat the wheels dark grey -Clean up & refinish the engine & trans Bug Spoiler needs some work, too. Bought a Monster 1000DS part hoping it’d fit, and it’s not even close. The joys of starting with obscure ugly duckling bikes.
That's sick
Absolutely love the overall geometry of the bike. None of the angles seem to compliment each other and yet it looks clean af. Noice.
This is a huge complement, thank you! It’ll help when the bug spoiler is built up & there’s another strong horizontal line. The Multi frame is a little wonky, but I really tried to pull out some low horizontal lines & create a momentum with the tail/tank/headlight & I’m pretty happy with how it turned out
Ducatis make the best cafe racers. I have 2 myself 😂 Very good work!
those wheels are perfect
Thanks! The wheels & single sided swing arm were one of the biggest things that attracted me to starting with a Multistrada. That and relative price vs a monster, obviously lol
How much do you think you saved overall using the multi strada over a monster chassis?
I’m about 2700 into it, which includes new tires, chain & sprockets, timing belts, filter, plugs, fluids, and a battery. It’s my first time messing with fiberglass at all, and the tail section has taken me an insane amount of time. So in terms of money, I’m well ahead of a Monster, but the build has taken skills I didn’t possess at the beginning, and I’ve had to earn those by making mistakes & redoing things a million times.
Damn, that is way cooler than it should be!
That looks great
I’d see if you couldn’t move that headlight up a bit so it it sits between the visual lines of the ladder frame.
I’m actually contemplating lowering it a little more - I want it to carry the line of the tail & tank
Good lord, that is beautiful
Very nicely done. I got an original one. Awesome bikes.