Party Frock Time

[Steve Bass]

So after several years of procrastination, ummmmming and ahhhing and little little jobs, Frankenduc is finally getting fitted for her party frock. Bodywork is pukka Italian carbon from the original MS Production people and is surprisingly good fitting. Few little details like trimming the airtubes at the entrance as they re pushing the nose fairing forward just a tad too much and left side and belly pan to go. All in all, happy with the progress and need to begin thinking about what paint scheme to go with ..

Edited by Steve Bass on Thursday 20th August 02:10

[hiccy18]

What's wrong with au naturel? No point hiding all that lovely carbon weave.

[Steve Bass]

hiccy18 said:

What's wrong with au naturel? No point hiding all that lovely carbon weave.

Never been a fan of excessive CF or all black bikes.....
As it's a working bike, I know any paint scheme is going to live a tough life but I want ot keep it the original Ducati red with a design (I'm doing my 998 in a yellow) . And as the tank is a lightweight kevlar item not CF, it will need painting as it's looking very war torn.....

[s p a c e m a n]

Tinted clear coat?

[twibs]

Might be worth a chat with Rob@rapier in Hull, he did a great paint job on a cf bike.

[MK3 Dan]

Monster Mob rep leaving the Black as exposed Carbon?

[Steve Bass]

twibs said:

Might be worth a chat with Rob@rapier in Hull, he did a great paint job on a cf bike.

Shipping from and to Canada might be a little salty

I have a superb painter local to me, I just need to think about how/what to do. Alternatively, I might wrap it for now

[Bob_Defly]

Nice, looks great so far!

And I agree, full carbon looks a bit wk.

[Steve Bass]

Bob_Defly said:

Nice, looks great so far!

And I agree, full carbon looks a bit wk.

Cheers, and yeah, too much CF is... too much.

I'm thinking of a matte geometric red/orange/grey pattern like the later Ducati V4's

frind of a friend does very good wraps. This is his latest track bike design he's running..







But knowing me I'll probably bottle it and go for the classic red with white nose and tail number boards.....

Edited by Steve Bass on Thursday 20th August 23:38

[rodericb]

Paint it like a 998R. Mostly painted with some strategic bits left unpainted. They're a slightly darker shade of red too, I think that's because there's no primer coat or something.

[stang65]

Would look great in the original 916 scheme - simple plain red with gold decals in the old font. Whenever you see old Ducatis it's a little shocking how bright the red was compared to newer ones. You could add number boards in plain white if you wanted to break it up a bit? It would then be easy to repair should anything happen. Shame it's all together so no gold frame and wheels...... Wouldn't look "trying to hard" but would look cool! Or it could be me showing my age.....

[catso]

That wrapped bike looks good so, on that basis, I'd probably go with a wrap.

Presumably it costs less and is quicker to do than paint plus, is easier change/repair etc. in the event of an incident, might even help to hold the bodywork together in a big one? - useful on a track bike I would say.