Hi all, this will be my build thread for my Endurance Rep. The objective is to build a street bike which cosmetically looks similar to Lucky's 1986 F1 Endurance bike that is in the Ducati Museum, with a modern fuel injected engine and suspension. I'd like to end up with a bike that is reliable, retro cool, and can be used for Sunday rides through the fantastic roads that I live near.
Inspiration for build is Lucky's race bike.
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As it will be a street bike I've gone with an F1 Road Fairing, supplied by Ian Gowanloch. Great quality.
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I love the shape of the endurance tank and seat and these were sourced from RedFox, once again awesome pieces and super fast shipping from Belgium.
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I really wanted a 2000 900Sie Monster, as they have the aluminium swingarm, Ohlins rear shock, fully adjustable front forks and the lighter wheels, however beggars can't be choosers so I was looking for any wreck at the local auctions. I was very lucky for one to come up recently at a local auction site, which was a stolen bike with some water damage, that had been knocked about, but basically wheels and suspension were perfect. I wasn't sure the engine would be any good, but the fuel pump, injection and computer would still be OK. I picked it up and took it home, changed all the fluids in the engine, added some petrol and hit the starter. It fired up straight away and ran perfectly, so I am pretty happy.
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Rear Ohlins with a cool mount, which I am hoping will still work in the Endurance Frame
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Aluminium Swingarm, and the lighter Brembo's
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I am waiting for my frame to come from Germany, delayed manufacturing due to illness, I think I would have liked to find this site first as there may have been other options for the frame purchase. I decided to play around with the fairing and seat on the monster frame. Just sitting there as it doesn't fit over the grab rails, but I reckon it would look pretty good with the F1 fairing, seat and tank. You'd need one of those F1 tanks without the bottom from England so the airbox etc would work though.
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Once the frame arrives, I will lift the monster frame off, and bolt the Endurance one on, after modding the rear cylinder fins for clearance. Then it will be the mock build to work out where the electronics etc are going and mark the frame up for any additional mounts required. Once it's in the frame I can work out what might need to be done to the fuel tank. It will need extra returns put in and also the fuel gauge / wiring inlet for the internal fuel pump. I will also need to replace the current cap with the flush one, so that the fuel pump can be maintained in the future.
P.S. I will also clean my shed once the rain stops, so please ignore the mess in the photos.