hi Peter, Cool bike, there are some nice upgrades with the F&R Gold Line Brembo calipers and the alloy swingarm
But I regret to say that you have a steel tank
FYI, I would prefer to have your alloy (Laguna Seca style) swingarm over an aluminium tank any day
I think your bike would look great with a set of (fatter
) Paso 16" wheels - that you can now readily get excellent quality tyres for.
There are three different aluminium tanks as below. Aluminium tanks can be distinguished by the fact they do not have a seam around the base of the tank as steel tanks do - see bottom picture.
Below: 1985 750 F1
Aluminium Type 1 with screw on filler cap. Note the lack of a seam on the tank where it meets the frame rail. This tank has the Giugiaro designed DUCATI font. This photo taken at Easter this year at Ian Gowanloch's shed. Yes I asked him could I buy it, but he says it is for
his F1!
Meanwhile I have reserved 1st dibs on it
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Below: 1985 750 F1
Aluminium Type 2 with aircraft filler cap. As with the type 1 above there is a groove in bottom of the tank to accommodate the throttle cable run. Note: This tank would normally have the Giugiaro font instead of the Cagiva style font but the photo is of the Pre-Production Montjuich bike first shown at the 1985 Sydney Motorcycle show.
This photo taken this Easter at the BBB. This bike has just been restored and hastily put together to show at the BBB and thus does not have the throttle cable routed correctly.
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Below: 1986 750 F1
Montjuich Aluminium Type 3 with aircraft filler cap. Note that the groove for the throttle cable is no longer there.
My bike, This photo taken this Easter at the BBB.
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Below: 1986 750 F1
steel tank with Cagiva style DUCATI font. This tank as fitted to the Laguna Seca, Santamonica (White), all 1986 750 F1s and all F3s.
Note the seam that runs around the bottom of the tank, visible above the upper frame rail. This feature is the simplest way to identify a steel tank. Else have a magnet handy.
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Cheers,