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 Post subject: The Alcoa
PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 6:47 am 
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This not quite finished bike suddenly appeared in in the lineup last weekend at our Swenson memorial bike display. Obviously not a “replica” I tried putting a magnet to the frame and it did not hold. Its aluminum!
Delicate nuances abound on this thing. Who could possibly be behind such a custom?
-Cranky-


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 Post subject: Re: The Alcoa
PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 4:04 pm 
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There was an Italian firm collecting orders to start a batch of 5 about a year ago.
But I guess they made them, cause they're nowhere to be found.
I thought I saved the info :oops: :oops:

ciao
ducadini

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 Post subject: Re: The Alcoa
PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 4:08 pm 
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The Alcoa. Love the name. Beautiful machine. Boucher.


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 Post subject: Re: The Alcoa
PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 5:30 pm 
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DM telai still makes those frames in Alu

http://www.dmtelai.it/prodotto/tt-alluminio/

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 Post subject: Re: The Alcoa
PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 6:16 pm 
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I think Cranky is just messing with me. I have been building this bike over the past few months. It was something I have wanted to do for a while and all the pieces just started to fall in place. I had been stripping some aluminum parts over the years and putting them in a box figuring one day I would make a bike with no paint. Last summer I ordered a Holt aluminum tank for another project and the waiting time was 33 weeks! Over the winter Steve Munro offered me the last of the Romanelli motors, it's new old stock silver 650. Reno Leoni called me to wish me a Happy New year and I asked him if DM had any aluminum frames, and could he get me a good deal. He did, and I bit the bullet and received it a few days later! As you guys know I had that polished swingarm and some old 16 inch Marvics. I guess all the parts just finally showed up on there own. I am a bit broke as I put most of everything on my credit card so I guess my priorities are a bit distorted! I am trying my hat at fabricating some aluminum so the fairing seat and catch bottle will be a real challenge. Hope you guys like how she looks. I promise to post some more pictures. I didn't earlier cause I wasn't too sure about the whole idea. Lou


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 Post subject: Re: The Alcoa
PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 9:01 pm 
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Very nice Lou!
Can’t wait to see it in person.
Paul


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 Post subject: Re: The Alcoa
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Ah-Ha it wasn't Walt Siegl after all! And Lou got all that aluminum in the country before Trumps tariffs hit. That would mean value went up by 10% over night! Leave it to Lou to do something delicately different. I like...
-Cranky-


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 Post subject: Re: The Alcoa
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CRAZY GOOD !!!!


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 Post subject: Re: The Alcoa
PostPosted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 9:03 pm 
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Well, I had to put on my sunglasses, but it is a thing of beauty. So, will this show up on the cafe racers sites next?

Lou: Did I understand correctly that you intend to make aluminum body parts too? Shades of the 50s.

MikeV


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 Post subject: Re: The Alcoa
PostPosted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 10:22 pm 
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Hi Mike, yes I am going to give it a try. I always liked the look of some of the old alloy bikes. The TT has a mechanical and functional beauty that I was trying to show. I was thinking a TT seat and oil catch bottle and a half fairing similar to the one I made on the Gulf painted TT1, but with a nicer shape since I am making it from scratch. Keeping my fingers crossed! Not a 'cafe' bike but just another variation on a TT racer. Lou


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