Ducati ST4s 996 custom special - cafe racer streetfighter -monster

[weeksy]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ducati-ST4s- ... SwrnhgLpN2







I have thoughts, none of them are good though !

[KungFooBob]

Exposed belts are just silly.

[demographic]

I think that actually looks pretty good.

[Druid]

That water cooled engine is just ugly, it would look so much better with an air cooled engine. Apart from that I quite like it

[dayglo jim]

Plumbing looks ugly most of the time, could have made it look better with some curves (the hoses look tight on the shot).

[Skub]

Well done Weeksy,you finished the Lego Ducati pretty quickly,all those little wheels and belts must have taken ages.

[demographic]

For a watercooled naked bike I reckon that ones a boatload better looking than most.
Even aircooled bikes often have oilcoolers which need pipes.

Personal taste I guess but thats just me saying I quite like it.

[Skub]

I must admit I like it too,even though I'm not a Ducati fan as such.

[Zimbo]

I know this bike, and the guy that built it, he's pretty handy as an engineer. He writes blogs of his projects, always interesting to read, this bike here:

https://jtccc.wordpress.com/our-motorbi ... afe-racer/

[demographic]

I know this bike, and the guy that built it, he's pretty handy as an engineer. He writes blogs of his projects, always interesting to read, this bike here:

https://jtccc.wordpress.com/our-motorbi ... afe-racer/

More to that than junking the mudguards and a fancy paintjob.

[G.P]

He's done a Multistrada version (air cooled 998) in the same colour, He really knows his stuff. I reckon £6k for that is pretty good.

[Zimbo]

Personally I'd have left the fuel injection in place, but no question he does a very thorough job! He's just completed a 900 monster restoration, another beautifully finished bike. Looking forward to his next project, he does one every winter.

[Skub]

I know this bike, and the guy that built it, he's pretty handy as an engineer. He writes blogs of his projects, always interesting to read, this bike here:

https://jtccc.wordpress.com/our-motorbi ... afe-racer/

Brilliant workmanship.

[G.P]

Aircooled and watercooled together. I like the way he doesn't waste paint too

[G.P]

Here's the monster he's just done. Check out the Ducati custom manufacturers group on FB or Tony Lloyd

[demographic]

Can't say I was ever blown away by Monsters, the 600 at least always seemed to have been named badly.
It was never a monster was it?
Plus loads I saw looked like they'd been stored in dockwater and corroded faster than a Harley.

[G.P]

Can't say I was ever blown away by Monsters, the 600 at least always seemed to have been named badly.
It was never a monster was it?
Plus loads I saw looked like they'd been stored in dockwater and corroded faster than a Harley.

They're the great fun to ride, especially the 900.

[G.P]

Here they are together:

[KungFooBob]

Two radiators in the workshop, that's a bit extravagant.

[Bigyin]

I like that a lot just on how it looks although the belts in the open ...<shudder>

For what is basically a large faired tourer as a start point he has brought it back to a decent version of a special IMO