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 Post subject: Re: TT 900 SS project
PostPosted: Sat Jan 29, 2022 12:19 pm 
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750TT wrote:
These are my taillights on the Ducati 600 ;)


Hey TT,
Looks good......lets see a couple pictures of your bike, not just the tail.

Clay


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 Post subject: Re: TT 900 SS project
PostPosted: Sat Jan 29, 2022 3:16 pm 
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Cal wrote:
750TT wrote:
These are my taillights on the Ducati 600 ;)


Hey TT,
Looks good......lets see a couple pictures of your bike, not just the tail.

Clay

Done ;)


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 Post subject: Re: TT 900 SS project
PostPosted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 12:04 pm 
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To me the tail light is not that bad.


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 Post subject: Re: TT 900 SS project
PostPosted: Mon Feb 07, 2022 10:40 am 
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Ever since texting and driving has become a national past time in most countries, the bigger and more in your face the tail light is the better. In the first pictures, distance and camera angle made the light look bigger than it is. Like holding a fish as far away as possible from your body to make it look three times larger than it is. I think the tail light balances out the head lights quite nicely.
Flattop


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 Post subject: Re: TT 900 SS project
PostPosted: Mon Feb 07, 2022 11:03 am 
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I thought the same thing as soon as I posted the photos Flattop. Like a fisheye lens. Thanks for pointing that out.

On this photo did you see the pneumatic rear wheel with no spokes? Works on air pressure.
Very trick, and easy to keep clean.

MikeV


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 Post subject: Re: TT 900 SS project
PostPosted: Mon Feb 07, 2022 11:53 am 
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Yes, and I thought it looked familiar.


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 Post subject: Re: TT 900 SS project
PostPosted: Wed Apr 06, 2022 7:34 pm 
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Well, I decided that if I was going for a Bol d'Or theme that this bike deserved this tank --- with dual fillers. It is in the spirit. Was holding it for something later, but the one removed will work just fine for that purpose someday. Also, a few shots of the headlamp mounts. MikeV

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 Post subject: Re: TT 900 SS project
PostPosted: Wed Apr 06, 2022 9:34 pm 
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Agreed Mike! Looks great! ! Lou


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 Post subject: Re: TT 900 SS project
PostPosted: Tue Apr 29, 2025 12:14 pm 
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There were two things bugging me about this conversion to street: first was the lack on turning capability (almost dangerous) because of the close lock using the 851 top clamp on a TT frame; and, the lack of a rear fender - or, as the Brits more-correctly call it - a mudguard.

So i have switched to a gnarly-looking Spondon triple-clamp set that allowed some modifications, and are built to add-to or subtract-from the offset. Look closely and you will see a 6mm addition in the slot on the top (and) bottom clamps. Now i can move it in the garage without a flagger to help.

Also, the original (to the frame) huge cromoly swingarm was hard to keep clamped, and no fender i have tried ever came close to fitting, so it is now replaced with a 900SS aluminum version, stock fender, and trailing brake rod setup. Even then the fender needs to be raised to clear the 190 tire on the 6-inch rims. I actually like it better than before.

I think both changes are more useful for this bike on the street.

And for the Captain, a photo of how tight the 900 engine is in a frame that was designed for that size.

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 Post subject: Re: TT 900 SS project
PostPosted: Tue Apr 29, 2025 3:47 pm 
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618F1 wrote:
There were two things bugging me about this conversion to street: first was the lack on turning capability (almost dangerous) because of the close lock using the 851 top clamp on a TT frame; and, the lack of a rear fender - or, as the Brits more-correctly call it - a mudguard.

So i have switched to a gnarly-looking Spondon triple-clamp set that allowed some modifications, and are built to add-to or subtract-from the offset. Look closely and you will see a 6mm addition in the slot on the top (and) bottom clamps. Now i can move it in the garage without a flagger to help.

Also, the original (to the frame) huge cromoly swingarm was hard to keep clamped, and no fender i have tried ever came close to fitting, so it is now replaced with a 900SS aluminum version, stock fender, and trailing brake rod setup. Even then the fender needs to be raised to clear the 190 tire on the 6-inch rims. I actually like it better than before.

I think both changes are more useful for this bike on the street.

And for the Captain, a photo of how tight the 900 engine is in a frame that was designed for that size.

MikeV

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Thankyou


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