Francesca Ducati

Where we left of some years back on this block, was regarding the disassembly. Since then there has been promises about ressurrections and so on. However, now I have the time to tell my story about Francesca, which I have named this little lady.

Anywho... The disassembly mainly took place at my old apartment, where I had a garage, which was perfect for that.

Two years ago, apparently i had the original mufflers mounted on the bike, however these do not sound of much - they don't do that wonderful engine justice sound-wise.

So I put back on the aftermarket exhaust that I have - a 2-in-1, that sound awesome.

The cone-look makes it quite good looking as well, so it is kind of a win-win-situation, though I have been told that the torque goes slightly down. However, the engine breaths better than with the standard mufflers. It was fairly easy to install.

The reason why the bike is completely torn apart, is that I was fed up with it's original design. It was boring. Ugly. Not good to look at. I thought that I could do better, so I tore it apart and made some minor adjustments.

 Front weel's come off, and all the electrics have been diamantled. I have taken off the fairing too, and all the original clocks.

Looks very naked...

The original rear loop.

Yes, shit's torn apart! But in Denmark we have a saying, that says something like "it has to be bad before it gets good"... This is exactly how it is right here. More to come soon! Among other things, I will show you how I made a new rear loop for the frame, in order to make the frame look nicer, when I had a saddle maker made my new seat for Francesca. Stay tuned.