Duke 750 F1 . . . Er . . .

Yes . . Well . . WHO's Idea was It , Anyway . ?

Tamburini said to Cathcart this is where he got the idea for the Ducati frames from. Original design by Peter J. Williams I believe, even though Peter preferred the Monocoque and still does.

How is the engine attached? Any other pics?

http://www.motorsnaps.com/v/Bikes/1974- ... e.jpg.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/paul-drummond/4763013275/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/44381054@N05/4801978140/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cromo_photo/4791448696/

http://www.motorsport.com/VINTAGE/photo ... id=1008178

http://cybermotorcycle.com/gallery/nort ... frame-.htm

Presumeably theres isolastics in there , if the memory is correct . Will dig out some old magazines ,
The Monocoque & Spaceframe both ran their own Isolastics . Theres a 75 with mere head frame
and shock mounts attached directly to engine / cradle , to reduce weight further, No Isos .This is
the last works 750 Commando , presumeably the rug was pulled from under it so never raced . ? :?
but I have to get put on disc at the copy shop and coerce a computer literate being to oblige posting.

Re that
http://i41.tinypic.com/8vt3cl.jpg

As a ladder-style frame, part of the ladder is missing ?!!

Space frames had been around in the car world and aviation world for quite some years. ?
Didn't the race Jag C Types and D Types use them.
And aircraft, and blimps etc, had them for not quite forever.

Ds ( & Es ) were both , tubeular front frame And Monocoque centre section . Cs had the rear axle atached to the rear cabin bulkhead by three links , two tosion sprung .The Four link minus one compensateing for the lack of a limited slip diffrential,

Lotus ( as in the Seven and others ) were more the space frames , though there were combinations there too .
One for Rohan , " Whats a Lotus 40 ? " . . . . . " A Lotus 30 with ten more mistakes "
These excedded Chapmans expectation that if a car disentegrated as it crossed the finish line , it was strong enough . :?

Maserati was renowned for the type 61 ' Birdcage ' aircraft tube type structure . Small dia. Light Weight .
http://www.google.com.au/imgres?q=maser ... x=96&ty=54

Taglioni, ( before Tamborini ) TT2 ( before F1 ) just to be anal.

Thats Right , these young upstarts ! :wink: My Gripe , with the benefit of Hindsight , is they COULD have put the darn thing INTO PRODUCTION .
The Italians indeed had the inteligance to do so (after a fashion ) the British press had changrd tack and were forever whineing about the Engine
being obsolete and non competetive (against Jap open spec tuned pipe two strokes - Shouldve thrown a supercharger on , as thats effectively
what pipes are ) .ANYWAY , with a ignition cut-out at redline , to stop it prematurely dissentegrateing , and later looking at fuel injection or throwing
the Cosworth lump in it ( Obviously a seperate (from Transmission ) Engine would have facilitated this ! :shock: :lol: ) they would have benefitted from
the qudos the italians purloined . Mutter Fume etc and the like . However , the industry being in the state it was , objectiveity was subjective to
obsolete manufactureing processes , theyd have us believe . Some people call that ' hand made ' . Suppose it depends whose hands it is .
If you cant sack the malingerers , sabatours or incompetants without the whole lot going on strike ????????????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjN3PE4ICj0. This may well typify government involvement as far as ' progreess' was concerned in British Industry .

Well said, the Italians also had a different passion for the machines they built, even the workers.

That #10 Bike in those pics is gorgeous

Re: Duke 750 F1 . . . Er . . . J P S

More picyres of the monocoque .

http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x177 ... 0%20Racer/