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I would love to own your bike. A friend of mine once said ' at least your bike looks right'. The reason it looks right is because it IS right. I know how a racing motorcycle should be constructed, and I build accordingly. Your ducati might be unoriginal, but it is a beautiful bike, and all it takes is willpower to make it really great. I would use the parts you already have to build something sporty and sensible that performs well. I have a policy that if I see something stupid on my bike, I re-engineer it. I'd simply remake the wiring loom, leaving out the unnecessary bullshit, and I would buy a decent after market ignition system and include it in the rewire. Replate anything which is rusty, and re -upholster the seat. What you have got is an easy re-build, and it could become a really great bike.
The remake which turned that other bike into a Harley flat tracker look alike is a waste of a good bike, it has no intrinsic value and neither does that revolting chopper.

<blockquote data-quote="acotrel" data-source="post: 177618" data-attributes="member: 4295">I would love to own your bike.&nbsp; A friend of mine once said &#039; at least your bike looks right&#039;.&nbsp; The reason it looks right&nbsp; is because it IS right.&nbsp; I know how a racing motorcycle should be constructed, and I build accordingly.&nbsp; Your ducati might be unoriginal, but it is a beautiful bike, and all it takes is willpower to make it really great.&nbsp; I would use the parts you already have to build something sporty and sensible that performs well.&nbsp; I have a policy that if I see something stupid on my bike, I re-engineer it.&nbsp; I&#039;d simply remake the wiring loom, leaving out the unnecessary bullshit, and I would buy a decent after market ignition system and include it in the rewire.&nbsp; Replate anything which is rusty, and re -upholster the seat.&nbsp; What you have&nbsp; got is an easy re-build, and it could become a really great bike.The remake which turned that other bike into a Harley flat tracker look alike is a waste of a good bike, it has no intrinsic value and&nbsp; neither does that revolting chopper.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="acotrel, post: 177618, member: 4295"] I would love to own your bike. A friend of mine once said ' at least your bike looks right'. The reason it looks right is because it IS right. I know how a racing motorcycle should be constructed, and I build accordingly. Your ducati might be unoriginal, but it is a beautiful bike, and all it takes is willpower to make it really great. I would use the parts you already have to build something sporty and sensible that performs well. I have a policy that if I see something stupid on my bike, I re-engineer it. I'd simply remake the wiring loom, leaving out the unnecessary bullshit, and I would buy a decent after market ignition system and include it in the rewire. Replate anything which is rusty, and re -upholster the seat. What you have got is an easy re-build, and it could become a really great bike. The remake which turned that other bike into a Harley flat tracker look alike is a waste of a good bike, it has no intrinsic value and neither does that revolting chopper. [/QUOTE]