Eddieb
11th November 2012, 08:32
This is my project that I've slowly been collecting bits for.
When I bought it a BSA Bantam tank in British Racing Green with Ducati stickers was fitted. I've been unable to find the correct tank for it but the one I have now is off a scrambler of the same generation and is the same shape but shorter and narrower. I have no idea what the seat is off but for the time being I will go with that as it fits with the scrambler tank. If I fitted an original/repro seat there would be a gap of about 8cm between the seat and tank due to the shorter scrambler tank.
Someone has butchered the wiring loom as it has several chocolate block connectors and in some places all of the wires are green housing wire. Over the past year I've collected the tank, new wiring loom and various ancillary bits and pieces so I'm hoping once I sort a few other parts of life out I will be able to put some effort into it early-mid next year.
This bike has never been registered in NZ. I have the original UK ownership papers and the documentation from when it was imported into NZ though there are few little discrepancies in the paperwork that may or may not cause issues.
The first discrepancy is that the bike was originally registered as 1972 in the UK. It can't be a '72 as the narrow case stopped production in 1968 in favour of a wide case, I can prove this by using references from various authoritative documented history books available though I think when the VIN is done they use a date of manufacture value found stamped on a component of the bike in which case the data of manufacture is stamped on the front forks behind where the front brake is mounted.
The 2nd is that is was registered as a 350. It quite possibly had a 350 fitted when it came out of the factory but it now has the 250 motor fitted. The UK rego papers don't have any frame or engine numbers on them but the import docs do. Who ever filled out the import docs wrote the same number in both fields, but Ducati's of that age didn't have matching numbers and a lot didn't have frame numbers at all. Hopefully the engine number not matching the import docs doesn't cause too many issues.
When I bought it a BSA Bantam tank in British Racing Green with Ducati stickers was fitted. I've been unable to find the correct tank for it but the one I have now is off a scrambler of the same generation and is the same shape but shorter and narrower. I have no idea what the seat is off but for the time being I will go with that as it fits with the scrambler tank. If I fitted an original/repro seat there would be a gap of about 8cm between the seat and tank due to the shorter scrambler tank.
Someone has butchered the wiring loom as it has several chocolate block connectors and in some places all of the wires are green housing wire. Over the past year I've collected the tank, new wiring loom and various ancillary bits and pieces so I'm hoping once I sort a few other parts of life out I will be able to put some effort into it early-mid next year.
This bike has never been registered in NZ. I have the original UK ownership papers and the documentation from when it was imported into NZ though there are few little discrepancies in the paperwork that may or may not cause issues.
The first discrepancy is that the bike was originally registered as 1972 in the UK. It can't be a '72 as the narrow case stopped production in 1968 in favour of a wide case, I can prove this by using references from various authoritative documented history books available though I think when the VIN is done they use a date of manufacture value found stamped on a component of the bike in which case the data of manufacture is stamped on the front forks behind where the front brake is mounted.
The 2nd is that is was registered as a 350. It quite possibly had a 350 fitted when it came out of the factory but it now has the 250 motor fitted. The UK rego papers don't have any frame or engine numbers on them but the import docs do. Who ever filled out the import docs wrote the same number in both fields, but Ducati's of that age didn't have matching numbers and a lot didn't have frame numbers at all. Hopefully the engine number not matching the import docs doesn't cause too many issues.