ducatilover's squidtastic pile of crap

**ducatilover** · 11th April 2012, 21:53

Originally Posted by Conquiztador

No, not pin striping. Airbrushing! HERE some ideas.

Re the fork bottoms: Only two options:
1. Gold
2. White

Could look potentially cool, was looking at a few pics of Cafe Racers with some grouse air brush work in a similar style, but I don't think I'll do it to this one, want it uber clean

Gold or white eh? I think white might just look tits...I'll flick some white at it one day and see what happens. I think both of those could be a potential win!

**ducatilover** · 11th April 2012, 22:02

**Conquiztador** · 11th April 2012, 22:06

Originally Posted by ducatilover

Could look potentially cool, was looking at a few pics of Cafe Racers with some grouse air brush work in a similar style, but I don't think I'll do it to this one, want it uber clean

Gold or white eh? I think white might just look tits...I'll flick some white at it one day and see what happens. I think both of those could be a potential win!

And that, my friend, is what customising is all about: You make the bike just like YOU want it to be. Ask for advise but be sure to make your own decisions. Once completed she will tell us something about you. (One of my pet hates is people who buy a "custom" bike and then ride it around like it meant something to them.)

**ducatilover** · 11th April 2012, 22:16

Originally Posted by Conquiztador

And that, my friend, is what customising is all about: You make the bike just like YOU want it to be. Ask for advise but be sure to make your own decisions. Once completed she will tell us something about you. (One of my pet hates is people who buy a "custom" bike and then ride it around like it meant something to them.)

I like to see others ideas, do them, then do 'em my way

I'm definately going to try white fork lowers.

My white caliper idea is a touch I really like, practical is not something involved with this bike, it's been a fairly intense build (the only 400 bits now are most of the loom and the CDI unit

, the rest is my madness) and everything is exactly what I want.
No point doing it otherwise

**ducatilover** · 13th April 2012, 13:37

Righty ho: problem.

LED indicators wired up.
CF13 LED flasher unit installed (0.2-20a one)

Indicators do work, BUT;
Only three or four (can't really tell) of the LEDs are lighting up when the indicators are on.

Whut?
Could this be a problem with too low current draw? It currently doesn't have the idiot light wired up so current draw will be pretty damn low.

I plugged a standard bulb in to the rear, the standard bulb flashed at a reasonably normal rate, but the LED unit at the front wouldn't flash.

**nathanwhite** · 13th April 2012, 14:14

Originally Posted by ducatilover

Righty ho: problem.

Only three or four (can't really tell) of the LEDs are lighting up when the indicators are on.

Whut?

Sounds like dodgy wiring within the unit to me. Perhaps take it off and hook it up to a 12V (or whatever it runs on) power source. If it is that, the problem should also appear there. (If not, shake till it does

)

Orrr, pull the unit apart and have at it with a multimeter.

**ducatilover** · 13th April 2012, 14:17

I knew the indicators light up fully on a good battery.
So, I casually grabbed a grunty battery with more than 12v, slipped the jumper leads on and it's sorted.
Bike battery is currently at 11.8V

simplest fix evah!

My retinas burnt when I looked at the indicators, I went blind and walked in to the electric fence and now I'm dead.

I may not have done that at all.

**ducatilover** · 13th April 2012, 14:28

Going to wire the dash light up when it arrives (got a cool one to mount on teh dash coming) and I even drew the best wiring diagram you've seen.

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**avgas** · 13th April 2012, 14:33

Originally Posted by ducatilover

My retinas burnt when I looked at the indicators, I went blind and walked in to the electric fence and now I'm dead.

Pussy

**ducatilover** · 13th April 2012, 14:41

Originally Posted by avgas

Pussy

Silence, I kill you.

**ducatilover** · 13th April 2012, 17:03

Reg/rec finally wired up again

Once the 'zorst is sorted I can throw oil down it and fire her up, I'm going to have to re-jet again I think.
Might pull the carbs and go over them again, just coz I can and it never hurts to be sure

Have to fix the clutch cable adjuster on the lever end, for some reason all of the cables I have seem to have rooted adjusters

Ideas for the next project...