Ducati cafe racer

[premier]

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What do you guys think? I like the idea, but there's IMO too many red on silver accents.

AND WHAT ARE THOSE BRAKE DISCS?? Do they actually stay black or is the surface gone after first braking? If they stay like that (I don't understand how it's possible) I need to get them :hammer:

[vclune]

They are Carbon brake discs, and yes they stay carbon black.

[Martin_R]

Looks tasty. Not sure about the cockpit though. Something about the almost completely transparent top with the red lower part does not look right.

[zippythehog]

I like it. Looks like a lot of interesting changes on the machine (a radar detector etc).

No passenger pegs- where does she sit?

Zip

[ThePope]

Very nice and the bike is cool too...

[premier]

Carbon brake discs? Sounds very expensive They would be very light, but are they as durable as the metal ones? Are they available for speedy?

[crashmasterd]

On 2007-02-18 10:37, premier wrote:
Carbon brake discs? Sounds very expensive They would be very light, but are they as durable as the metal ones? Are they available for speedy?

I don't know about availability, but yeah. VERY expensive. They also don't tend to work very well except for under race conditions. They don't grab very well until they are really hot. Like almost glowing red. They require special carbon pads as well.

Cool beans but very, very exotic. Much like the babe.



[ This message was edited by: crashmasterd on 2007-02-18 11:02 ]

[Andhedrew]

Not naked enough. Ditch the 3 fairings then show me the pic again. :-D

[Devious2XS]

On 2007-02-18 11:01, crashmasterd wrote:
I don't know about availability, but yeah. VERY expensive. They also don't tend to work very well except for under race conditions. They don't grab very well until they are really hot. Like almost glowing red. They require special carbon pads as well.

Cool beans but very, very exotic. Much like the babe.

Actually the carbon on carbon brakes have made a lot of improvement over the last several years. They are still not perfect, but will work at street temperatures very well. The big issue has been cracking.

[Euro]

150hp and 80ftlbs of torque? Triumph tried that with the Tona, and it didn't turn out too well.