Wednesday 25 October 2017

Chrome,

and motorcycles,


 pretty much go together,

 but add a Ducati into the mix and it gets really interesting,

 the bike in question has at it's heart a 2009 Monster 1100 S engine,

the polished engine was built by Bruce Meyers, apparently the best man in the country to do the job, the unit was blue printed, its internals lightened, and the cylinder heads have been extensively worked, “We also developed our own ECU programming to get the best out of his work,” says Walt, of New Hampshire’s Walt Siegl Motorcycles

 “Finding the correct finishes on all the components was quite a challenge. The frame had a specific powder coating base colour that I had to seal with automotive clear to be cohesive with the rest of the finishes. The client insisted on a magnesium swingarm, so the casting surface had to be ground down, polished and a special high-gloss clear ceramic coating applied to prevent the magnesium from corroding almost instantly”,

what a stunning looking motorcycle, I think you would spend as much time polishing the motorcycle as riding it! OK chrome is fine, but here is a real challenge, how about a gold plated Ducati next time?


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