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Just got back from my classic Ducati dealer who had a new (old) factory frame for me at a decent price, so the old one is being kept for spares rather than being repaired.

The concensus is that the frame was probably chopped on purpose to support a sidecar mount. The swingarm had been gusseted ...

I think I figured out how ithe damage was done.

The bike is currently fitted with a sport-type gearchange linkage. However it looks as though the bike went down the road on it's side at some point when the original was fitted and the old gear lever made the gouge as it became bent and touched the ...

I have one but it is badly scored - right across the 'C' in 'UCATI'.

I would very much like to buy another, preferably in better condition, if anyone has one.

I gather the case changed in design after engine # 751500. Mine is a 1974 GT and has a later engine than this. I believe the part number ...

Thanks baddean

You're right, I had trouble describing it cleanly but it looks like the classic join you see on high pressure piping with a wide flange on either side of the join and a ring of bolts securing the flanges to each other.

I'm not a welder so I wasn't sure what's possible or sensible ...

Recently bought a complete but tatty 750 GT for restoration.

Unfortunately it has had a very poor frame repair, which is holding together but looks dreadful.

At some point the bike has suffered front-end damage and has snapped both front down tubes about six inches below the cross-brace.

The ...

Hi,

It's great to be amongst like-minded Ducati nuts, for me it seems to be a lifelong obsession. It started with a MHR in the early '80, via a Buell or two, through to a 748 and a S4R (which I still have) in the 00's.

After many years of lusting after one I have finally located and bought a 1974 ...