Ducati cucciolo desmosedici

Hi!
While Im finishing Roland Sands bike, Im begining my next proyect.
I saw this bike in a magazine years ago and I fallen in love with it:
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/6752/hagakure31.jpg
This is Masayuki Morimoto's boardtracker harley, I love the minimalism frame, huge engine, crude exhaust piper, clean lines, so I decide ti buils a replica, but as a Ducati fan, I think would be really cool build the first ducati, the Cicciolo, because it started as a bicycle whit an engine, here some images:
http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/965/3510105861ee4621e91e.jpg
http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/8493/cucciolo.jpg
So I drew a sketches of a bicycle with Desmosedici engine based in Morimoto's stetics:
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/9698/28499503.jpg
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/3233/66100812.jpg
I tought It woulde be great making a bicycle frame with a evil Desmosedici engine and a little boartracker tail, but I remebered Cucciolo also was famous as a racing motorcycle:
http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/7791/07ducaticucciolo.jpg
http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/71/duccuccgiapsm.jpg
http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/2647/bikepics998361full.jpg
So I made a sketch of my interpretation of this:
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/541/imagen2vo.jpg
I made several drawings comparing Desmosedici frame and geometry and Cucciolo features:
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/7417/imagen1xb.jpg
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/2870/37579942.jpg
In this one using the original radiator housing:
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/9650/35770810.jpg
Now my dilema is if I should build the bicycle version with thin tires:
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/659/imagen3y.jpg
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/7728/img4392m.jpg
Or the motorcycle version with fatter tires and drum brakes:
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2931/imagen4u.jpg
http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/6310/img4335m.jpg
May be I will make the motorcycle version, any way im going to buils Morimoto's Harley so I will build a bicycle with masive engine.
Besides would be better to make a tributr for the Cucciolo Racing.
This is my final Idea:
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/8228/imagen5m.jpg
I think is better because if we think in a real bike, the bicycle tipe would be more an exhibition bike; the boardtrack version would be more rideable en enjoyable.
Im going to use carbon fiber decals, Termignoni, Marchesisni and Verlichi decals so its going to be a really modern ducati tribute.
So I will sart with the frame.

Hi Alex,
I know what you mean by the differance with the wheels/Tyres.....But i have to say i think the skinny whels would look better....However as you say the wider ones would ride better....
Anyway i look forward to the process.
Cheers Martin:)

Hi Alex,
I know what you mean by the differance with the wheels/Tyres.....But i have to say i think the skinny whels would look better....However as you say the wider ones would ride better....
Anyway i look forward to the process.
Cheers Martin:)
Yes with skinny tires would look really extreme, but in reallity thah would be hard to ride, the rear tire would get destroyed, but I got the answer, I will make the cucciolo motorcycle tipe with the desmosedici engine and later a cucciolo bicycle type with the testastretta 999 bike.

Hi friends, there is been I while since I dont post here, I was really bussy at work and then building, this is the work of the Cucciolo:

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Love the project! Really fun idea Alex and your puzzle between the different bikes. Really good scratch building skills you've got!

Build looks great. Like Joel said, you have a lot of scratch building potential. However I'm not a fan of the beefy wheels of the bike. I would like them to be just a bit thinner.

Nevertheless a great job.

Interesting subject Alex
well done
John

Amazing project!