All the official Ducati Corse/WSBK engines have markings on them to tell you who rode the bike and when. This engine will be engine number 1 from the Futuri workshop (also Biggelaar offcourse 😉 ). Therefor it also needs to be marked as such. Futuri in short, FTR 01....
FINALLY!!! The custom steering stem, nut and tool are finished. This means we are 1 step closer to a rolling frame. Everything will also be anodised offcourse. But I will send that off when all the parts are ready. Update: It didnt work… Steering angle was way...
First zinc plating tests. Shitty result. Second attempt was somewhat better, but still shit haha. I ordered a aquarium heater to make sure the plating bath is heated, that should improve results :). Keep you posted. Update! Attempt nr 5 or something, results i can...
Finally got my crankshaft back. As you probably have read the first crankshaft had a small crack in it. So I grinded back a ST3 crank and send it off to get balanced, polished, magnafluxxed, streamlined and the oil ways adjusted. The bill was abit less...
Everything arrived to start zinc plating! Going to build a setup with multiple baths. Multiple small parts for the project I then can plate myself. Also almost everything came in to start making Carbon molds/fairings/parts using the wet bagging technique. Still...
