We reached
the final stage of the build and had to cope with some setbacks. The frame we
received from the powder coater had some visible imperfections and we also
noticed they coated the frame way to thick. The powder must be applied as thin
as possible. If not, it’s possible the paint will crack or parts like the
engine will not fit anymore. So, we had to redo the whole frame again.
But after all it turned out fine. With expensive projects like this it’s
important to maintain a high standard of quality. For example, the initials costs
of purchasing a Ducati Icon already consumes the whole budget of most cafe
racer projects. Also let professionals do their job and stay with your original
plan. Only change your plan when you’re running out of resources and be
patient. Professional builders and painters are most of the time fully booked.
We got a lot of positive reactions on this build. Most people think to shorten
and redesign a subframe is a relative simple job and we got a lot of emails if
we produce frames like this separately. Unfortunately, that’s impossible. If
you want something like this you go for the whole package including side
shields, seat pan and upholstery. Not to mention all the internal redesign of
the wiring.
For our annual “Koningsasser” / Bevel-drive day we had to put Scrambler
together as a mock to show it to the Dutch audience. So, it’s not finished yet
but the crowd was excited and we got loads of positive feedback including from
the Ducati factory. Of course, we hope we can produce and sell more Scramblers
like this to make the roads of Holland exciting.
Stay tuned and follow Astroscrambler
and Frank Soetarto from Startwin Motors to
see how we will finish the journey of project Green Star.
