[El Vikingo Tropical]

This is a bike that I like a lot = V2 Suzuki engine with a MV Agusta tubular chassis
When I bought the bike a car had run in to the back of the bike bending the rearframe, braking the DME box.
The first thing I ad on mind to do on this bike was improve suspensions changing forks, swingarm and brakes

 

[El Vikingo Tropical]

I bought a Aprilia RSV swingarm at ebay and adapted it o the Raptor, This is a very easy task

 

[El Vikingo Tropical]

I found a R1 rear shocker cheap at the local scraper

The chassis was cleaned and base coated but I still had in mi to cange the rearframe in favor of a bolt on home made unit

 

[El Vikingo Tropical]

 

[El Vikingo Tropical]

Gixer forks and breaks

 

[El Vikingo Tropical]

Next step was to mould the seat cover, First i use to make a positive mould the a negative defenitive mould and then make the defenitive pice

 

[El Vikingo Tropical]

Final part made in carbon fibre

 

[El Vikingo Tropical]

I sold this bike yesterday....

 

[woodsman]

I't looked really uncomfortable.

 

[El Vikingo Tropical]

I't looked really uncomfortable.

I did deliver it with the seat

 

[El Vikingo Tropical]

I have the bike back
The guy fall in love with my Ducati so he swapped the Raptor for the Ducati!
So this week a have been making the base for the new seat

 

[El Vikingo Tropical]

I’m putting on layers paint this weekend at the Raptor

 

[El Vikingo Tropical]

Still paint work to do before the clear coat

 

[El Vikingo Tropical]

 

[El Vikingo Tropical]

Well, Bike have know been at the road for two years and is just lovley to drive at my local montain roads.
It was upgrade with rear Ohlins, Braking front brake cylinder, Forged pistons and crank shafts, DME upgrade

 

[brad black]

cool. the raptor doesn't get a lot of love.

 

[woodsman]

Suzuki frame, gixxer front end, MV frame, Cagiva really doesn't have much to do with it anymore. Maybe it should be the EVT Especial.

 

[brad black]

Cagiva really doesn't have much to do with it anymore.

they certainly don't have anything to do with parts for them.

 

[woodsman]

they certainly don't have anything to do with parts for them.

I haven't even seen a Cagiva since the '80's when they took over Ducati. Didn't know they were producing big displacement bikes so recently. Looks like a monster fuel tank.

 

[TrialsRider]

When did MV Agusta ever make a V-twin engine, to have made a frame to fit one? It might have come from the same Italian factory as MV Agusta buys their frames from, but I suspect that is where the similarity in design ends.