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Tecfar Ducati 900
With Phil Aynsley
The Tecfar mission happened on account of famous Spanish rider Salvador Cañellas requesting a greater body after crashing in observe for the 1981 Barcelona 24 race. He was more than pleased with the 950 cc 90 hp Ducati V-twin engine.
Ricardo Fargas (ex-racer, supervisor and head of the race crew at Mototrans) and Harry Walker of Technoquip (an auto and moto elements import firm) commissioned Antonio Cobas to design a brand new body however the mission was delayed because of Mototrans slowly going out of enterprise – ensuing within the new bike not being accomplished till after the 1982 race.
The prototype (this bike) ran at Calafat in June ‘82 with a barely modified 860 motor (full with electrical starter cowl).
The body and swingarm (not with the rear shock) collectively weighed 8 kg. Whole bike weight was anticipated to be 140 kg.
Nonetheless the bike’s wheelbase was a really prolonged 1550 mm (as measured throughout the images), 50 mm longer than the usual 900SS.
One other chassis was accomplished by Cobas in ’83 with a 20 mm discount to the wheelbase. The rear sub-frame was now welded tube, not the unique bolt-on sq. part alloy.
A unique swingarm was additionally used. It was with this TF-2 body that Carlos Cardus received each spherical he competed in throughout the first Motorciclismo Collection (a Spanish superbike championship).
Later two further frames have been constructed (however not by Cobas, most likely by crew supervisor Tavi). One was a TF-2 body that journalist Dennis Noyes owned and raced fitted with a 900 bevel Ducati motor.
The fourth body (the TF-3) was the final constructed and used a 750 F1 belt-driven Ducati motor. This was raced by Falo Ferandez.
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