Restoring a 1965 Ducati 250 Mach 1 (Part 1) - Back to Classics

[@towel2473]

Part 2 coming? Would love to see all your footage on this!

[@dugwthree]

I love your content. Hope do more earlier machines. It was a different market here in America. The scramblers was the most popular here

[@LS3APILOT]

Thanks for the great video. I also am restoring a 1964 Mach1. I have the original owners manual and it says the wheels that came with it were 2 1/4” steel rims. Alloy rims were not an available factory option in Australia although many bike were fitted with 2 1/2” Akront rims to make them lighter for road racing. I have however, seen many discrepancies with the Ducatis from the sixties, one chap I know has a 1968 Mark3 250 which he purchased brand new and it has a 350 frame fitted. Another chap has a 1967 Mark3 which came fitted with a M1 engine with engine number near 1900. I think there are many variations to these models from the factory. So if you say that you know alloy rims were available, I will believe you! Well done, your restoration is amazing and will surpass mine by a huge margin. My bike had been used for road racing in the sixties and came in racing trim with most of it missing and I have been slowly purchasing parts over the last few years. I hope to have it completed next year.

[@vintagedesmo2658]

Love your videos and very much enjoy seeing all of your excellent work. I don't think the Mach1 came from the factory with a tachometer but I know that they were installed by many owners. I look forward to seeing the conclusion of this build.

[@BackToClassics]

The tachometer was a factory option, like the Borrani wheels.

[@gandujar1]

I would love to see a video on how to properly assemble the engine to the frame. Seems like my 350 NC engine refuses go back in its place. 😅

[@BackToClassics]

That's tricky indeed on these narrow case bikes. Best to lay it on its side so you can see how the frame needs to wrap around the engine. Good idea to show the trick some day!

[@burdineestep4224]

bought a 66 mach 1 while in the Air Force in Germany, steel rims no tach Large side cases which covered the battery. black megaphone with jets $450 del. to the Frankfurt train station. had a rubber bellows from the carb to the air filter inside the side case. German spec bike, shipped it to the U.S. in 67. Sold in 70 to buy a 56 speedster.

[@adrianodagenova6935]

Waiting.......

[@roberttatlow5535]

Used to have a Mach 1

[@cb750k1974]

I know where the is a basement full of these and they getting ready to all go to the scrap metal man........I feel awful.

[@BackToClassics]

Please let me know the location of that basement!

[@n.n-toysgarage]

Please add Japanese subtitles.

[@matthewphillips5256]

Story about it being a celebration of the Mototrans victory in Barcelona is rubbish. Apocryphal at best. No Mach 1’s came from the factory with a tachometer. Kits were available for fitting but they didn’t have any lettering on the drive cover. Wheel rims and tires were 1/4” smaller front and rear than the Mark 3’s. So those rims you’re thinking of fitting are way wrong. Lastly, for now, the front fender is from a Mark 3, Monza or Diana. The correct Mach 1 front fender wont allow anything larger than a 2.50 or some 2.75 tires to be fitted. Sorry to be harsh, but when you say it’s ‘as it left the factory’ you better be on your A game. ps. That painted carb looks weird. Try Cerakote series C, in ‘Gunmetal’, no gloss clear coat.