1993 Scapin Team Cagiva MTB build thread

[racecarjohnny]

Purchased this nos frame on eBay from an Italian seller.
He told me the frames were from 1993 and made for the members of the Cagiva racing team. Being a long time Italian motorcycle fan and the cost of the frame being very reasonable, I took a shot. Bike arrived packed well and in great shape. Red paint is beautiful and reminds me of the red paint on Ducati 916s.

 

[racecarjohnny]

I used this 1993 Cagiva Motogp bike as a bit of inspiration and started building the bike up and adding some decals.

 

[racecarjohnny]

Tried some different stem and saddle options

 

[racecarjohnny]

Finished it yesterday and am really happy with how it turned out, looking forward to a test ride soon.

 

[racecarjohnny]

Completed

 

[mk one]

Was watching this myself, big fan of Cagiva too

 

[Markybeau]

Probably the best looking of the 500GP bikes, if not the most reliable or best handling.

John Kocinski (in the pic) was 250GP and WSBK world champ. Fantastic rider.

Finished article looks great Johnny

 

[kingoffootball]

Those tyres work perfectly with the decals as well as fitting the theme.

 

[joglo]

Agree, I'm even quite surprised, other bikes would look awful or at least cheap and non-classic with striped tires, but at this bike with this clear scheme those tires fit very nicely.

Just to me the Roox stem isn't the optimum yet, as a bit too much end of nineties style.
I've found the look stem a bit better, or would continue keeping the eyes open a bit looking for some other white stem, ideally more classical and Italian.

 

[Canuckbiker]

Another excellent build @racecarjohnny I think the white saddle/stem combo was the way to go