Tecfar Ducati 900
With Phil Aynsley
The Tecfar project was born because famous Spanish racer Salvador Cañellas requested a better chassis after a real crash for the Barcelona 24 race in 1981. He was very pleased with the Ducati V-twin engine. 950 cc 90 hp.
Ricardo Fargas (former racer, manager and team leader at Mototrans) and Harry Walker of Technoquip (a company that imports auto and motorcycle parts) commissioned Antonio Cobas to design a new frame but the project delayed due to Mototrans gradually stopping production. business – resulting in the new bike not being completed until after the 1982 race.
The prototype (this bike) ran at Calafat in June 82 with a slightly modified 860 engine (complete with electric starter cap).
The rear frame and swingarm (without rear shock) weigh 8 kg. Total bike weight is expected to be 140 kg.
However, the wheelbase of this bike is very long at 1550 mm (measured during photography), which is 50 mm longer than the standard 900SS.
Another chassis was completed by Cobas in 83 with a wheelbase reduced by 20 mm. The rear subframe is now welded tube rather than the original bolted square-section alloy.
Another swing arm was also used. It was with this TF-2 frame that Carlos Cardus won every round he competed in the first Motorciclismo Series (Spanish supermoto championship).
After that, two additional frameworks were created (but not by Cobas, probably by Tavi team management). One is a TF-2 frame that journalist Dennis Noyes owns and races with a 900 angle Ducati engine.
The fourth frame (TF-3) was the last to be built and uses a 750 F1 belt-driven Ducati engine. This was raced by Falo Ferandez.
