Doug Barnette Photography - Chattanooga, Tennessee

This photo session took half a day in the studio and required 5 strobe packs and a focusable spot light. Above the bike, on a boom, is a 48X72 inch soft box with a Broncolor 3200 watt/second power pack. Another Broncolor Pulso 2 power pack lights a small square soft box front right, and a Norman 800 fills from the far right into a hinged 4X8 reflective card. From the left side another Norman 2000 fills a hinged 4X8 reflective card. To complete the photograph, a snooted strobe lights the background behind the windscreen. The shot was exposed on Fuji Provia 100 4X5 transparency film. The camera is a Sinar P2 4X5, with a 240 mm Sinar lens.

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The Motorcycle

This Ducati 900 SS/SP has been an ongoing project since I bought it in 1997. Silver fairing pieces replaced the original red fairing and a solo seat improved the riding position for "sport" riding.
Modifications include:

41 mm Keihin "racing" carburetors
A lightened (9 oz.) flywheel
A full Gio.Ca.Moto exhaust system with carbon fiber cannisters
Marchesini magnesium wheels (added after this photo session).
*These wheels are 24 lbs. lighter than the original wheels.
Kevlar brake lines

Many other "stock" components were removed or replaced in an effort to lighten the motorcycle. Needless to say, it's a joy to ride and it handles like a "dream".

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