Déjà Blue 500

Cook Neilson shocked the AMA racing world with his win in the Superbike Series at Daytona in 1977 on his special modified Ducati 750SS ‘Old Blue’. A replica of the iconic racer was commissioned by the Barber Motorsport Museum in 2008 – the Déjà Blue. We’ve created our own homage to Cook and his team with a street-legal version, the Déjà Blue Ducati 500.

This one- of- a- kind motorcycle was designed, built and test driven by Barn Luck’s own Chief Engineer Rudy Schachinger, feared back-to-back Florida State Champion in the vintage motorcycle light & heavyweight classes.

Barn Luck Model MC-DU-81-14-09

Frame-Suspension-Handling

• Shortened & modified frame with Magura clip ons
• Modified set up on Marzocchi 35mm telescopic fork
• 2 adjustable compression & rebound damping rear shocks
• 18’’ aluminum front wheel, Pirelli 100/90, 2x 260mm Brembo brakes,2piston calipers with stainless steel brake lines
• 18” aluminum rear wheel, Pirelli120/80, single 260mm Brembo brake,1piston caliper with stainless steel brake lines

Design

• Custom ‘Imola Style’ aluminum tank
• Custom rear ‘Imola Style’ seat pan fully covered
• Contemporary vintage lightweight racing look set up on all necessary street- legal front & rear lighting, turn signals, mirrors, gauges and factory electronics
• Custom side panels and front fender

Engine/Transmission & Weight

• Air cooled- four stroke- V twin 90 degree- longitudinally mounted,
• 2x Delorto Carburetors PHF36, OHV-two valve with 498.9cc and a 9.5:1 compression radio
• Reconfigured intake with velocity stacks and megaphones exhaust- ‘Lafranconi Style’
• 62 hp @ 8500 rpm
• 5 speed shaft drive transmission
• Dry-Weight: 377 pounds