Isn't there another guy from Capetown on here who has been rebuilding a 9?6? Maybe he can help/advise? when they ride well, they are amazing, and when they ride bad, or don't want to ride, they are infuriating. But anyway, back to the Ducatis.
Here you go, Bront is in/around Capetown. Guess he may be able to give pointers? http://ducatiforum.co.uk/f2/help-me-build-my-996sps-engine-11518/
Well now, I may have found the solution to the stalling problem. This am I start the bike pull in the clutch select 1st & guess what the bike jumps forward & stalls. No clutch. I bled the master cylinder & the slave cylinder with new fluid & Bob's your uncle, I have clutch again & whilst I was on a roll I did the brakes as well since I don't think the fluid should be dark brown. Ran out of time so haven't ridden to see if the I have won the battle but I am hoping that the dragging clutch was the cause of the stalling ??
