Its a shame one was nicked, they should have their hands cut off,its is a real worry for me, hard to replace one now, I saved mine from being broken 4 years ago, hope to take for its first MOT in 10 years next month, see what needs doing over the winter ready for next year. Keeps us up to date on the resto, may be good to try and have a meet up of the odd dukes as they were called on the old site.
just noticed tonight right side fairing has been repainted a different shade bollox,sorted a pile of bits to go for blasting.
Also, just looking at your pics again, I think that the cans should be black, painted steel, with an aluminium wrapper? I think that someone has changed yours at some stage. The other reason that you can't just bolt a dry clutch on from a 900ss is that there's no space for the clutch pushrod to go through the crank cases, and no provision to put the clutch slave cylinder on the left side of the bike.
correct on the cans they are BOS race cans,i have a few ideas on the clutch,i will no better when I get it stripped.....fairing bracket bent and snapped.....studs have pulled out of the clock surround.
I'm so looking toward to taking mine to bits now, if you look closely at mine you'll see the fairings have the gold lettering on, at some point they've been changed, so mins could have had full fairing on when new.
Have a look at mine in half faired form............you can see where the full fairing fixing points are.........there is a black circular plug in the frame lug and the lower stabiliser bars are still fitted........(because I reckon they will break if I try to get them out!). AL
very tidy..i do prefare it with the half fairing.....classic,i have had a go at the carbs today with good results I found mr muscle oven cleaner works a tread cleaning the crud out...acetone also works well I put a few pieces in the vapour blaster at work it brings the alloy back to new looking the engine need a serious clean
So dose traffic film remover as I found out with some remote control car parts that were purple and are now silver!!
well there is no anodising on the carbs and they are not eaten away so jobs done they will get vapour blasted tomorow to finish them off,i would think if the cleaner is left on too long then it would cause sum damage but when doing sumthing like this you would allways test on a similar material.
The wheel adjusters are seized into the alloy swingarm surprise surprise they will need some heat on them any ideas wot make the rearsets are?
Two hours to get the filler cap off the tank,one of the grub screws rounded off luckily I got a few turns before it rounded,a further 1/2 hour trying to get the base out the tank,20 years of corrosion I suppose. The paintwork is still good but the inside is as to be expected
View attachment 21138 any ideas wot make the rearsets are?[/QUOTE] They look like early Ducati Performance ones to me, I have some on my carby SS. The levers are very slightly different but everything else is identical. They're really good and very adjustable. Are the hangers anodised or have they been sprayed ? Ian.
They look like early Ducati Performance ones to me, I have some on my carby SS. The levers are very slightly different but everything else is identical. They're really good and very adjustable. Are the hangers anodised or have they been sprayed ? Ian.[/QUOTE] yes the hangers and pegs are anodised and in good condition,i don't think they have had much use,i was going to sell them and go back to std but they are nice.
They're worth a few quid ; ) but I'd keep em, so much better riding position than std... Nice rebuild, keep the updates coming.
hi I bought a 91 half faired 750 in may needs a bit of tiding up ,no 678. just could not resist it , dry clutch , nice contrast to my mutley hope you have as much fun on it as I am
cheers will do,i loved the one I had in the 90's but had to sell it to fund a trip to the states...progress a bit slow,i have been buissy with work.
Just back from the MOT station with a pass, couldn't believe it thought they were joking. No 448 back on the road(when I've got some tax).
just been talkin to a mate tonight and he nows where my old 750ss is,i may be x2 with a bit of luck,just started cleaning the tank ready for sealing.
