All ready to drop off. They said if I can drop off the engine sooner rather than later they may be able to start work earlier One way I’m gutted, but another way I’m a bit excited
I have thought about johnnyfireblades bits. But I think if I supply a second hand gearbox then guarantees would go out the window. But thanks for the heads up
You only may need one or two parts. They will reuse what can be used after inspection. If Jonnys parts are what you need and they are inspected by the builder, then there shouldn't be an issue.
I would say even if your not going to coat the engine at the very least recoat the front head and barrell as that gets pretty well everything from the road....
Yes! Ive thought about this. As much as I love the creakote on yours there is a company around 2 miles from me that do powder coating and metal spraying. Going to call them tomorrow and ask what it is they exactly do. I’m thinking silver metal spray the heads and barrels and powder coat the casings and swinging arm. Also my frame is red and subframe silver. Definitely don’t like the silver subframe so prob gonna get it done in black. But not sure if I wanna keep the frame red. Give me your thoughts
Id say nothing less that cerakote for the engine....its by far the best coating (for the price, ive used)
Lol it’s probably me getting my company’s mixed up. I thought the company that does the cerakoting was called factory projects? There’s a few companies local to me that do metal coating. But not one of them has heard of cerakote.
I would recommend Wesley: Sussex isn’t that far from Herts. http://www.hi-speccoatings.co.uk/ There’s also a rather sweet testimonial from a certain Chris Bridgland: ‘Wesley did an excellent job on my Ducati 888 engine. It looks excellent and factory fresh now it is back together.‘
Ah - i see - ive got a local guy near me (Bristol) who i can drop stuff down to at any time of the day....he`ll be getting some 400/4 engine cases, head and barrells soon...
Can’t find anywhere near me that’s even heard of Cerakote. Every one I speak to says they do loads of motorbike engine stuff but always powder coat. Even the barrels & heads. Looks like I’m going to have to go this route
Thats bad, I thought these engines were pretty bomb proof! I was contacted only yesterday by another unlucky 1100S owner who'd just had front cylinder fail looking for engine parts. But since it was front cylinder on mine too, not much help! Maybe able to help you out tho, see what the engine strip reveals.
I was contemplating getting in touch with u about it mate. But like u say I’ll wait until they’ve stripped the engine
Just a question or rather a thought. I haven’t heard anything back from race engineering yet so haven’t had the dreaded cost of there shopping list. But I’m toting up my own bits n pieces that I’m going to need as well as a few little extras. I came across the healtech quick shifter and it made me think. When on private roads wink wink I regularly lift the front wheel coming out of corners in say second and while aloft lol I shift up into third without using the clutch. I’ve done this on pretty much every road bike I’ve owned but wondered if the Ducati box hasn’t liked this and that’s why I’m in the predicament I’m in right now. Never felt the need for a quick shifter but would this help a situation like this? Or when on the back wheel would it hinder the wheelie in some way by cutting ignition. Often thought if a shut off and a smooth gear change is doable without a quick shifter then surly you as the rider are doing the same thing anyway?
If you fit the quickshifter all it does is allow you to change gear without dropping the throttle, this makes keeping the front wheel up easier and smoother. I don't think that's your issue, as you say you are managing the wheelie already. My own experience was on a 06 Blade that you used to eat gearboxes if the front wheel spent too much time in the air! But that was a known problem and related to oil flow, bad design, don't know if this is a similar issue?
Wheelying is not your issue, my hyp has 55k miles on it & the front gets lofted from 2nd & dropped back down in 4th or 5th most days, seems pretty bullet proof (kiss of death)... tried a quickshifter, didnt get on with it, spent too many years preloading the gear lever to enable quick upshifts. Not advisable with a QS...
I love a wheelie! Always have done. I’ve never seen the big deal with quick shifters to be honest. Having years of doing pro ish moto cross i learned to shift pretty quick without the clutch so that bit doesn’t worry me. It’s if the bike can take it. And as much as I love the hyper. If it couldn’t I would be outing it to get something else. Good to know this isn’t the case
