Ducati SS Project

[Yorkie]

That is a heck of a lot of work done there, well done!

For no reason other than curiosity, how long from start to finish?

Mark

It took about 12 months-ish, working on it every other Saturday.  I had the Monster running while I did this one.

One finished and one ready for the chop:



Yorkie

[NAKID]

It took about 12 months-ish, working on it every other Saturday.  I had the Monster running while I did this one.

One finished and one ready for the chop:



Yorkie

I see you have the oil cooler line bypassed in some pictures, but have an oil cooler installed in other pictures. What is the final outcome? And if you aren't running a cooler, why not?

[Yorkie]

I see you have the oil cooler line bypassed in some pictures, but have an oil cooler installed in other pictures. What is the final outcome? And if you aren't running a cooler, why not?

The oil pipe came with the bottom end, it was off a race engine and didn't need the cooler.  I now have the 999 oil cooler fitted and it looks great I think.

Yorkie

[crude]

Very nice work. By any chance did the exhaust, no doubt being lighter, perform any better?

And how do you like the reverse shifter?

[Yorkie]

I am not sure about any performance differences as the bike has gone from a fully faired 750 to a naked 900 with a bodged together engine.  To be honest I am still playing about with the adjustable cams to get the most out of it, but I will be having a custom 2 - 1 exhaust made in stainless.

The reverse shift I love it, it took a bit of getting used to but it's the way ahead.  The only thing that gets me sometimes is neutral (I have no idiot lights) so I end up just turning it off and doing it by hand when I'm parking up!

Yorkie

[Yorkie]

The weather has been really crap over the last month so I have resorted to doing silly stuff, fitted a sprayed pressure plate today .....





I need to clean up the springs as well, oh it glows in the dark as well!!

Yorkie

[NAKID]

Well, that's one way to be seen....