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Another Ducati 1000 Build

Discussion in 'Builds & Projects' started by buzzer, Jun 13, 2020.

  1. Not been doing much in the garage for the last week... My best mate of 55 years was diagnosed with terminal cancer last week. All very sudden, 4 weeks before he was working in his factory, just complaining of a bad back... turns out he has lung cancer, cancer in the spine and Multiple Myeloma... they have given him weeks/months. Its knocked me for 6 to be honest...

    Gong to get out in the garage Monday and get my mojo back... for now here is a short video as many people asked how I turn the velocity stack radius in the lathe..




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  2. Shit sorry to hear about that my wifes mother has just been diagnosed with cancer and has just started her chemo, and has made her really ill.
    Anyway keep up the great work that you do and i love this thread very interesting:upyeah:.
     
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  3. this bike has been in the back of the garage, waiting for the better weather... I dug it out the other day and did a few jobs in anticipation of riding it soon. One of the things I hated was taking the tank off as it was so difficult to remove the two front nuts... so I decided to make some Allen headed nuts so I could use a long Allen key to easily get to them...

    I pondered how to make the hexagon, and came on the idea of a stepped broach method. So I made the nuts in brass, and used an old Allen key to make the stepped broach which cuts the hexagon in steps as its forced through (2lb hammer!)

    it worked rather well!

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  4. took the bike for MOT… riding there through town I noticed that it really is far too loud… I actually coasted into the mot station! Chatting to the MOT guy who is a friend... we were saying that we first met when I was 15... we are the same age... that's 50 years ago! In all that time he has only failed one of my cars or bikes... and that was last year when I had failed to spot a tyre on my Mercedes that was bald on the inside edge... he really has not let me forget it since

    when I got home I decided to make a baffle, which has toned it down nicely, without making it too quiet.

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  5. Well I have done a fair few miles on it the other day... I have to say I love this bike! the carburation feels spot on and it runs like a dream! It goes far better than I thought it would, and fells a LOT more powerful than my 900 monster... I guess that's the 100 extra CC's and the flat slide carbs. I think this will be a keeper, its surprisingly comfortable as well!

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  6. Cosford?
     
  7. Close... about 10 miles from Cosford... Halfpenny Green airport... its 3 mile from me so I often pop there for a coffee with the other bikers and watch the planes!
     
  8. spectacular... great job
     
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  9. You should drop into the vineyard round there my Mrs loves their White wine, obvs don’t get leathered in there if you’re riding.;)
     
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  10. I have been doing quite a few miles, and thoroughly enjoying the bike! In fact its my go to bike when I go for a ride, and others have remained unused! But they say a special is never finished… and they are probably right! one thing I have never been entirely comfortable with is flat slide carbs with no positive means of closing… So I decided to put some closing cables on the carbs. The junction boxes were fitted to many old British bikes. This meant I could lighten the closing springs a little and have a lighter throttle action, and use a faster action, which we all know adds at least 20 BHP! well it feels like it!

    At first I tried a 38mm drum, but this was less than a 1/4 closed to open… too fast, and too heavy! I calculated that 33mm was about right, so off I went to my local bike breakers to hunt for a replacement. He has a very old storage unit with hundreds of boxes on shelves which I systematically went through… last few boxes, and I found the ideal, out of a Honda CFR250. Must say it was rather spooky in there on my own… lots of funny noises which had me constantly looking behind me!!!

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