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The interweb is truly a wonderful thing - here's a couple of links to interactive maps of the historic canal & railway systems. I like maps....
Ray Brookes, the voice of Mr Benn... "As if by magic the shopkeeper appeared" Https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp899lyj2m3o
I should have been more clear as the 30cm I quoted was the distance from pivot point to pivot point and just the rod itself (without the...
Paul, here's a full picture of my brake set up and I notice the triangulated sub frame the rear master cylinder is mounted on is different from...
Now I've calmed down a little :pensive: I revisited this measurement and it is still out but nowhere near as bad as I first thought - 1mm tops....
Yep... that was exactly what I was going to do next. There is an excellent engineering firm nearby that I have used for many things and they will...
Aha! so I spent the morning measuring the swingarm. The dining room has recently had a laminate floor laid for which they used one of those...
The shocks are Maxton and, unfortunately, are non length adjustable. And, yes, the out of true frame in itself is probably not an issue but I'm...
Here's a picture of the bush wear marks on the pivot which are around 90° apart. You can just about make them out, top on the lhs & bottom on the...
I did drop the bike at slow speed many many moons ago on a diesel slicked island that popped a hole in the generator cover. It was this that...
So a bit of chassis measuring today. I installed the swingarm eccentrics & pivot shaft to allow me to measure it's position relative to the top...
G.I.
That bolt hole, just below the gear selector shaft, looks like it's got some sort of packing in it... and strangely enough on mine that very same...
Yeah... for the sake of a few pounds I replaced those springs when I refurbed my Darmah and as the thread alluded to you just need to be careful...
I've had the bike 40 years and before it was being laid up for about 25 of them (ho hum : unamused:) the bike had a complete chassis/engine refurb...
Thanks for the advice & tips guys but first an answer to Paddy's question: The answer is no... I have two shock absorbers of the same length. If...
Oh arse... so I then looked at the swingarm to see if that was out. And sure enough it isn't sitting exactly horizontal - especially around the...
Update for this in a new thread, see https://www.ducatiforum.co.uk/threads/swingarm-rear-wheel-not-true.103627/
This is a follow up to the Twin Shock Rotation/movement Around Mounting Bolts where the plot has thickened somewhat. I did some more digging as...
