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by Hopper
Mon May 18, 2009 6:54 pm
Forum: No Ducati Content - Off Topic Chat
Topic: not the weather thread
Replies: 18
Views: 41480

Aye, well, thing about plug gaps, they would be easier to store than vintage cars or 1970s disco balls and other more bulky collectables, even shovels. Just imagine how many cabinets it would take to display 32,000 shovels. Oooh, that would take some doing that would. Lot to be said for spark plug g...
by Hopper
Fri May 15, 2009 8:57 pm
Forum: No Ducati Content - Off Topic Chat
Topic: not the weather thread
Replies: 18
Views: 41480

I just built nice cabinet for my shovel collection.
Spears and Jackson No5, very rare that one. Don't think you will find many about. Maybe at the shovel museum here.

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by Hopper
Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:25 am
Forum: Bevel Head Twins Photo Gallery
Topic: 76 900SS RESTORATION
Replies: 90
Views: 96618

Glad it is you doing that wiring and not me. Stuf will drive you crazy. Like the look of that modern fuse box with the spade fuses etc. though. Good to get all the nitpiky stuff out of the way early, so when you get worn down by it all, you can do the exciting stuff like the engine and body paint et...
by Hopper
Wed Nov 05, 2008 1:40 am
Forum: Electrical & Gauges Shop
Topic: 900ss wiring
Replies: 11
Views: 10492

Post pics. Someone will need them in the future for sure.
by Hopper
Wed Nov 05, 2008 1:33 am
Forum: Bevel Head Twins Photo Gallery
Topic: 76 900SS RESTORATION
Replies: 90
Views: 96618

ride it :?: i dont even own a helmet :-D So what is all this polishing thereof that goes on then? __?__ Bike is looking brilliant in the pics. Good progress. Definitely a piece of Italian sculpture. Top work. Are those the (finally) finished wheels, or the earlier attempts assembled, ready to jam u...
by Hopper
Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:02 am
Forum: Everything Else Ducati.......
Topic: outboard engine
Replies: 2
Views: 17861

Obviously the source of the paint used on green-frame 750SS models.
by Hopper
Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:31 pm
Forum: Bevel Head Twins Photo Gallery
Topic: 76 900SS RESTORATION
Replies: 90
Views: 96618

I'll give you a call after work some night when I get home early enough. The other thing to make sure is that you have a set of spokes that are made to use with your old original rims, and are not made to use with a modern double-crossover rim. The modern double-crossover rim is what you will see us...
by Hopper
Tue Oct 21, 2008 3:30 am
Forum: Bevel Head Twins Photo Gallery
Topic: 76 900SS RESTORATION
Replies: 90
Views: 96618

Here is a couple pics to go with the previous post, lifted from my resto thread elsewhere. I did not take many pics because the job is such a h/f I had no patience left for pics. Yeah yeah I know that is a funny looking Ducati wheel but WTF. [QUOTE=Hopper;1249650] Pic: Truing stand. http://i249.phot...
by Hopper
Tue Oct 21, 2008 3:09 am
Forum: Bevel Head Twins Photo Gallery
Topic: 76 900SS RESTORATION
Replies: 90
Views: 96618

any experience with spokes haven a real head f... at the moment Just did my front wheel a while ago. Best tip I have is draw a circle around the rim on the bench, find the centre and drill a hole in the bench top for the axle to fit in. This holds the hub in place. Screw wooden blocks to the bench ...
by Hopper
Mon Oct 20, 2008 3:10 am
Forum: Squarecase Early 860/900 Crossover Gearchange Engines > 860/900 GT
Topic: two brand new 76 900ss's
Replies: 33
Views: 34088

Mate, putting a sidecar on a Duke is like putting a WLA Harley engine in a Norton Featherbed frame isn't it? :mrgreen:
by Hopper
Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:46 pm
Forum: Bevel Head Twins Photo Gallery
Topic: 76 900SS RESTORATION
Replies: 90
Views: 96618

it was an 860gt not darmah! it wouldnt run due valve sized hole in rear piston-damn valve collet Sorry. I must have been going past so fast on the Triumph I was unable to see what model it was. ' Sure was an awesome hole in the piston though. I bet the old man has a pic of that somewhere. Probably ...

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