My first vintage Duck

mizike77 · Post by **mizike77** » Wed May 06, 2009 7:13 pm

Well gentlemen...it runs!! Still lots left to do. The 2 into 1 pipe is much quieter than I thought it would be. Also it doesnt want to idle yet and only wants to start on full choke. My bike doesnt have an oil dipstick so I am very nervous about the oil level. Can you run semi syn in these engines?A shop around the corner closed up and they had a bunch of yamalube 10w50 semi syn so i bought it on the cheap but havnt put any in the bike ...

Post by **BevHevSteve** » Wed May 06, 2009 9:52 pm

If it is SG rated then OK if it isn't then don't

mizike77 · Post by **mizike77** » Sat May 09, 2009 6:38 pm

Some pics of the bike after a short ride today. What a fun motor! Great low end power... Aslo a few random pics of my buddys monster, my step dads very nice restored SR 500, and some painting and assembling pics..... Still gotta finish it. The pipe still needs paint and so on.....Enjoy !
http://picasaweb.google.com/mizike77/Da ... hJeffsBike#

lomax · Post by **lomax** » Mon May 11, 2009 4:39 am

Congratulations ! Another SD back in operation

good work so far

Cheers

Joe

mizike77 · Post by **mizike77** » Tue May 26, 2009 5:44 pm

Finally got a chance to paint the wheels. Some corrosion pitting in the mags but nothing to bothersome. Its amazing how poor the casting is from the factory on these wheels. Dimples, grind marks and lots of slag. Hope someone enjoys my painting jig !!
http://picasaweb.google.com/mizike77/Ca ... 8707106386

MartinMille BANNED · Post by **MartinMille BANNED** » Tue May 26, 2009 7:13 pm

very low tech, but hey it works and looks fine as well

abmartin · Post by **abmartin** » Wed May 27, 2009 3:32 pm

The bike looks great but you have to do something about that exhaust. It just isn't classy enough for the bike.

Bruce

mizike77 · Post by **mizike77** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 3:49 pm

Here are some photos of my wheels after paint. These pics are a month old or so....I have since ridden the bike quite a bit and am still working out the bugs...lots of bugs. Mostly at this point with the ignition pick ups and the carbs..oh and the clutch and we just fixed a wheel bearing issue. And the list goes on. http://picasaweb.google.com/mizike77/Pa ... rmahWheels#

mizike77 · Post by **mizike77** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:43 pm

Updated photos. All thats left to do is wrap the exuast headers, get some new handle bars and a decent cleaning of the engine. Oh and it still doesnt run correctly, but im working on it.
http://picasaweb.google.com/mizike77/DarmahAlmostDone#

lomax · Post by **lomax** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 4:15 am

Good job ! Respect ! Thanx for the pics

Cheers

Joe

mizike77 · Post by **mizike77** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:08 am

Update ! As some of you have read in my many, many, many other posts, I had gotten the bike running but it would not run correctly. It had a high rpm break up that I couldnt pin point. Well, I ended up pushing it to the back of the shed for a while. Then one day I looked at it and realised it was vaery late in the summer and I had put much time and money into it so I decided to bring it to a profesional. I found a small Ducati shop about 2 hours away from my house. He had it for a few days then called me to confirm my suspitions. At idle the front cylinder was at about 37 degrees advance. After much trial and error with pick up location, he has the bike runnnung pretty smooth. Looks like I may be able to put a few miles on her after all this year.

sevicke · Post by **sevicke** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:59 pm

try the proper pipes that will help, I had two in to one like that built by some hill billy. Ran like crap, the desmo doctor say "heres some old contis put them on bit rusty but very mind". I did it ran right bingo sounded good ran good looked good.Instant cure one of the great things about these bikes is the sound,but not with that two into one. Other than that your bike looks great, real nice.

mizike77 · Post by **mizike77** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:14 am

Yes, a set of pipes is on the short list. The "get it running fund" has about tripled, so any major purchases for it are not going to happen this year. Unless someone has a cheap set of conti like pipes!

sevicke · Post by **sevicke** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:15 pm

know what ya mean I dont keep receipts thats for sure. That would be plain depressing. Ignorance is bliss. I saw the price of contis and its shocking, when pipes are virtually consumables and the first thing to go in a spill. Alright if you dont plan riding the thing.

Post by **BevHevSteve** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:28 pm

contis expensive? Hvae you checked into ANYTHING for a modern Ducati? You are going to spen a grand at least more for your modern duck exhaust.............

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