SSD engine numbers ?
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 10:41 pm
Hi,
joined the forum only a couple of days ago and have been reading a few of the posts which has got me wondering about something on one of my squarecase Ducatis. I bought it off a very good mate for a very good price a couple of years ago as a basket case with a great foundation, I have known of the bike and about the bike for the last 20+ years so knew it had a lot of work done to it and money spent on it in several areas but most importantly the engine. Anyway, I always knew it had a GT frame (couldn't be anything else with the short sissy bar seat loop) and have always thought it had a Darmah motor in it as it is an electric start (no kick start) desmo 900 with the gear selectors on the left (rather than the the right as part of the sprocket cover like a GTS/GT), not to mention the Bosch ignition. I am starting to wonder though if it might actually be the engine out of an SSD as I was told the clip ons are SSD parts, it has got late model (long leg) Marzocchi forks , Ceriani triple trees, and after reading one of the posts on here what I think is probably an SSD stainless front guard with the much more rounded edges than the squarer edges found on the GTS's etc. It's the same exactly as the stainless front guard on my '81 Darmah but (again) after reading a post on here it seems there is quite a few SSD parts on that anyway (right sidecover with cutout for back brake, fairing plate on gooseneck, etc).
Anyway, my question is about identifying the engine as far as it being SD or SSD by the case number (or not). It doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things (I'll love it just as much either way) but I like to know as much as I can about all my bikes especially the bevels and find stuff like this very interesting.
The engine number is DM860 905430.
It would be great if someone out there had a book of numbers or whatever.
thanks
joined the forum only a couple of days ago and have been reading a few of the posts which has got me wondering about something on one of my squarecase Ducatis. I bought it off a very good mate for a very good price a couple of years ago as a basket case with a great foundation, I have known of the bike and about the bike for the last 20+ years so knew it had a lot of work done to it and money spent on it in several areas but most importantly the engine. Anyway, I always knew it had a GT frame (couldn't be anything else with the short sissy bar seat loop) and have always thought it had a Darmah motor in it as it is an electric start (no kick start) desmo 900 with the gear selectors on the left (rather than the the right as part of the sprocket cover like a GTS/GT), not to mention the Bosch ignition. I am starting to wonder though if it might actually be the engine out of an SSD as I was told the clip ons are SSD parts, it has got late model (long leg) Marzocchi forks , Ceriani triple trees, and after reading one of the posts on here what I think is probably an SSD stainless front guard with the much more rounded edges than the squarer edges found on the GTS's etc. It's the same exactly as the stainless front guard on my '81 Darmah but (again) after reading a post on here it seems there is quite a few SSD parts on that anyway (right sidecover with cutout for back brake, fairing plate on gooseneck, etc).
Anyway, my question is about identifying the engine as far as it being SD or SSD by the case number (or not). It doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things (I'll love it just as much either way) but I like to know as much as I can about all my bikes especially the bevels and find stuff like this very interesting.
The engine number is DM860 905430.
It would be great if someone out there had a book of numbers or whatever.
thanks