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Useful, Steve.

Thanks.

Ciao

Craig

Sweet, Dan ...

Very, VERY, sweet. They don't get much better than this, IMHO

Craig in UK

Ah, you mean Ducati YELLOW! Well, that's what Ducati called it - straw yellow, in fact. Nowt wrong with that at all, nothing at all, altho' I could make an argument that it belongs best on genuine Desmos! :) At this point, I will have to concede that I'm not a great fan of look-alike versions of the...

I was feeling sympathetic until you said you'd change from the iconic Mark 3 blue to ... What! Orange! :shock: Please don't :) The value is what you think it's worth. As to likely works, you should asume that all the running gear basics like suspension, brakes, wheel bearings, cables, swing arm bush...

Hi Stuart My best advice is, exercise patience. You don't want to get yourself in a situation where the lobes on the ring are broken ... Thoughts: 1. Get some better penetrating oil - WD40 isn't that good. Give it time. 2 Try a bit of heat. The rings are brass, the heads aluminium so you may be able...

Hi Antero

Just a thought ...

Which silencer do you have fitted? I have the short one, but I did once try a medium length one, just to see ... Agh!! Horrible! Top end went totally flat.

Quickly went back to the short one!

HTH

Craig in UK
450 Scrambler

Wow, Magnus, that's quite a leak! I especially like the valve guide seal stuck in the oilway!

Hopefully, like Steve says, new seals and o-rings and you'll be up running clean!

Good Luck!

Craig in UK

Hi Steve Yeh, thanks, you're right, of course - I wasn't being specific enuf ... :doh: Magnus - as Steve says, the seal on the top of the valve guide can/does break up and come off, and the excess oil flowing down the guide will foul the plug. This often shows as blue-ish exhaust smoke on start up. ...

Hi Magnus It could be a leaky guide like your mechanic friend suggests, especially if the black on the plug is oily. A leak down test might help test for this, but otherwise it's not a big job to remove the head and check the valves, their guides and seals. But if the soot isn't oily, it's much more...

Hi Magnus

These were made by Lucas and fitted to many British made cars at the time.

Today, you should be able to get a pattern one from a car spares shop which supplies parts for older cars - they are not expensive and, best of all, no longer made by Lucas

Ciao

Craig in UK

Hi Ruffle Nah, mate, that bike's a pile of pants ... you don't want to touch it with barge pole ... Now, what's yer mate's phone number? :-) Ok, seriously .. You can retrofit FPS wheels - it's what I did with my SSD. They come up on eBay every now and then, particularly in Germany, and I've even see...

Hi Antero The Ducati Elettronica ignition system isn't very reliable ... I've had a coil fail, a pick-up fail and a stator plate fail, all at different times! But it is all 30 years old - and it was relatively unproven technology when new. If you're serious about a reliable system, I suggest you nee...

Hi Ruffle

Campagnolas have 5 solid spokes, Speedlines have 5 'split' spokes, FPS have 6 'twin spokes' (if you know what I mean) ..

HTH

Ciao

Craig in UK

Hi Antero I have a '72 450 SCR with the Ducati Elettronica ignition. The wiring is as you describe. I think you will need to get a new stator plate with the correct coil set-up ... If you look at the parts book, the plate is shown as a part that is specific to the electronic ignition models - number...

Hi Phil This is a characteristic of a Hall effect ignition system - I can't now remember the science of it, but I'm sure you could find the explanation somewhere on the web :-) It isn't something to be worried about - or, at least, that's what I've always been led to believe. Others may now advise o...