Brad The Bike Boy: March 2010

Monday, March 29, 2010

New hope for Digiplex owners

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I got an email today from a fellow named Craig in Sydney who has a Moto Guzzi Sport 1100 (carburetor model) which is fitted with a Marelli Digiplex ignition unit. Craig tried an Ignitech TCIP4 unit without success, but is now running a unit from Cliff Jefferies. Cliff sells the "myecu" replacement 1.6M, P8 and 1.5M ecus and has branched out into this as well. More info on Cliff's stuff here - http://www.cajinnovations.com/MyECU/index.htm

Ian Gowanloch also had some new Ducati Digiplex units for sale, not sure if he has any more. Ian is selling some of his massive collection of bits on ebay under the name italsparesducati. He has lots of older Ducati stuff as well, from single to bevel, Pantah and late 80's 851 and 906. Well worth keeping an eye on if you're into that sort of thing.
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Staintune clearance sale

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Staintune are having a clearance sale - see here for details http://www.staintune.com.au/docs/staintune_sale.jpg
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Monday, March 1, 2010

California Cycleworks Exactfit timing belts in stock

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We now have 1000/1100DS and ST3 Exactfit timing belts (# TB1100) from California Cycleworks in stock. See http://www.ca-cycleworks.com/exactfit/ for more info. 749, 998 and 999 belts should be in stock early April.

TB1100 retail for $55 each ($110 per pair), less than half the price of genuine Ducati belts. Trade enquiries welcome.
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The 851

The 400SS

I bought this 400SS (genuine 93 model Australian delivery! Woo hoo huh.) after seeing it in Ebay for what was possibly an good price. As ever, good was too good to be true. Badly repaired and rusted out fuel tank, badly repainted side panels, lots of km (83,000 of the bastards), etc. You know, the usual. Purchased in October 2012, as of now (Jan 2014) I've nearly finished a major service. The cam timing is done with some of the Madasl adjustable pullies that have been drilled in 4 different settings for easy dyno testing. And I have some 900 headers to try a 40mm dual exhaust set up on it (ala M400). Not a great deal of progress for 15 months, so it's taking on a long term feel. There's an F1 endurance style seat base (more taper at the rear) and front fairing sitting around, which will require frame mods to fit. It's a bit of a mental sticking point as this time. But hey, it's not like I can devalue it much more.

The Mighty KR1S 250

How it looked the rainy night someone came to take it away. Painted all black when I bought it, at some point later I realised i could rub the black off and have much of the original colour scheme underneath. Although the main fairing was originally from a red KR1 I think, and definitely badly repaired more than once, so it stayed black. And the tail panel shown was bought to replace the one I smashed the only time I crashed it and the last time I rode it at a Sandown track day. A sensational little bike, holed pistons and frequently failing stator windings aside. The first bike I rode on a race track and the first bike I had my knee down on. And a great commuter too I found. It's sometimes nice to have a bike that won't wheelie past the city speed limit in first gear.