Index - of sorts anyway. Think of it as a guide.

  Bikes

The joy of motorcycling

A 400 Monster

Once again, Minnie finds herself without a motor

More Minnie fun

A makeover for Minnie Monster

More Minnie Monster photos with her custom look.

An end for Minnie's makeover

Minnie pics

Lovely orange 900SL

Bob Brown's race 851

Phil Aynsley's photos from the Island Classic

The Island Classic and Ago

The perfect cafe racer?

851 SBK photos from 1989 - Phil Aynsley

Clutch

Clutch pressure plate bearings and the like
Ducati: The result of aluminium clutch basket and steel plates
Ducati - Grabby, shrieking clutch and how I cured it

Controls

Helibars clip ons on a 748 / 916 / 996 / 998

Fitting an Acewell dashboard to a Monster ie with immobilisor

Acewell dash mount plate for Ducati Monster

Speedymoto Tallboys clip ons for early Monsters

Electrical

Ducati: Rotation sensor failures of a new kind

Diagnosing bike not starting - switches and being inputs to the ecu

Playing with a Ducati fuel level sender

Ignitech TCIP4 as a replacement for Marelli Digiplex

Ducati 888 SP4 charging system issue and influence of bad fuel pump

Charging system diagnosis procedure

Ducati ie models and voltage drop to coils and injectors

Thursday, May 10, 2012 Digiplex ignition curves for George

Engines and Dyno runs

A Ducati 851/853 dyno chart
A dyno comparison
Setting squish and cam timing implications; 900SS Carb model
Monster 659: The LAMS one.
Modified airbox to carb rubbers for 2V carb Ducati models
Dyno chart for hot 1000SS: 1080cc, DP cams, Kaemna head, etc
Ducati 900: W heads vs V heads
A Panigale on the dyno
Varying intake trumpet length and effects thereof.
More on inlet trumpets
888SP4 vs 748/853 Dyno chart
Bob Brown's 4 valve Pantah heads
Ducati 2V cam comparison: pre 2002 3 bearing cams vs 2002 on two bearing cam
Valve train article from Kevin Cameron

Fitting a 2003 onwards 696/796/800 6 speed gearbox into a pre 1998 600/750

Timing belt pulley positioning on belt drive Ducatis

Lift graph for 4V Desmoquattro cams using strada inlet cam as exhaust cam

Inlet trumpet design and inlet length info from David Vizard

Thin base gaskets for Ducati 996

Another great story on inlet manifold length and testing variations thereof from Emerald 3D

Ducati main bearing failures

Odd alternator cover leaks

Dyno run comparison of things not the same - dunno, couldn't think of what to call it, it's a bit odd

Part 2 of Dyno run comparison of things not the same - dunno, couldn't think of what to call it, it's a bit odd

A comparison of 2V and 4V Ducati 750 engines

Ducati 2V cam profile comparisons

Minnie the 400 Monster gets 620 cams: One has one's arse handed to oneself yet again.

It does indeed go to 11 - 400SS

Another dyno debacle with Minnie the 400 - Ducati Monster 400 dyno runs

Ducati ST3 front sprocket incorrect position and other wierdness.

Further comment on the Ducati ST3 crank slot incorrectly machined.

Ducati ST3 front sprocket incorrect position take 2

Crank shimming info for Monster Forum thread

A 998S motor showing it's bits

2V DS cam profile comparison

Exhaust

More Minnie the 400 Monster dyno runs

Minnie the 400 Monster: Muffler comparison test with the 2 -1 header (ie, why is it so bad)

My revised muffler baffle for Minnie 

Exhaust design - 2 into 1 versus 2 into 2 on the Ducati 400SS 

Danmoto SS-00001 Harley Davidson mufflers fitted to the Monster

Some different Danmoto mufflers

"Do you really want to know about expansion chambers"

Ducati Supersport mufflers carburettor models vs ie

Danmoto Jisu muflers for older Monster

Danmoto Jisu mufflers on Minnie the 600M

Maintenance

Ducati 2V valve clearance, timing belt and cam timing videos

Closing rocker spring change on the 851.

Steel fuel tanks and rust - the sort that makes holes and creates much agro

Photo of that peg-bracket to swingarm support idea

Workshop stand for Aprilia, Ducati and MV Agusta - through the swingarm pivot

848, 1098 and 1198 air filters wearing on airbox

Cam problem on 1000SS ds

Ducati closing valve clearances and idle quality

Cleaning under the fuel pump, etc

848/1098 Ducati Performance Air filters (and other issues from an 848 with 24,000km)

Suspension

Ducati 43mm non adjustable forks 1999 - 2005 ish - The ones with an awful lot of low speed damping.

GSXR fork cartridges in 41mm Showa adjustable forks

More on the craptacular Marocchi 43mm forks: SC1000, Monster,etc

Marzocchi 40mm fork design and impact of oil level on spring rate, Part 3: The crap ones

Showa 43mm adjustable fork design and impact of oil level on spring rate, Part 1: M900ie

Showa 43mm adjustable fork design and impact of oil level on spring rate, Part 2: 748 / 916 / 996 / etc

Marzocchi 43mm fork design and impact of oil level on spring rate
Marzocchi 43mm fork design and impact of oil level on spring rate, Part 2
Marzocchi 43mm fork design and impact of oil level on spring rate, Part 3: More fork details

Good article on fork design from Paul Thede at Race Tech

Fixing Showa non SBK forks with K-Tech valves

1000SS Fork job

Timing Belts

Ducati timing belt replacement, factory tool and cam timing ramblings

Ducati timing belt failures and replacement intervals

Some more Gates belt stuff

Ducati 2V timing belt adjuster bearings

Tuning - Carby

Ducati 900 Carb models with and without airbox lids

Setting float level on Mikuni BDST38 carbs from Ducati Supersport and Monster

Minnie the 400 Monster: Not getting anywhere

Dellorto PHF PHM pump ramp profiles

TPS for Keihin FCR

Keihin FCR main air jet test

Keihin FCR main air jet test: post 2

Minnie gets some FCRs (aka, a day full of arrrgh)

Carby model SS and Monsters airbox lids and snorkels

More carby model SS and Monsters airbox lids and snorkels

Airbox mods when fitting FCR to Ducati SS and Monster

Thursday, December 2, 2010 900SS With FCR 39 and 41 Carbs

Tuning - Fuel Injection

Undoing an electronic TPS reset on a non linear TPS model - in this instance an ST4S

Multistrada 1000 not idling - an ecu based solution.

Multistrada 1000 not idling - cleaning the throttle bodies

996R and 998 (and sort of 748R) Non Linear TPS Baseline Adjustment

Mounting pod filters on a Ducati 4V intake

Tuning an 851 SP. Or, the things you don’t know you don’t know.

Making assumptions

Moto Guzzi

Magni Sfida / Guzzi PHM40 dyno graph

Dellorto carb tuning on a Moto Guzzi Sport 1100, with some gearing and ignition rambling

Throttle Position Sensor setting procedure for Moto Guzzi California and Bellagio

Speaking of stands: Moto Guzzi Daytona, Sport, V11

MV Agusta

Rebuilding MV Agusta F4 mirror mount posts AKA when those stupid little knobs on the bottom break off and the bloody indicators won't work anymore.

MV Agusta 312R dyno chart

Stuff

It was 20 years ago today........

Some photos from along the way

Festival Of Italian Motorcycles 2012

A Great Video