There comes a moment when things come together. like now at eastern, finally a few days off so time can be spent in our workshop. Extensive preparation has been done, parts are available and modified and we have a 500 SD standing by and ready to receive our dry-clutch set up. So forget the Easter-Bunny...
When Mototrans took over part of the production from Ducati they must obviously have known about the technical imperfections that Ducati decided not to perform. Mototrans actually did a good job by looking at the engine design and focused on the problems at hand. One of the issues is oil supply and temperature to the...
When building the dry clutch we found out that we couldn’t use any parts from existing models who have a dry clutch. To make things worse the drive gear for the oil pump is situated at the rear of the primary gearbox gear and the primary gear shaft is to short to fit something...
The 350 GTV saw it’s life light in 1977 to replace the 350 GTL . At that time the 350 GTL suffered from failing crankshafts and bad electrics. But unfortunately the damage was done and the motorbike market wasn’t waiting for an other paralleltwin to go touring. At that time the Jap 2 and 4...
One of the large problems with the Parallel-twin are the main bearings. They are not the actual problem but they tend to fail after a while. The crankshaft is pushed against the bearing flange on either side of the casings during acceleration or deceleration and are easy to wear out. This “shifting” in forces is caused by...
Last year my Ducati 500 SD just wouldn’t start using the starter motor. When you jump-started the bike it ran after 10 meters en did that very nicely. Changed a whole bunch of electrical parts, adjusted ignition timing to the maximum perfection, fitted new ground leads and even changed the condensers. Nothing seem to...
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