"BobintheMtns" (bobinthemtns)
07/21/2016 at 13:23 • Filed to: None
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"BobintheMtns" (bobinthemtns)
07/21/2016 at 13:23 • Filed to: None | 2
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...how I love thee so..... So after one of the timing belts snapped on the Elefant.. I had to pull the cylinder to see how bent the valves were.. and miracles of miracles, valves, valve guides and the piston were all fine.
Put everything back together, replacing the belts and swapping out the belt pulley that we think cut the belt. It was a bit worn and had developed a sharp(ish) edge to it. I wheeled the bike outside and pressed the starter button. Nothing. Just the “click” from the solenoid. Dammit.
Pulled out the multimeter and started tracing. 13 volts to the solenoid. 13 volts leaving the solenoid when the starter button is pressed. 13 volts making it to the post on the starter... Hmmmm. I knew what was up. (I drove an air-cooled vw van for many years) Couple of hammer taps to the starter body later... still nothing.
If figured the starter had truly died. I had another starter that I figured I’d just swap in. And luckily, the italian engineers at ducati made it so the starter was attached with only 3 screws. 3 screws! Easy-peasey! This should only take 5-10 minutes!
But first I had to lean the bike over on it’s side...
Then I had to use a specialized puller that I borrowed from a local Ducati speed shop (after removing all the bolts, clutch slave, sprocket cover, shift lever and oil lines) to carefully pull the motor side cover off....
This is why I had to lean it over.. So all my new oil didn’t completely spill out... So casual!! So easy!! Just 3 bolts holding the starter on!
Once in there a lot of cool guts were visible.. shift mechanisms... Stator (which is moto-speak for the
turbo
alternator... And what’s great about this view, is that’s is so accessible and easy to get to!!!
And in the bottom left-hand corner... hidden behind the starter gear... are my bolts to remove the starter. So Easy!! Casual even!!
Then I just had to replace the starter, clean the old gasket off, apply 3-bond, and carefully replace the cover, bolts, oil lines, shifter lever, sprocket cover and clutch slave. EASY! SO SIMPLE!!
But the new starter fired it up on the first try and once again, the Elefant roars. (and after riding my bmw airhead for the past two weeks, Damn I’d forgotten how fast and edgy this thing is!!)
But I do have a new mantra I repeat to myself now:
A Testarossa will require more maintenance than a honda accord,
but which is more fulfilling?
A Testarossa will require more maintenance than a honda accord,
but which is more fulfilling?
A Testarossa will require more maintenance than a honda accord,
but which is more fulfilling?
A Testarossa will require more maintenance than a honda accord,
but which is more fulfilling?!!!!!
bob and john
> BobintheMtns
07/21/2016 at 13:50 |
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I only saw the one bolt of the starter anyways. JFC I’m never buying a ducati
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BobintheMtns
> bob and john
07/21/2016 at 14:07 |
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One’s in the pic at 1 o’clock of the starter, the second is 90% obscured by the gear, you rotate it till a larger lighening hole makes the bolt visible, and the third is actually outside the case..... Oh.. but there’s benefits to italian engineering too....
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bob and john
> BobintheMtns
07/21/2016 at 14:13 |
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there are benefits to jap engineering too.
for one, it works 99% of the time.
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BobintheMtns
> bob and john
07/21/2016 at 14:47 |
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This bike works 99% of the time too... and keep in mind it’s over 20 years old... and, I feel, there’s something to be said for something that’s not just another mass-produced appliance....
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bob and john
> BobintheMtns
07/21/2016 at 14:51 |
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‘not another mass produced machine’ is just slang for “I want for 2 weeks for parts and thats a good day”
also, an SV is an appliance? my friend, you’re not wrong often...
but when you are, you are pretty dam wrong :D
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BobintheMtns
> bob and john
07/21/2016 at 15:05 |
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Ducati 900 engines are pretty ubiquitous.. parts are readily available... It’s not like it’s an MV or something... And regarding the sv being an appliance.. I don’t know, never ridden one. But I do know were they copped the design! ;)
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bob and john
> BobintheMtns
07/21/2016 at 15:08 |
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must be canada then. ducati parts are almost universally 2-4 weeks to come in.
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BobintheMtns
> bob and john
07/21/2016 at 15:16 |
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Must be.....