Ducati Sporting Club UK > DesmoDue Race Series > DesmoDue - General Questions and Chat > Well the winter upgrades have started.

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The 900SSie Harness was removed the other day along with the 750SSie ECU as these will be replaced with original 620 parts.

Today I removed the airbox & throttle bodies to allow easier access to the inlet Rocker covers. With these removed and I set up my degree wheel and new Digital dial gauge to check my cam lobe centres. The Digital dial gauge was certainly easier to use than the old analouge one.

After my suck it and see cam timing adjustments at the first Cadwell meeting I wasn't sure what I would find.
As it turns out the front cylinder was spot on what I had hoped for and the rear cylinder 3 degrees futher advanced so I retarded it to bring it in line with the front cylinder.

In a quest to save some weight off my 173kg porker I have been to see a local guy about modifying my exhaust to turn it into a 2 into 1 that I can then fit my Harris Titanium can to, which I last used on my Class B bike.

To save a bit more weight I really should get around to fitting a Alloy swingarm and maybe look at cutting the subframe which at the moment untouched.

Depending on time available I would like to get around to removing the heads, lapping the valves in and reshimming as well as fitting new Piston Rings. Although a recent Leak down test only showed a small acceptable leak level.

Goes without saying that Oil, Filter and belts will also be replaced.