I am sure this may have come up before so sorry in advance.
Can anyone tell me the best and cheapest way to fit quick release connectors to the tank on my 748. Currently it has the standard banjo style fittings and is a right old pain trying to balance the tank in one hand without scratching it up while screwing the pipes on!
Older and E models don't have quick release lines, as you now know.
you should be able to purchase the quick release parts from your Ducati dealer, but I think you'll need a different pump for the tank as the quick release is integrated into there.
How about fitting your own quick release connections into the current lines? Demon-Tweeks sell them for £20 for a single sided connector (which is all you need) and buying two of these is cheaper than a new pump and fittings.
As long as you fit them to the hose correctly you'll not have any leak problems. Splice the hose neatly then use fuel line clamps or Jubilee clips to fit the connectors.
You'd need to mark them up in such a way that you always connect them back up correctly though.
antony,
How old does a 748 need to be before you don't get QR's? Must have only been the '95 run.
This is Ducati we're talking about - there are no rules!
Its a bit like the Dzus fasteners on the fairing - some early bikes came without the d-rings while some did. The race sp/sps ones certainly should have, while the bipostos shouldn't. The later E models shouldn't have, but the S and R bikes did.
However, you'll find that some dealers ended up with bikes that had them when they shouldn't because Ducati ran out on a friday afternoon, so they just grabbed a handful from the d-ring tray instead to get the bike finished.
It's a bit like the forks and shocks - some got Ohlins over Showas for whatever reason.
Ducati have various periods of cost cutting and it must be that the fuel pump lines was another exercise in this. I know that the S and R model bikes definitely should have them, but that it's probably hit'n'miss if you get them on an E model. Remember that they switch from biposto/sp/sps to E/S/R in 2000.
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