Ducati Sporting Club UK > DesmoDue Race Series > DesmoDue - General Questions and Chat > My prep for the 2013 Season

[bally71]

i'm only jealous kev .. i'd love to be that organised

you've inspired me tho .. the battery is out and connected up to the optimate

[skidlids]

Identical Harris Bars to the one I snapped at Snetterton have arrived this week, so I will be able to set the bar position and lever positions to exactly as they were pre crash

[skidlids]

Running out of time, but at least the Van passed its MOT today, very little done in the way of converting it into a race van
My own race bike is still waiting for me to sort out the bars and mastercylinder from my crash at Snetterton, let alone have a look over the engine

[brummydave]

the fairing may be yours kev,i am looking at fitting some r125 fairings,but i will let you know more when the refurb is under way (about the 22nd march !)looking like class b this year with a view to getting a class a motor sorted mid season.

[skidlids]

Originally Posted by brummydave

the fairing may be yours kev,.

please

Originally Posted by brummydave

with a view to getting a class a motor sorted mid season.

Might be able to help out there if I don't convert Phil the Drills old class B bike to a Class A bike, although I hear Ghost may be looking to move on a 620 engine he out bid me on

[Ghost]

Originally Posted by skidlids

please



Might be able to help out there if I don't convert Phil the Drills old class B bike to a Class A bike, although I hear Ghost may be looking to move on a 620 engine he out bid me on

No it turned out to be a 750 Kev, Spotless clean, don't think it did much. I may just strip it down and put the 6 speed into it then its an easy job when I decide to run the 6 speed by just putting the barrels and heads off mine onto it.

[skidlids]

Originally Posted by Ghost

No it turned out to be a 750 Kev, Spotless clean, don't think it did much.

It was quite cheap, but I didn't fancy bidding any higher as the seller wasn't certain what it was, an hour after the auction finished I passed within 5 miles of it in the works van so it was worth taking the chance with a bid.

I'm off over to Dave Wood's (DWR) on Saturday for some Dyno time on Dallas's old bike, so a bit of winter prep but not on the bike I'm racing

[skidlids]

Originally Posted by skidlids

Running out of time, but at least the Van passed its MOT today, very little done in the way of converting it into a race van
My own race bike is still waiting for me to sort out the bars and mastercylinder from my crash at Snetterton, let alone have a look over the engine

Still way behind where I want to be, but at least the bars and the mastercylinder are sorted, and I've cleaned out the crass and mud from between the front tyre and the rim. But that's it for the bike so far.

The van is slowly taking shape with the lower part of the partition complete and a kitchen worktop fitted. Tool Chests are in place and this evening I bought some non slip floor covering from Lidl for cutting up and lining the tool chest draws.
Fitted some temporary insulation in the back part of the van today as i had a couple of large cargo nets arrive and with one stretched across the roof of the van I packed it with loft insulation, now I just want a sheet of some sort to stop the insulation dropping fibers on me

Still got to sort out everything I need to put back in the van but at least I located my dog tag earlier. But I'm bound to forget something