Ducati Sporting Club UK > DesmoDue Race Series > DesmoDue - General Questions and Chat > Maybe time for a change

[skidlids]

Originally Posted by vespa

I will try this on Wed at Castle Combe.
It is a convertible SuperTwin/Streetfighter
based on a 900ssie donor with 804 engine.

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Castle Combe will explain the standard exhaust, only chance of getting it through noise testing.

Got to decide what to do with the forks in mine

I have hopefully sorted out the Cartridge fork conversion Dallas tried twice last year with dismal results, now that the internals are in the correct externals they should work.

But also building up a set using 996 internals in 750SSie Dark Outers with 1000SS fork caps

Trouble is both sets are a good 40mm longer than the adjustable Monster S4 forks currently in it, so I may have to have a lot protruding above the top yoke and run 54mm clipons

[bally71]

Originally Posted by skidlids

Castle Combe will explain the standard exhaust, only chance of getting it through noise testing.

Got to decide what to do with the forks in mine

I have hopefully sorted out the Cartridge fork conversion Dallas tried twice last year with dismal results, now that the internals are in the correct externals they should work.

But also building up a set using 996 internals in 750SSie Dark Outers with 1000SS fork caps

Trouble is both sets are a good 40mm longer than the adjustable Monster S4 forks currently in it, so I may have to have a lot protruding above the top yoke and run 54mm clipons

what's the advantage with the 996 internals?

And wouldn't they be better off in 996 forks?

[skidlids]

Originally Posted by bally71

what's the advantage with the 996 internals?

They are intended for a Sports bike unlike the internals in ST and Monster S4 forks

Originally Posted by bally71

And wouldn't they be better off in 996 forks?

Not when you see the state of the outside of the 996 forks, the braided hoses had rubbed through the anodising and then the corrosion set in, talk about scabby, those parts will be heading for the skip. Mind you it did make them very cheap.
Besides my 996 has already had its forks upgraded, re-anodised, Ti coated and billet lowers with 40mm mount for the 6-pot Calipers

[skidlids]

I'm not the first to do it by a long way, Chaz has been doing the fork conversion for a few years now and Tom Roberts and Simon Allen have had theirs done,
But when searching for more info on it I came across this
http://www.ducatisuite.com/monstersbkforks.html

And there are few mentions of it in the DSC archives

[bally71]

Suspension scares me .. the thought of taking forks apart makes me positively poo my pants

[skidlids]

I first started pulling forks apart in 1980 to convert my 400/4 to a twin disc front end with better calipers, so i used the lowers from an XS250

one bike I wish i still had

[skidlids]

Originally Posted by skidlids

But also building up a set using 996 internals in 750SSie Dark Outers with 1000SS fork caps

Be nice if someone hadn't already botched the 996 internals

[bally71]

The cap looks ok .... might make a nice paperweight

[skidlids]

Originally Posted by bally71

The cap looks ok .... might make a nice paperweight

Caps no good for a DD bike as its to big

Forks are now all assembled, just need to add oil, set the appropriate air gap and see how the after market seals hold out

[skidlids]

Not a lot of Progress of late

Just modified the 748 tank, fitted the pump and plumbed in the fuel connections.
Also did a bit of prep ready for the lock wiring

Hopefully tomorrow Dallas will weld on a couple more brackets for me so I can make a battery mount and then I can crack on with the electrics

Photos may be of use to Roxy