Ducati Sporting Club UK > DesmoDue Race Series > DesmoDue - General Questions and Chat > Catch Tanks

[nelly]

I know this has been mentioned before but could someone give a definitive answer to what is needed, how big and what has to go in to them please?????

Will the stock breather/tank/airbox assembly serve as a suitable assembly for the engine breather system?
Would simply a self tapper in the bottom of the plastic tank under the seat suffice as a drain???

Also the fuel catch tank. Does it have to be flame proof, etc.

Do the catch tanks require that are are sealed? I guess so?

The Desmo Dues rules don't specifically mention them but I know they are required by the ACU rules which I don't have a copy off...........

cheers

neil

[scuffy]

Cant help with the catch tanks dude but if you want an ACU handbook give me a shout.

[chicken]

From the 2005 handbook (bad punctuation and all);

"Oil Catch tanks & breather systems. Where an oil breather is fitted the outlet must discharge into a catch tank located in an easily accessible position and which must be emptied before the start of the race. The minimum size of a catch tank shall be 250cc for gearbox breather pipes and 500cc for engine breather pipes."

This is not an altruistic gesture - it's my bike that he's got to fit it to!

[chicken]

also just saw that "Any part of the streamlining which faces rearwards, must be finished with rounded edges of 3.5mm min. radius."

Since I will only have the SS top fairing this probably means the sharp pointy bits at the bottom will be expose. Nelly, would you mind breaking out the dremel?

[phoenix n max]

Have to say all this catch tank stuff is making me scratch my head a bit too