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[Albie]

Ok that's that out of the way then so on the way home from break away picked up the plating done by my mate @ Raccoon's which I dropped off on the way. Very quick service from his plating mate.

This means the engine can be built up properly and sealed once painted in the next weeks if the sun shines.













Really pleased I have got it all done now and got more component parts done because it helps Alec build it up clean and looking new. I got the cam gear washers done too because they were off the bike and also needed to make another cable bracket guide on research through close up pics. I have lightly assembled the cam covers on the heads and happy with the colours now.

[Albie]

[NattyBoy]

Fanbloodytastic mate !!

Albie, that looks very shiny and clean but I notice your oil return bango bolts are original shape....
Did you know that Ducati have changed the profile of the Oil Feed banjo bolts for the head to alterantor cover oil lines?
Common mod back in the day for racing 900SS was to change them to narrower bore to increase oil pressure at which oil returns and so avoid any potential oil starvation in the heads
If you buy NEW banjo bolts from Ducati (whether from Ducati UK or Stein Dinse) they have a changed profile on the thread tip to do this.

[Albie]

Originally Posted by DrD

Albie, that looks very shiny and clean but I notice your oil return bango bolts are original shape....
Did you know that Ducati have changed the profile of the Oil Feed banjo bolts for the head to alterantor cover oil lines?
Common mod back in the day for racing 900SS was to change them to narrower bore to increase oil pressure at which oil returns and so avoid any potential oil starvation in the heads
If you buy NEW banjo bolts from Ducati (whether from Ducati UK or Stein Dinse) they have a changed profile on the thread tip to do this.

These are the brake ones that's front brake. I will dig out the oil ones to check in case unless you looked at previous ones on another. Thanks for heads up in case.

[singletrack]

It is looking good Albie

[Rally]

Looking fantastic mate. We all know it's only that clean to ensure you don't get your new smock dirty!

[Albie]

Its almost a year since I did anything on the bike but I am starting to get my act together finally with plans in place to start it all happening.
Life has been torrid over last few months losing my mother over xmas but it means less worry now and I moved on to try and fix my body and trying to stop all the anxiety with tablets from the doctor but I am all good on blood tests it seems. Its my head that's fooked.
Been searching for the frame paint to match the early suspension hoop Darkness sent me months ago as the other guys paint tester never turned up twice on asking.
I thought I had a good match from Halfords but the lid was lighter than the paint even though it was a light primer too. I tested an Audi Dakota Grey metallic and its a silver bronze and tbh I quite like it and in the right light its close but not right generally.
Im off to try a paint supplier who can match in aerosals this week and if not its fork out at a place where my fizzy got painted but he is a diva and takes forever but I know he will do a good job.

I can very soon paint the engine now as its warming up and I have a small plastic greenhouse to do it in so then I can get engine built up by Proteam Ducati as the heads needs reassembly and the clutch may need a new drum and definitely new plates. Big Oz still has my tank which he pulled the dents out so that can also go for respray and then the nice red tank I have can be sold on. Its early but not early enough and doesn't have the area in the tank catch separate fitted ( its all in the detail ).

I never expected it to take so long but I am much more patient and laid back now but full of wanting to get her on the road for her 25th birthday.

In the meantime Scrambler is now alive and working after a battery failure and is also undergoing changes to the darkside as got a tank mudguard and tail for £130 and full throttle bars too so is going Black maybe matt or satin with some gloss touches very soon. That bike keeps me happy in the meantime and being able to ride again.

[alan c]

Good to hear your getting sorted Albie, looking forward to seeing the 900.

[Albie]

Well today I feel I achieved something positive with the paint saga if and I say if in case and I always worry the sample original part sent to me by Darkness is the correct colour of the year. I believe it is and I got the part matched locally from an independent paint supplier who can custom mix rattle cans. We studied countless colour charts and was close with a Porsche one but we found a bike colour including ducati and cagiva and aprilia and got one very very close and he did a slight tint. He then took the sample suspension hoop and sprayed one side of a leg and it blended great. If you can notice it in the picture then well done. We also did part of the crap sample paint I did with Audi Dakota Grey so to check on that.
I am completely happy with it so I have 3 x 400ml cans to spray the frame over the powdercoat and have 2 cans of satin laquer.
It cost me £78 but I don't need a sprayer to do it.
If its successful and anyone decides they would be happy to get some please contact Kent Car Panel and Paint in Maidstone and they will be happy to make you some as they have all the details of the mix they did for me. Just say the custom 93 frame paint and its £12.95 +VAT per 400ml can.
Phone number is 01622 752821

[Darkness]

The match looks good Albie.
It was a good idea testing it on one end of my suspension wishbone as the colour looks the same in the photo's, but the colour in the photo's isn't quite the same as reality if I'm remembering correctly.

[LouSCannon]

Good stuff Albie, and excellent sourcing a paint match for future use, I may well be giving them a ring soon. Cheers!

[NattyBoy]

Nice work mate - your inspiring me to pull my finger out of my arse doing mine lol

[Darkness]

Any idea which colour the exhaust manifold flanges were originally painted?
They are silver/aluminium on mine, but photo's appear to show black?

[Albie]

Originally Posted by Darkness

Any idea which colour the exhaust manifold flanges were originally painted?
They are silver/aluminium on mine, but photo's appear to show black?

Mine are now black as I saw them on an early one