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Spub,

this procedure used to work for my SS Darmah, I say used to as some of it got turned into a molten alloy river on the side of a norrow twisty bit of road and the remains are under cover in my back yard.

Bike fitted with 40mm Del'orto's, Contis, 900SS left hand case hence no electric start ...

Have also spent some considerable time setting up carbs , but found that the overhead gear must be right. Make sure the valve clearences are all to spec.

Found one on e-bay in NSW. Item # 4614686837 or just do a search on "ducati bevel SS imola race tank" Good luck.
Macca.

Got some Vac. gauges to set carb tuning. Read Steve's procedure and the Delorto procedure, thought "OK, right tools for the job, lets get this right.
First problem:

At idle (about 1300 rpm)

> Engine warm, rear cylinder reading steady at -6" hg, Front Cyl. Fluctuating wildly between -4"hg and -8 ...

G'day Craig & Steve,
I bit the bullit and purchased the beast and it is now in my possetion.
I'll e-mail some photos to Steve and he can put them up to give you all an idea what a 23 yr. old, well used Duke looks like. What I can say is that the engine has had substantial work done on it by ...

Craig, thanks for the reply. I've e-mailed the seller of this bike again and asked him to check those items you mentioned.
I'm actually getting a bit doubtfull of this unit as the current owner has replaced the left hand side crankcase cover with that from an SS, ("the electric start clutch was ...

G'day, now I know that some of these '80s bikes can be hard to nail down so I hope someone out there can help.
The bike I'm looking for is an SSD and I've found this unit with the following numbers:

Engine#: 906485DM860
Frame#: DM900SD 952646
Frame homologation#: DGM 19133 OM (not DGM19139 OM)

Can ...