Tim O'Mahony's 1978 900SD Darmah

tim61 · Post by **tim61** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:46 pm

This is the "Ducati" decal

tim61 · Post by **tim61** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:50 pm

The other new addition is the kickstart rubber. Steve Allen was looking at the bike at Laguna, and pointed out it was missing. I had no idea, because it was gone when I found the bike.

Steve suggested the older "Sport" style rubber with the checkerboard pattern. Good call, Steve! I love it!

GONDARMAH · Post by **GONDARMAH** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 12:45 am

Hi Tim, your bike is fantactic. I have the same model but without steering damping because is impossible find it.
I think that your steering damping is not original Palioli, isn´t it?
Can you tell me where is the bike procedence of your steering damping to looking for it ?

tim61 · Post by **tim61** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:03 am

Unfortunately, I have no idea about the damper. It was on the bike when I found it, along with the fuel taps that point down, which I am told are not original either. I will take some close up photos and post them, along with any identifying marke or labels. I am pretty sure the bike never left the USA, and it did only have one owner, but other than that, I am not sure of the history.
Tim

tim61 · Post by **tim61** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:59 am

I finally installed the new seat cover from Andy at Desmo.net. This is an incredible cover...great fit, and so close to the original you can't believe it!

tim61 · Post by **tim61** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:01 am

From any angle, this is a great looking cover!

tim61 · Post by **tim61** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:08 am

For those of use that are overly anal (that would be ME!), I can say that this cover is so accurate that the only way you can tell it is a repop is that it is new. The heat embossing is exactly like my original. The only difference I could find is under the cover where you can't see it. The original cover had a pad embossed to the underside that leaves an ugly outline around the embossing after a few years. So, this cover is IMPROVED!

Those of you who decide to use this cover will find that the original passenger strap is held in place with 1/4" pop rivets. After some searching, I found the rivets, only to find that the gun for a 1/4" rivets is about $120!!!

So, I drilled new 3/16" holes next to the 1/4" holes and used 3/16" rivets instead.

GONDARMAH · Post by **GONDARMAH** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 3:37 pm

Hi Tim, I have the same model, DARMAH 78, but I have a problem with the spaces of the axel of rear wheell. Can you put a couple of photos of them? I must be something missing..... ??

Post by **BevHevSteve** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 6:32 pm

your problem is in the sprocket carrior, the bearings are shot and need to be replaced, see what I put in your topic........

tim61 · Post by **tim61** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:45 pm

What I learned on my summer vacation...

Don't jump on the throttle in first gear on your stock squarecase, or you may pop the transmission out of gear, causing these really nice, round, and chipped first gear dogs...

tim61 · Post by **tim61** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:47 pm

tim61 · Post by **tim61** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:48 pm

tim61 · Post by **tim61** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:28 pm

So, off to Phil in Oz for a back-cut...

...and no more 1st gear ProStock launches!!!

tim61 · Post by **tim61** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:27 pm

Here you can clearly see the damage to shift fork caused by first gear popping out and pushing back against the fork.

tim61 · Post by **tim61** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:29 pm

This is a shot of the damage to the second gear dogs. The rest of the transmission looks pretty good.

<-=- Club Bevel Heaven -=->

Tim O'Mahony's 1978 900SD Darmah

New seat cover from Desmo.net

probs

And so the saga continues...

And so the saga continues...

And so the saga continues...