Congrats on the purchase! They are a great bike once the gremlins are sorted. I do not know the history of my machine (14 previous owners) but it was NZ new, so should have always had a compliant left throwing light output as we are a Right hand drive (left hand traffic) country like OZ. At some poi...

That is a horrible discovery, unfortunately aluminium doesn't put up much of a fight against steel nut grinders. I am definitely going to check mine tonight.

I hope you can find a good replacement unit quickly but it is still worth getting a quote from a qualified welder to repair the original.

In NZ we have mason bees that love to plug open hoses with their nests, double check the tank breather is not plugged with clay and spiders!

It is a lovely example, hope you get lots of fun miles out of it. Great bikes when they are all sorted out/modernised slightly.

3300 km since transplant and running great, due it's first oil change.
All the details are on ducati.ms under thread "Zen and the art of motorcycle mutiliation".

Getting closer to fire up. Clutch from 906 fitted to the 944. 3D printed clutch holding tool worked well. 20251006_201949.jpg Bit of a setback, ST2 coolant pump outlet is incompatible with Paso pipework, could not work out an elegant layout so decided to bypass the thermostat. Cut up a Ford Falcon h...

Had to notch the lower mount to clear the rear shock linkage mounting. Removed 5mm off the left hand lower mount with the flapper sanding disc. 20250928_153116.jpg Fits like a glove, no shims needed. Absolutely chuffed, now to wire everything up to the Speeduino, fit new belts and clutch and get som...

ST2 motor modified and fitted. Stock width 85mm from CL. 20250928_135322(1).jpg 904 case width 65mm to CL 20250928_135424.jpg With that amount of material to remove the cutoff blade was used to remove the bulk, and a flapper disc to sand back flat. The flycutter then squared it up. 20250928_140251.j...

All going well with the engine transplant I will be riding down to Bluff after the Paso riders event in Chch end of November.

For those of you with machining experience please be forewarned, the following may be upsetting. Didn't want to mount the engine in a mill nor attempt to cut freehand so have gone for a halfway house, the width adjuster tool shaft is a touch under 20mm for easy running on the inner needle rollers le...

Nothing is more infuriating than carefully laying everything out in the morning, putting all the appropriate parts in little labelled plastic bags only to unbeknowingly drop one of the little orings - unfortunately the smallest one that was totally silent as it bounced out the garage door and out on...

Unfortunately the ST2 motor was not shipped complete as expected and had to fit a flywheel afterwards. Below are dims for making your own tool if so desired, needed 270Nm to do up the nut. Note a blind puller was used to remove the outer pivot bearings but the inner one was left inplace to guide the...

Did you ever get a solution to this Stepaso? I am looking into adapting a J W Speaker part #0554451 = ECE LHT LED High & Low Beam Headlight with Black
Inner Bezel. This part number is for the "left hand traffic" = LHT which is ideal for NZ. Will significantly improve the lighting.

Rough date late November based around Christchurch, should get some great footage if the weather is good. Check facebook group for details.