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Originally Posted by emzedder
Lacey and Classic Ducati are very good for service parts but limited on assistance with Spanish parts. I have a list of contacts if you ever need them, there is a guy in France that ahs contact with Italy but you have to visit the French EBay site to make contact. Kickstart quadrant and mating gear are totally unobtainable second hand and these are the Achilles heel for singles damaged by kickback. So lesson is (a) make sure ignition is spot on and (b) always fit decompressor if not fitted to avoid possibility and (c) ensure mixture not too weak. Parts are really hard to come by, I use mine and gets a hard time- as they should - most are in collections.
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I will keep in mind the fact that you have some contacts in Europe for Spanish parts if I need to obtain any. My kick start seemed ok when I used it a couple of times before stripping the bike, but thanks for the heads up on it,s possible weakness under kickback conditions. It doesn,t have a decompressor fitted currently, so I must look into fitting one if it,s at all possible when I come to rebuild the engine. Would you know wether or not it is possible to clean out the centrifugal sludge trap in the crank without removing the crank from it,s cases. I have had the plug out to take a look, and it definitely needs doing one way or another. If I have to renew the big end needle roller then it will be out anyway of course, but it was just a thought.
My apologies to our Monster owners for hijacking the thread space on here, I did look at some other forums, but they dont seem to have the knowledge base that this forum has, and as you all know , the UKMOC has a comraderie that is second to none.