Thanks Mr G
I got my 4 bearings onto the adjuster plates and thought it was about time to fit the belts. One slight problem though is that in removing the original rubber inside belt covers I have lost my datum marks for the belt timing.
Puzzling how to overcome this I found this interesting article:
http://www.ducati-upnorth.com/tech/camtiming.php
I have a degree disc and a dial gauge so I should be able to find TDC and the point of maximum lift of the cams provided I make up some sort of holding device above the valve stem. One thing I shall not be doing is re-setting all the valve clearances to 1mm and then re-setting them.
I bet you cannot wait for next week's exciting instalment.