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Old 27-06-2017, 03:26 PM   #11
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The front mudguards do that on the earliest bikes: Ducati changed the profile of the mudguard legs to beef up the fixings, then changed the forks to have the mudguard mounted on a pair of straps with bigger spacings. Normal fix is to weld/glue it back together with some ally or stainless splints to spread the load.

I'm curious what the exhaust straps hide as your silencers look shorter than normal?
The ally sleeves have still got all the engraved writing at the ends, but appear to have lost about 6" [150mm for MT's incomprehensibles] from the middle. I wonder whether some baffles fell out at the same time?

This is an interesting bike that has clearly had money spent on it back in the 90's: a little fettling should see it looking its best again.
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