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Old 29-05-2020, 10:32 PM   #1
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M900 tank clip

Would any one happen to have an old pref black tank clip the one which is screwed on the tank for sale..
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Old 30-05-2020, 07:45 AM   #2
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There's a silver one on ebay:-

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ducati-Mo...IAAOSwZmpey5g9

All the others I've seen on there are £30-50 and more
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Old 30-05-2020, 09:07 AM   #3
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The black ones are plastic as far as I know. My '98 M900 had a plastic one which snapped across a thin portion and not surprisingly Ducati replaced these with metal ones of much superior design, somewhere between '98 and 2000.
I think the metal ones are the more common now, as they survive.
Bear in mind that any plastic one that you might find now, will be at least 20 years old and even more brittle.
I would go for a metal one and paint it black if the colour really mattered.
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Old 30-05-2020, 09:47 AM   #4
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Ditto; Same thing happened with my original plastic choke lever on my '79 Mirage, first time I used it it snapped clean off!
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Old 30-05-2020, 10:12 AM   #5
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You can still buy new. Same as ducati ss
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Old 30-05-2020, 11:00 AM   #6
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Ah! I'd forgotten that. So it might have been my '92 750SS that I snapped the clip on?
My Y2K 750SS has a fat rubber strap.
So they might have been using metal ones on Monsters before '98 for all I know.
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Old 30-05-2020, 12:02 PM   #7
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A metal one is the one to go for, imho. they were very similar or maybe the same as the early 750/900SS ones. I can't remember. I seem to recall mine were metal and I'm talking early '93/94 SS as I had both and don't recall them being plastic. The later Terblancche style SS were rubber bands for sure as was some of the tank too. Nasty, they ruined the SS style with that restyle IMHO, although having ridden one they are much better behaved with the EFI.
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Old 30-05-2020, 01:12 PM   #8
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I agree with you about the Terblancche SS. I find mine ever more repulsive the more I look at it, I keep it covered up as much as possible. I haven't even started it up in my possession let alone ridden it, and I won't until it's no longer an SS..

The '92 was a little firecracker though, but even though I was much younger then, I was still too old for it.
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Old 30-05-2020, 03:06 PM   #9
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Ok I’ve just been offered a metal one but stupidly turned it down I wasn’t aware the original was plastic. I was going for original look the black one had indentations in it. I suppose I should go cap in had to the guy giving me the metal one and paint it.thanks lads.
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Ok I’ve just been offered a metal one but stupidly turned it down I wasn’t aware the original was plastic. I was going for original look the black one had indentations in it. I suppose I should go cap in had to the guy giving me the metal one and paint it.thanks lads.
The only real reason the clips fail including the metal ones is because they are over tightened. It only has to cip the tank down. Gravity holds it down plus fuel. Maybe on the plastic tanks do they have an excuse with tank swelling but it just literally needs to clip and not rattle. Paint one black it's not the biggest issue as a replacement.
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Is this the part that is broken? 3D printed replacement part: -

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Part-Fuel...AAAOSw249dB2J5
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