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Originally Posted by Jeff H.

I've had the Duc in pieces all winter having the engine rebuilt and some other stuff done. Thought I'd check in with some info on the progress so far.

The cylinders were sent off to Millennium to be bored out for some Pistal 944 11.5:1 pistons. Heads were sent to Jeff Nash at AMS to be ported and polished. The crank and rods were sent to Nash as well for lightening, balancing and polishing. We kept the stock cams, but degreed them properly. The shop had an older DP full stainless system, for a Monster, that we ended up installing. The midpipe had to me modified, but I think they got it just about perfect. Nichols engine bolts were installed as well.

The jetting and ignition timing still has to be sorted out, but I took it for a spin around the shop a couple times and it really scoots. I'll be sure and post dyno numbers once we do that as well.

I hadn't intended for the project to get this extensive, but it seemed like we kept finding things to do and parts to toss in the mix. I had been saving up for this kind of project, so I feel OK just getting it all done at once. I've had the Duc for going on 10 years now and I think it's the perfect bike for me...especially now! Here's a couple pics I took with my camera phone when the exhaust was finished...this is right after we discovered that my Ohlins had sprung a leak over the winter. Doh!

I got a lot of helpful advice over the winter from Bruce Meyers, Nash, BCM, Ducshop, MBP, Ducati Seattle and Chris Kelley. Awesome resources!

Regards,

Jeff

MAGNIFICENT! ! !

I Love that bike...