#42 Ollie and Steve GD's 2008 DD Bike Preparation - Page 11

**Ollie** · 18 Dec 07, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by nogaromill999

Rectify spelling perchance? Lol! Ollie, be careful with the rocker covers, the new gaskets Ducati sell are single use only, and REALLY have to be tightened down...LOCTITE them too, cos they vibrate loose.....as I found on the dyno yesterday......

Cheers for the Advice David, but ti think that i am going to use RTV silicon sealant, for these, so should be ok on that one..
But will lock tite them in

Oh and No it wasnt my spelling, but at least its berrer than my speach.

**nogaromill999** · 18 Dec 07, 09:07 PM

Oh is it Ollie?

**Imola Duke** · 18 Dec 07, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Imola Duke

Ollie, Steve,

I'm sure i have a service to do at morrisons in northampton this week.

Will pm you or phone, I'll put the forks in the van tuesday so i don't forget.

Steve
Spoke to Ollie tonight. I will be at morrisons in the morning, I will phone you 12 ish.
Steve

**Lin** · 19 Dec 07, 12:35 AM

Have I missed the news on if the bike has a big bore kit yet ?

Ta

**Steve GD** · 19 Dec 07, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Lin

Have I missed the news on if the bike has a big bore kit yet ?

Ta

You did, Lin, but you have permanent sunshine in the hours of daylight and you can overtake on the nearside, so you gotta miss out on something, to even things up, right?

No big-bore kit...the engine is a genuine 583ccs, bore and stroke normal, so we can only assume that the dyno was very optimistic,

**Steve GD** · 19 Dec 07, 05:44 AM

Anyone know how #57 appeared in the title line of this thread?

**harriebird** · 19 Dec 07, 08:48 AM

i think it will have been Dan's handiwork, i can edit in this area of the forum but it wasn't me !

**Ollie** · 19 Dec 07, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve GD

Anyone know how #57 appeared in the title line of this thread?

STEVE THAT WAS THE SUPRISE i got us a number, JUST FOR YOU! hope you like it

**Multimental** · 19 Dec 07, 01:38 PM

Does 57 refer to the extra fuel that you'll be useing for an extra bit of propulsion.

**998gsb** · 19 Dec 07, 01:39 PM

He's all heart that boy......

**998gsb** · 19 Dec 07, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Multimental

Does 57 refer to the extra fuel that you'll be useing for an extra bit of propulsion to maintain constant velocity, given the extra ballast that that poor little 583 will be carrying ?.

He He He - you are so naughty!!

**Steve GD** · 19 Dec 07, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Ollie

STEVE THAT WAS THE SUPRISE i got us a number, JUST FOR YOU! hope you like it

Thank you Ollie....I was trying to keep my age quiet....ho-hum!

**Ollie** · 19 Dec 07, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve GD

Thank you Ollie....I was trying to keep my age quiet....ho-hum!

that is your age?? umm really, oh must have two reasons then...

**Steve GD** · 19 Dec 07, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Ollie

that is your age?? umm really, oh must have two reasons then...

So your middle name is Heinz, then? Didn't know that!

**Ollie** · 19 Dec 07, 09:55 PM

Right well tonight we have made even more progress,

We managed to get some replacement forks, from Imola Duke, cheers mate.

So we decided to replace the internals with the wilbers internals,

I decided to use Imola Dukes step by step guide (very Clear and easy to follow by the way)
so LH fork into pieces and cleaned up ready to re assmble, but not to be as the fork seals are for a 748, 998 etc, doh!! well only one whas, Whey we can put it back together cool,

so reverse the operations, do some little trickery with vacumes and oil, and job done!

We currently have the LH one new oil seals and dust cap (but seams to be weeping a little oil from top of dust cap?? is this correct) it may have been from where i smeared a little on it TBH.

so forks now feel a million times better,

Hoping tomorrow to get the other Oil seal replaced and do the other one, they really are so easy....

I think that the key to building a nice bike at a sensible price is learning to do all these little bits yourself! I love it, i so much prefer to be hands on....