The throttle assembly took a bit more work. Â
I could not figure out a way to get the throttle to work with the adapter plate that I bought. Â I had to make a adapter to the adapter to get some interference issues to clear. Â
See the linked video.
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The throttle assembly took a bit more work. Â
I could not figure out a way to get the throttle to work with the adapter plate that I bought. Â I had to make a adapter to the adapter to get some interference issues to clear. Â
See the linked video.
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The next step in the DCOE project was to add a choke linkage assembly. I wanted to keep the stock controls as they are quite well built and functional. After a bit of conideration i got some standard bicycle brake cable wire and terminations. Add a length of bicycle brake cable sheating and I had a choke cable in place.
You will also notice a throttle adapter on the carb. Â Thats for another post.
I once saw a DCOE conversion for a motorcycle and decided to do the same on the RT80. I was intended to service the BINGs anyway, all new cables seals etc etc. Â The cost was about 80 of the conversion cost including the new DCOE40 carb.
The trickiest part was getting the intake manifold fabricated. I used a waterjet cut plate for the carb mounts and mild steel tubing with 90 degree elbows to fabricate it. Â Usually this would have been done with SS but as I dont have a tig, the trusty MIG did the job.
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The 90 degree elbows were cut to the angle I needed and then carefully aligned before final welding. Â Not an easy job by any means, but one done it was quite rewarding to see it in place.
I built a Ducati 750ss based custom a few years ago. At the time my biggest problem was changing over the speedo. I looked for a way to change the speedo without cutting the original wiring harness.
I installed a generic aftermarket speedo and used the connector kit ot keep the original harness. See the kit for sale here.
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DUCATI Instrument gauge connector speedo connetore stecker kontakt
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