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| Damaged Ducatis The garage provides a never ending supply of exotic paperweights...
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| Aluminum clutch hub failure...from a Patnah racebike |  |
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What I found on one neglected 900ss... |
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900ss Crankshaft Plug Here's the infamous backing out crankshaft plug....from a 1996 900ss |
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ST2 Spider Infestation! Spiders in the airbox and on cam pulleys of an ST2 that came my way. |
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| Another cracked SuperSport steering head. |  |
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High mileage (~50k) 900ss clutch basket. Ya know that "hubcap full of lug nuts" rattly noise that they make with the lever pulled in? That's the sound of your clutch dying...
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| An aftermarket Ducati piston that I ran one too many races on... | 
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Another
piston frag courtesy of Willow Springs Raceway.
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Collapsed main bearing
cage on a Cagiva 650ss...and the resulting countershaft gear
failure. |
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Broken cam belt on an Alazurra 650.
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Cracked Verlicchi swingarm....even after a previous repair. So that's why the rear end was so wobbly.
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| The worst Alazzurra I have ever seen. | 
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| This one was a doosey. Completely corroded, customized with the blingest bling that Pep Boys/Auto Zone had to offer, color scheme a la K Mart, and with a family of rodents living under the seat... | |||||
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 missle launch button and a knob to turn up the fun... |
 mousey home! |
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 Cross referenced gas cap -same as '81 Toyota! |
 Padlocks on grab rails. Nice |
.  I'll bet he was a charter member of the Bad Boys Club, too. |
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 front mud flap. |
 Decals from truck stop vending machines |
They called him Mr Freeze... |
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| A completely hammered 750 Paso
Limited. |
 Pile o' Paso |
Tank dented and rusted |
Mousey home! |
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Once a flagship of the Paso line, this one was now just a mess. The photos from the seller show it sitting uncovered in a backyard. This began to make more sense-when I tore the bike down, I emptied about 100cc of water from its swingarm. Then there was the cobbed 16" kawasaki front wheel, the scored cylinder, the broken engine cases... |
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| 900ss "Widowmaker" |  Custom, paint and sheet metal work |
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front brake lever |
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| This 900ss was dangerous because, unlike other Ducati wrecks, the owner actually rode this one as is! How do I know this? I spoke to him on his cell phone as he rode it! Note front brake lever, or lack thereof... |  Clutch spring perches sourced from the bottom of the junk drawer. |
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| Check your belts! |  |
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This is what I find sometimes when I buy used bikes...belt from a paso 750 as I purchased it. This belt was on the verge of snapping. It had mere minutes of life left. | ||
| Full Floaters | > |
This guy obviously was not happy with the rattly Brembo snowflake
full floaters. I have never before seen RTV in this lovely shade of brown... |
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Broken 900ss Engine stud...this was an aftermarket stainless stud. Stainless usually has a lower ultimate strength than hardened steel. It looks good, but is not as strong... | |||
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