Thanks folks - looking forward to the collective experience and knowledge on this forum.
To Chris the Welder - I ran AHRMA '89 - '93 - Raced 2 Ducatis - A '73 750 GT (Still have it) and a '70 Ducati 350 Mk III Desmo ( sold it some years ago) - silver and black - #65 both bikes.
I might suggest using things called Wellnuts - rubber T shaped piece with a metal threaded nut in the stem end. The come in various sizes, you'll probably have to use a larger diameter size to get the length you need.
You would have to drill the plastic parts to get the holes big enough. Then...
Second part of the reply to Andy,
Three more minor things.
I. It's probably obvious, but I cut the locating pins in the switches off with a Dremel. I like my levers down lower than most folks and the BMW bars had no holes anyway.
2. I heated the bars just above the weld area and "flattened" them...
Hi Andy,
The answer is "almost".
The top triple clamp is direct bolt-on with the following caveats.
1. The RC ignition switch bolts right onto the Duke part, but is moved rightward a bit. Thus the fork lock pin does not line up with the lock hole in the steering head - so you can't use the fork...
I traded the stock bars for higher ones because my old hands and wrists did not agree with the clip-ons and I don't intend to use the bike at the track.
I simply bought the Duke upper triple clamp and bar mounts and swapped them onto the RC. The bars themselves are used BMW K75S bars.
The KTM...
Hi Y'all,
I'm a 75 year old retired engineer in S. Michigan, with many bikes and a small machine shop doing maintenance
and restoring of '60's to '80's bikes. Mostly Ducati and BMW, but others as well.
I got my RC in Oct '15 and just got enough miles on it to call it broken-in before the...