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    New RC - Vintage rider

    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.
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    Pop/Expanding Rivets - KTM # 90114062001

    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...
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    Stock triple clamp top after wash

    Just sand blast it and repaint it -----
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    Higher bars

    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...
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    Higher bars

    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...
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    Higher bars

    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...
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    New RC - Vintage rider

    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...
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