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Apr 28th, 2009, 1:54 pm
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Durban, KwaZuluNatal, South Africa
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KB-3 fork seals
Hi
While this isn't a Ducati-powered Bimota, maybe someone here can help.
My KB-3 restoration is moving along, and I need some new fork seals. The ones in there now are clearly wrong - they fit snugly on the stanchion, but they're a rattle-fit in the slider, and they're not tall enough.
The KB-3 was/is fitted with Forcelle Italia 40 mm forks, and these have a very sexy quick-release mechanism for the axle. I _believe_ these forks were also fitted to the rubberband Ducati 750 F1 models (Montjuic, Laguna Seca, SantaMonica). Can anyone confirm this?
More questions:
A. Can anyone tell me what size the seals should be?
B: Can anybody suggest a source for these seals?
C: does anyone out there have any literature on these forks (assembly diagrams, instructions)?
Regards
Thomas
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Apr 28th, 2009, 10:39 pm
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thomas
Hi
While this isn't a Ducati-powered Bimota, maybe someone here can help.
My KB-3 restoration is moving along, and I need some new fork seals. The ones in there now are clearly wrong - they fit snugly on the stanchion, but they're a rattle-fit in the slider, and they're not tall enough.
The KB-3 was/is fitted with Forcelle Italia 40 mm forks, and these have a very sexy quick-release mechanism for the axle. I _believe_ these forks were also fitted to the rubberband Ducati 750 F1 models (Montjuic, Laguna Seca, SantaMonica). Can anyone confirm this?
More questions:
A. Can anyone tell me what size the seals should be?
B: Can anybody suggest a source for these seals?
C: does anyone out there have any literature on these forks (assembly diagrams, instructions)?
Regards
Thomas
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Thomas, try this link for a manual:
http://www.ducatimeccanica.com/marzo...uild/index.htm
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Apr 29th, 2009, 3:05 pm
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Durban, KwaZuluNatal, South Africa
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Thank you, Mr. Quadrasuarass! Interesting page, and the tables of fork-oil quantities are appreciated.
regards
~T
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Apr 30th, 2009, 3:03 pm
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Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
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Some other Marzocchi fork tuning tips attached.
Cheers.
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Apr 30th, 2009, 6:40 pm
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
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I found a ton of info on http://micapeak.com/ and they cover ALL Bimota's. Look down the right side of the page at "Mailing List archives"
Not a very lively site now but it may come back, lots of people still are getting mail from it. Ask there too.
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93 DB2, 74 MG 850 Eldorado police, 93 KLR 250, 06 DRZ400SM
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May 1st, 2009, 4:17 am
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Durban, KwaZuluNatal, South Africa
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Thanks for these tips, Mr Q and Catimann!
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