My 2001 M750 has either eaten a gear tooth or lost the bearings in the drive shaft (which may have caused a damaged tooth). Regardless, the engine needs a rebuild. Does anyone know someone close to Louisville, or if not somebody I can ship the engine to for repair. For example, I'll send stuff to Ed Toomey if I need RZ repairs. Is there a Ducati guy like that?
That's where I bought the bike back in 2001, but I didn't think they'd tackle something like a complete engine tear-down of a 20+ year old bike. I guess I should at least give them a call.
I'm also looking for a used engine which would probably be the smart way to go, except for the fact that you're taking a bit of risk on whatever engine you might find.
Chad at Commonwealth does good work as he has had to rebuild my KTM. Also not sure if he would want to do the older motor as he once asked me why I still race a 20 year old Ape.
I kind of know Chad so I'll hit him up (had totally forgotten about him). He might even want to do it on the side. This is basically one of the simplest Ducati engines out there. Last of the carbed version and a plain old 2V. I've watched videos and think I could do it myself, but I just can't wrap my head around timing a bike.
I know with my KTM, when the motor went you could have picked up a used one for a song on Ebay. Then Rona hit and at that point it made more sense just to pay somebody to build something of known quantity.
I've done a fair bit of research on this, and it seems that the 99 900 engine is the easiest to swap into my bike. Trick is finding a 99.
Ed Milich is your man. He’s on the left coast, but he specializes in bringing back L-twin Ducati piles. I can’t tell if he loves it or hates it, but he’s the guy. Want some sort of weird Italian hybrid machine? Call Ed. www.Ducpower.com [email protected]
