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Archive: Ducati Darmah DD Engine Strip: part nine
19 July 2011
From Issue 069 – July 1993 – Finished at last - The engine, that is, but we can't let Pete Marston conclude on article number nine can we? Just one more episode will be forthcoming to make it a nice tidy series of ten – dealing with whether the big V-twin starts or not and how it runs. Pictures by Rosie Marston.
Archive: Ducati Darmah DD Engine Strip: part eight
12 July 2011.
From Issue 068 – June 1993 – Completing the bottom end – No more dining room table assembly, Pete Marston is finally consigned to the garage to complete the bottom end rebuild. Pictures by Rosie Marston.
Archive: Ducati Darmah DD Engine Strip: part seven
9 March 2011.
From Issue 067 – May 1993 – Rebuilding the BOTTOM END – The parts have arrived and the damage repaired, so now, at last, Pete Marston starts on the bottom end rebuild. Pictures by Rosie Marston...
Archive: Ducati Darmah DD Engine Strip: part six
13 February 2011.
From Issue 066 – April 1993 - Top end titillating – This month Pete Marston completes the top end stripdown of his big vee-twin and assesses what needs to be done. Pictures by Rosie Marston.
Archive: Ducati Darmah DD Engine Strip: part five
18 January 2011.
From Issue 065 – March 1993 - Setting up the DESMO VALVE GEAR - While Pete Marston awaits his rebuilt Darmah crankshaft he decides to re-shim the Italian bike’s unique valve gear. Pictures by Rosie Marston.
Archive: Ducati Darmah DD Engine Strip: part four
11 January 2011.
From Issue 064 – February 1993 - WHAT’S THE damage? Last month Pete Marston completed the strip of his Ducati v-twin. Now he takes a look at the parts to see what was causing those ominous rumbling noises.
Archive: Ducati Darmah DD Engine Strip: part three
4 January 2011.
From Issue 063 – January 1993 - Stripdown: first the offending bottom end - Pete Marston gets to grips with his knocking and rumbling Darmah 900SS vee-twin. The heads come off in one piece so he can start on the bottom end and investigate those nasty noises.
Archive: Ducati Darmah DD Engine Strip: part two
29 December 2010.
From Issue 062 – December 1992 - Mention Ducati big ends in the pub with Italian bike owners and the proverbial ‘muffled titter’ runs around the room. Pete Marston reckons his own bike is suffering from the problem that non-Ducati owners find so amusing. He explains.
Archive: Ducati Darmah DD Engine Strip: part one
22 December 2010.
From Issue 061 – November 1992 - No, not therapy for the heartbroken Duke of York after those entertaining Fergie revelations, but the inevitable work required once the crank on your Darmah expires. Peter Marston works here on his own bike while Doug Millhouse takes the pictures.
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