Ducati Belt-Drive Two-Valve Twins Motorcycle Restoration Guide
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Introduced in 1979, Ducati's belt-drive bikes represented a huge step forward in performance. This hands-on guide helps owners ensure originality during restoration and modification by identifying key components of the 500/600/650SL, 750 F1, 750 Sport, 750SS, 900SS, Monster, and other two-valve belt-drive built since '79. Hundreds of photos illustrate all mechanical details, while appendices cover specifications and identify sources for the restorer. Includes numerous sidebars suggesting model-specific modifications. First published in 2000, this revised edition has been updated with new information for its 2012 release. The author of Ducati, Ducati Twins Restoration Guide, and dozens of other motorcycle books, Ian Falloon also contributes articles and photographs to several motorcycle periodicals. Review: Definitive Pantah motor resource - Incredible resource for Ducatisti infatuated with 2 valve Pantah engines.Great in depth detail and research. Well written. Great value now that it's available again. Get one while you can. Review: Excellent update to this book - If you wanted a copy of the original edition of this book, but couldn't find it for less than $300, here is your chance. It's all historical info now, but Mr Falloon has added a good number of sidebars with derivative bikes and info about customizing and racing the bikes. Very comprehensive, every model from the first Pantahs thru the Monster and SS fuel injected models. This is a great reference for the period it covers.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 24 Reviews |
R**L
Definitive Pantah motor resource
Incredible resource for Ducatisti infatuated with 2 valve Pantah engines.Great in depth detail and research. Well written. Great value now that it's available again. Get one while you can.
I**E
Excellent update to this book
If you wanted a copy of the original edition of this book, but couldn't find it for less than $300, here is your chance. It's all historical info now, but Mr Falloon has added a good number of sidebars with derivative bikes and info about customizing and racing the bikes. Very comprehensive, every model from the first Pantahs thru the Monster and SS fuel injected models. This is a great reference for the period it covers.
S**S
Useful restoration guide
Quality of photos not as good as original edition(2000). Many look like poor quality photocopies! Typos in descriptions of Pantah photos not fixed. These are niggles - it's a good reference guide overall.
J**E
About the book!
If you need to find out which model you want to restore, this is the book to choose. If you are looking for technical manual showing how to do things, it is totally useless. I am still looking for a book that shows me technical restore work on Ducati DS engines.
R**7
AAA+++
Supplied the info that I was looking for.
A**S
Una joya pero NO es un manual de restauración!
Este libro es una auténtica delicia para cualquier amante de las motos, no hace falta ser ducatista para disfrutarlo, pero obviamente si te apasionan, lo leerás una y otra vez. ATENCIÓN: NO es un manual de restauración ni de mecánica en ningún caso, el título puede llevar a equívoco
T**N
Wonderful reference book but an interesting story of the history of the Ducati marque.
Well written with very detailed information.
J**T
Thoroughly researched, Good value
Everything you would like to know about the Pantah driven Ducatis. Probably the choice of pictures is not perfect as there are many non period photos. Recommended.
B**N
Indispensable and definitive book
This is THE definitive guide to the air cooled belt driven sohc twins. It is not a repair manual (Try Haynes but if you need to maybe a Ducati specialist a better idea) but if you need to know how many were made in what year, colour schemes, development and model changes this book is indispensable. If only getting original 1989 CEV indicators for a 1989 900 Supersport was as easy as identifying them...... I hope it gets updated to include the Scrambler as this engine is probably the most reliable engine Ducati have ever made, which explains why it is still in production some thirty years since the Pantah of the 1980's....
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