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On the later engines the back plate of the cover has a hole you can screw a bolt into to lock the cams, which makes it even easier.

It a lot more complicated on the twin cam engines, you also need a guitar tuner to tension the belts :)
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KungFooBob wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2025 8:37 am On the later engines the back plate of the cover has a hole you can screw a bolt into to lock the cams, which makes it even easier.

It a lot more complicated on the twin cam engines, you also need a guitar tuner to tension the belts :)
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I bought a little guitar tuner device for about a fiver from Chiner just so I could change/tension the belts on the Ducati.

Haven't used it yet, mind...
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What did he think he was putting his right foot down on? :lol:
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Soft(ish) landing at least. :silent:
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Taipan wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2025 11:46 am :lol:

That's local (to me) boys.

He got away without a scratch and went straight out to buy another Busa.
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Skub wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2025 3:43 pm That's local (to me) boys.

He got away without a scratch and went straight out to buy another Busa.
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Is that Tiepin with the Cub?
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Slow bikes were a lot of fun, I think we lost something along the way 😄 although it would be a challenging ride given the speed of modern cars.
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