Australian Road Rider

ORANGE COUNTRY CUSTOMS

Well, I did get my Ducati 900SS tank back from the repairers and immediately set about rebuilding its innards. The days were still warm in late autumn and for the most part dry, and I was keen as mustard to get in my first ride in a very long time before the rain and cold returned.

What a great idea it was to put a fuel pump and fuel filter inside the fuel tank, accessible only via an opening in the top barely big enough to get a single hand through. There are so many simple things that work well on air-cooled, belt-drive Ducatis; I can only assume the engineers chose the internal filter and pump

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