[Ducati] 1990 750 Sport choke cable question

Mon Jun 25 09:04:17 EDT 2007

Hey Scott -
Sorry I missed ya. I was in the office when ya rang and didn't hear ya. I'm
glad you guys were happy. Shoulda gotten a picture of the garage with all
the bikes in it.

It looks like I will be able to fix the choke without any real drama. I just
have to totally remove all three cables from their devices. Shoulda figgered
that out.

I haven't done it yet. I'm too busy changing tires. I wanna get Da Bus ready
to meet up with a Vincent group next Sat. at the Dragon. Gotta check out a
charging issue next. I'm afraid the regulator may have gone south on me.

That Harbor Freight tire changer really works well. The only real hassle is
I don't have it fixed to the floor. I am reluctant to do that yet. I may
nail a couple of 2x4's to the floor in a corner of the garage to keep the
base from wanting to turn.

George Betzhold
Scottish Woods Log Cabin Resort
Murphy, North Carolina
828-837-5678 Call for reservations
www.scottishwoods.com
Skype ID - bevelsport

-----Original Message-----
From: ducati-bounces at ducati.net [mailto:ducati-bounces at ducati.net]On
Behalf Of Scott Cloninger
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 8:16 AM
To: Ducati Owners Group
Subject: RE: [Ducati] 1990 750 Sport choke cable question

George,

Try Vintage Cosmo (Cosmopolitan Motors) for that splitter if you want a new
one.  They often have one (or more) posted on ebay at any given time.  If
you just want to take it apart there's a floating barrel inside the tube
that has receptacles for cable barrels, so if you disconnect what ever is on
the far end of the paired cables (I suppose the choke levers) the barrel
will slide up and you can remove the cables from it to check their lengths.
Motocicli Veloci definitely has one, and a picture of what it looks like
when disassembled, here....
http://www.motocicliveloci.it/inglese/catalogue/comandi_uk.htm

BTW, thanks for the terrific hospitality last weekend.  I rang the doorbell
on the way out, but I guess you guys had a late night Saturday and I didn't
want to wake you unnecessarily.  The Scottish Woods ROCK!

Cloner

-----Original Message-----
From: George Betzhold [mailto:george at scottishwoods.com]
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 1:49 PM
To: BevelHeads; PANTAHEADS Mailing List; Ducati Big List
Subject: [Ducati] 1990 750 Sport choke cable question

While going over the bikes this week, I found that the cables for the 90
Sport's choke were looking pretty sad. There is some fraying of the cables
themselves and the housing ends are not fitting up well with the caps.

Me thinks - no problem. Take the assembly apart, get some new cores and
housings and make up a new set. Well - not so fast. I cannot figure out how
to break the assembly. Now this is not the Weber setup. It has the Malossi
conversion. I don't know if this cable (with a "one into two" splitter) was
stock with the Weber. I bought the bike with the conversion already done.
Anyway, I have a picture at -
http://www.scottishwoods.com/Temp.html

I would appreciate any leads.

George Betzhold
Scottish Woods Log Cabin Resort
Murphy, North Carolina
828-837-5678 Call for reservations
www.scottishwoods.com
Skype ID - bevelsport

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