[Ducati] tt2 info - a bit more !

[ARTWORK]

Phil ,

Best as I can rememder from conversations with Mike Turner , the mechanic at
Herb Watsons ,  the cases didnt last , and the financier(/owner?) of the
bike in around 1985 spent up big with new 750 cases , 750 crank ,  nikasil
factory barrels,high comp factory pistons/rings,  other bits , and a Krober
total loss ignition  , and the heads receiving  an extra small diameter plug
each.  It  got the M1R's a 4x18 marvic whilst still keeping the 16
campagnolo front and an F1 style front fairing but finished in the TT2
colour scheme, in red and yellow..  When I got it in about 1989 to 1990 , i
gave it the Marvic 3 spoke 17's and ohlins shock + a verlichi alloy swingarm
in place of the narrower alloy aftermarket unit that was fitted to the bike
with the 4x18 wheel in  the mid 80's.
The bike, I think had a few owners but remained at herb watsons ducati shop.
Herb Watsons closed shortly after I bought the bike, they sold off a couple
of other racing ducatis, I bought one of those also ,  a cagiva 650 based
project.  Mike Turner the mechanic got involved with a new career in the
environmental sciences field.
 I met a guy at Mallala raceway some years later,  who had come over from WA
to watch the racing, and who remembered the bike very well . particularly
being riden by a bloke of Scottish descent, along with the battles , and
many wins it had against Brook Henrys bikes.
I suspect these events are  probably archived in that states racing  history
books/records.
 The last owner  kept the bike for less than a year , sold it to me to
finance a new business , but more likely  the 4 valve duc he later bought
shortly after.

Nick




on 3/21/08 10:35 PM, phil hitchcock at beveltracker at yahoo.com wrote:

> turns out there may have been 7 TT2 in oz - extra one
> was a private import possibly the billy mac bike in
> qld. does yours still have original cases with a
> number?? egens  TT was blown up a couple of times &
> ended up with new road cases
> 
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> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:39:58 +1030
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> Subject: Re: [Ducati] TT2  which one?  the WA bike of
> Herb Watson
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> 
> Phil, this is the one that was bought fram Frasers ,
> one of six  I was
> told
> brought in  to Oz back then. As a 600 in won the F2
> australian titls .
> It
> was raced and modified mid to till late 80's in WA by
> Herb Watson, with
> a
> lot of success and many times beating Brook Henry's
> creations. It's
> well
> known over there  especially among those who watched
> the may battles it
> fought.
> The mechanic was  Mike Turner.
> 
> I'm in South Australia amd have owned it since then.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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