Greetings,




I am in the process of reassembling a 1987 F1 I bought a couple of years ago. It was unloved and not well cared for, so I have been refurbishing it slowly. The frame and wheels have been powdercoated and some new parts collected, so I am beginning to reassemble the bike. First problem - someone did some creative rear wheel assembly with a homemade spacer and the wrong bearing. I believe that I have the order correct, as shown in the attached photos. I am guessing that the larger spacer extends through the wheel bearing and part way into the sprocket carrier bearing. If someone could confirm (or deny) this, I would greatly appreciate it.
At some point, I will need to collect a new headlight and I would like to replace the foam that surrounds the instruments. The headlight glass broke due to my carelessness. If I had known how hard it would be to get one I would have locked it in a vault.
Thanks in advance for the help. Although this is my first post, I have been lurking around this site for some time and have found a lot of useful and interesting information.

You've got it right. In regard to the headlight, I picked up a complete unit from Steine Dinse, but it wasn't cheap. Have you tried Italspares (Ian Gowanloch)? I seem to remember seeing him selling one on e-bay recently, so he may have more available. Failing that keep an eye on flea-bay; I've seen a couple of second hand ones come up occasionally.

Clinton

Here is a link to ebay for an F1 headlamp that did not get any bids so could STILL be available - reserve was 150 Euros. seller is chac_de

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/181028106090 ... 1438.l2649



I scored the headlamp that Italspares last auctioned Lucky me

What part of the world are you from? Note: Headlamps for Britain, Japan and Australia all dip to the left (dip away from on-coming traffic), whereas Europe and USA they dip to the right.

Wow, I always thought Ducati use the same headlight from the F1 series in the New Supersport series.('92-'98)

Could someone here with both bikes in the garage verify or disprove that?


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Hi ETD,

My bevel rear wheel was NOT put together as you show!
The long spacer had the small OD part of the tube going THROUGH the disc-side bearing to locate a top-hat shaped spacer which keeps the rear caliper mounting plate at the correct distance. It is vaguely possible that the 750F1 was constructed differently, but I DOUBT it! Ducati ARE traditionalists, after all..............!!! Do you HAVE a top-hat shaped spacer anywhere?


Poison

There's a high resolution parts manual for the later F1s at http://www.loudbikestore.com/pdf/DUCATI%20750%20F1%20Montjuich%20Parts%20Manual.pdf.

On TAV 22, you can see item #22; the top hat spacer (as well as the full exploded view).

Regards,