The 999 Rebuild Continues

Over the weekend I got a chance to pop over to Alex White’s Motorcycle Performance Services shop in LA and take a peek at the beginning of the 999 rebuild. I say ‘the beginning’, because it was my first time seeing the Duc up on the work bench, but in truth Alex and his crew have been cranking pretty good.

So far the new fairings have been fit on the bike using a set of Dzuz fastners, the new fairing stay has been installed, the gauge set has been put back into place, the rearsets have been put on the bike, new tires mounted, and the clutch has been disassembled.

While we wait for the STM Slipper to arrive, the disassembly of the clutch has brought another decision to the forefront.

As it turns out MotorMilt, myself or perhaps both of us, apparently are quite hard on the clutch. Once the guys got it apart it was fairly obvious that the clutch basket was pretty well shot and needed to be replaced too. Option 1 was to use a similar to stock steel basket, which can take a more strenuous pounding, or Option 2, order a new aluminum basket, which is lighter and therefore creates less rotating mass but wears out quicker. Given that the bike is going to headed for the track, we’ve decided on the latter. Time will tell if that was a correct decision or not…

Next up, painting…