On 7/8/2011 8:50 AM, Ed Huntress wrote:

Ha! Was that the single-cylinder, DOHC Ducati with the countershaft drive to
the cams? IIRC, they had a concentric Amal carb, right?

SOHC, but yes, driven by bevel gear train off the crankshaft. Never saw
one with an Amal, all early models I've seen had Dellorto side bowl
carbs, later builds had a square slide Dellorto..

They were pretty slick, but giving that engine asthma with a little forklift
carb probably gave you much better atomization at low flow rates.

Yeah, it was awesome putting around, a very smooth linearity to throttle
input with oodles of torque. Up to a point... G


Jon