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Inside the Ducati Factory
- Thread starter Wingboy
- Start date
LOL. Also, just can't seem to drop that Ozzie accent, eh?
...would be nice to have access to those parts
It looked like 860s and Pantahs so around 1979-80. The last of the hand assembled Ducs.
I'm told there was 8 man hours in the assembly of a Duc twin, one guy could build one motor a day... think about that for a minute.
The timing cases were assembled by women. They're much better at finicky work. The cam timing on a square case involves about a dozen gears, all of which have to be shimmed to get proper engagement (the reason everyone is afraid of working on a Ducati).
I've never worked on a 860 (too new for me) but if I was doing a bevel timing case I would block out an afternoon.
The women could setup a 860 in less than a minute.
IIRC ducati made about 4400 round case and about 5400 square case bevels.
It looked like 860s and Pantahs so around 1979-80. The last of the hand assembled Ducs.
I'm told there was 8 man hours in the assembly of a Duc twin, one guy could build one motor a day... think about that for a minute.
The timing cases were assembled by women. They're much better at finicky work. The cam timing on a square case involves about a dozen gears, all of which have to be shimmed to get proper engagement (the reason everyone is afraid of working on a Ducati).
I've never worked on a 860 (too new for me) but if I was doing a bevel timing case I would block out an afternoon.
The women could setup a 860 in less than a minute.
IIRC ducati made about 4400 round case and about 5400 square case bevels.
Hilarious. Thanks for the laughs.
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