I'll see y'all in the morning! After the class I'm leaving for Hobbs,NM via the 13b powered airplane. I will bring after party favors ( read Foster's).  Y'all Enjoy!

That was awesome! Thanks again all who made this possible. Count me in for the next one.

Kirk

Thanks to all that said they'd come and did so. It was a great learning experience for sure. I feel that I'll be able to tackle the valve job on my ST4s now without problems. I don't know about the TPS and throttlebody sync yet, but It didn't look too bad when Stuart did it on cdc's bike.

I worked almost exclusively on the 851 head (748,916,996) but Stuart had a 2v head, and a super corsa testastretta head from a wsbk 999 (he's making a quasi-supermono!). That thing was cool. Some major unobtainium there.

He also gave us a decent breakdown of a lot of the tools involved in working on our beloved Ducs, both factory and shop-made.

Great guy, Great time, Great company,

Looking forward to possibly setting up another. Next time it may be (gearbox, forks, split cases?)
We'll see.
Steve

Thanks Steve for putting this thing all together. I learned a great deal with hands on application. To me that 's a great way to learn how to do stuff on a bike. You just have to dive in and get it done. Stewart was a wealth of information. What a great guy to do this for us. I also really do appreciate Stewart showing us his bikes he has in restoration. How can you call it work when you are having so much fun doing what he does. Lucky fellow.

I'd be in for something like this on a regular basis. Thanks Jason for the Faastaas that was aprappo for Stewarts shop.

Here's a couple of pics.

Thanks Steve for setting this up.  Great job by Stuart.  He had three generations of heads laid out for us all to mess with, so pretty cool seeing how they've changed over the years.  After looking at drawings and photos of desmo valve trains, there's no substitute for real hardware.  Takes away all the mystery.  I'm definitely interested in another session!

Sounds like a really cool time. Wish I could have made this. Stuart is a great guy with a huge reputation. He's forgotten more about Ducatis than most people will ever know. A monstrous loss to the AMS tech team. But I completely understand the need for change. Have never regretted any of mine.

looks like this was a good session....  so is stuart still working on regular maintenance on peoples bikes?  because i've left a couple messages now, but have yet to hear back from him...

Quote from: ♣ McKraut ♣ on March 05, 2009, 02:00:09 PM
looks like this was a good session....  so is stuart still working on regular maintenance on peoples bikes?  because i've left a couple messages now, but have yet to hear back from him...

Took my bike in to him last night.

I talked to him today and he is going to do my 6K mile service on my 999 over spring break. He mentioned that he is willing and able to do work for any interested.

Has Stuart mentioned whether or not he can work on non-Ducati brands... something along the lines of a Guzzi, for example 

Great job organizing this whole thing in the first place, just wish I could have made it 

Quote from: Cher on March 06, 2009, 04:54:30 AM
Has Stuart mentioned whether or not he can work on non-Ducati brands... something along the lines of a Guzzi, for example 

Great job organizing this whole thing in the first place, just wish I could have made it 

He has in his shop Triumphs and Ducatis but I think he would work on your Guzzi. Have to call him to find out.

maybe he just didn't like my tone in my voice mails, then....i've been trying for a couple weeks now.  i guess i'll try one more time before i give up and go with ams

third time is a charm i guess; i'll be taking it in next week.