Quote from: ducatizzzz on July 01, 2008, 10:58:03 AM
my first bike

parts are the same for almost all of the narrow-case singles with spring heads (no desmo). 

Doesn't the 125 Bronco have a pushrod engine? Narrowcase engines are bevel drives.  FWIW the smaller narrowcase engines (160 and under) were different than the 175 and larger narrowcase engines. A few parts interchange between the two families, but not many. And I'd guess pretty much none of them will work on a pushrod engine.

All that said, the bevelhead list would be a good starting point, there's a lot of knowledge there. Unfortunately there's also a lot of off topic BS. I was on the list for a few years but finally had enough a few months ago.

I doubt Bevelheaven has much for the pushrod Ducs, a better choice might be to check out Road and Race in Australia.   http://www.roadandrace.com.au/index.html

Guzzino.com might have a gas cap for it along with other generic bits. http://www.guzzino.com/itac.html

Yup, it's a push rod. Guzzino has the gas cap YEA!!!!!!!!.   

I'll get some pictures this weekend.

Quote from: DesmoDog on July 02, 2008, 07:50:32 PM
Doesn't the 125 Bronco have a pushrod engine? Narrowcase engines are bevel drives.  FWIW the smaller narrowcase engines (160 and under) were different than the 175 and larger narrowcase engines. A few parts interchange between the two families, but not many. And I'd guess pretty much none of them will work on a pushrod engine.

good grief, I had completely forgotten it was a pushrod.  i had it for many years and did little work on it other than sched maintance and the carb/brakes. i had a monza and i think that's what i'm thinking of when i remember working on the bronco -- i don't think i did much on the bronco at all.

Mad Duc, I have several old shop manuals for the singles, I don't know how you'd use them now, and they are antiques, but maybe i can dupe them somehow.  i have the factory manual and an old haynes manual and some other stuff i am sure i have forgotten (part of my library of manuals)

If you can copy them I'll pay you for your time or if you want to sell them I'm willing to pay ya. Either way that would really help out the cause.

Thanks man!

Quote from: Mad Duc on July 03, 2008, 06:35:20 AM
Yup, it's a push rod. Guzzino has the gas cap YEA!!!!!!!!.   

I'll get some pictures this weekend.

shop around a bit on ebay.  Guzzino is great, but his prices are pretty high.  he has the Cavis Benz fuel line for like 200% of what I find it every where else.

Quote from: ducatizzzz on July 03, 2008, 07:53:10 AM
shop around a bit on ebay.  Guzzino is great, but his prices are pretty high.  he has the Cavis Benz fuel line for like 200% of what I find it every where else.

Yeah, he's not a bargain basement shop, but he does carry some nifty stuff.

Re: Cavis Benz fuel line. The green stuff? I put some on my 750 GT when I rebuilt it. My wife saw it and asked if it came in any other colors, like black or silver? I woulda been mad but I didn't like it either to be honest.

No worries, it turned brown pretty fast anyway once it came in contact with gasoline.

That's my long way of saying unless you're a serious purist, I'd pass on the fancy fuel line...

Quote from: DesmoDog on July 03, 2008, 09:00:33 AM
Yeah, he's not a bargain basement shop, but he does carry some nifty stuff.

Re: Cavis Benz fuel line. The green stuff? I put some on my 750 GT when I rebuilt it. My wife saw it and asked if it came in any other colors, like black or silver? I woulda been mad but I didn't like it either to be honest.

No worries, it turned brown pretty fast anyway once it came in contact with gasoline.

That's my long way of saying unless you're a serious purist, I'd pass on the fancy fuel line...

i like the green stuff and you can find it much cheaper.  if yours is turning brown, you need to clean out your gas tank!!  that's rust tainting the gas.  it should just cloud some due to the ethanol in today's gas (I remember when it would stay green translucent with the leaded gas of yore)

Quote from: ducatizzzz on July 03, 2008, 03:13:38 PM
i like the green stuff and you can find it much cheaper.  if yours is turning brown, you need to clean out your gas tank!!  that's rust tainting the gas. 

I doubt it. The tank was stripped and sealed before use... (No, not with Kreem. I hate that stuff)

Quote from: DesmoDog on July 03, 2008, 03:31:29 PM
I doubt it. The tank was stripped and sealed before use... (No, not with Kreem. I hate that stuff)

that's very weird.  all of my older bikes and some of the later ones have cavis benz and none of them are brown.  cloudy yes, from ethanol, but none are brown...

Quote from: Mad Duc on July 03, 2008, 06:55:22 AM
If you can copy them I'll pay you for your time or if you want to sell them I'm willing to pay ya. Either way that would really help out the cause.

Thanks man!

I picked up one a couple years back, and slowly have been accumulating parts for it.  I stripped down the engine this spring and is getting ready to go back together.  I bought one of these catalogs (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Parts-Catalog-Manual-Ducati-Bronco-125-Motorcycle_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2em14Q2el1318QQhashZitem360069199963QQitemZ360069199963) and it includes a bunch of exploded views that have been helpful.