Major work on a Ducati 748

[@stephenburns1315]

Afternoon my friend I also have had the same problem with 748s tank with rust. I made a plug for bottom of my tank and used the Electrolysis form of rust removal system and coated the inside of the tank with a Product called RedCoat. Its now been 7yrs and not a scrap of Rust has returned, Good luck with project, Steve (Australia)

[@PXCMEDIA]

That's good to know 👍 thanks I was wondering what product would work for many years 😀... and Greetings from Barnsley

[@the_grumpybiker]

I had a yellow Corser replica RSV R. Thats the bike I never should have sold.

[@PXCMEDIA]

Yeh they look great... back in 2017 I went to a shop to look at a 2003 RSV R yellow it was immaculate with only 9k miles on it ...and only £2800 they were very cheap back then and I just totally regret not buying it. It was like brand new 😑

[@the_grumpybiker]

@@PXCMEDIA Yeah they were incredible value. I sold mine for stupid money too. It was like new :/

[@PXCMEDIA]

It was a shoo in Lancashire I think where it was ... I just wouldn't sell my mille now I know I wouldn't find another like It for cheap 😬

[@the_grumpybiker]

@@PXCMEDIA yeah mate they are for keeping now

[@mrp8339]

Wow that has issues 😳 wouldn't expect this giving the condition it appears to be in

[@PXCMEDIA]

It's not what I expected but I have seen way worse

[@Desertduleler_88]

It looks as if the tank wasn’t rust treated properly before applying the epoxy liner.

[@PXCMEDIA]

Yes probably it doe slook a little botched eh...

[@spirobouloukos511]

Another interesting video. Love my v twins ...i was privileged to own both a Honda sp1 and sp2.

[@PXCMEDIA]

Oh they are bikes I would just love to ride never had either

[@johnclark1925]

I like how you spotted the crack in the ride height adjuster. Do you have contact details as I would like to pay you to assess my Ducati project?

[@PXCMEDIA]

Hi John, Thanks for the comment 🙂... I am bot currently taking work on due to family reasons. I am sorry.... I may do in the future

[@theairplaneguy9640]

im currently watching your teardown of the vtr1000 when this vid showed up, i bought one recently and she needs a carb rebuild😅

[@PXCMEDIA]

Oh yeh that bike was a mess it had been stood for so long everything was weathered...

[@kennethtalbott2233]

christ, that tank. my gorgeous duke, same colour as this won't start. nothing at all on the button. been standing ten years in the dining room, haha. didn't know of the button for the choke. DOH! new battery, solenoid. bugger. think it must be wiring issues, can't hear the pump or the solenoid click, it will turn over when bridging across the nuts. there's one cable i need to trace back that has no power, no ohms.

[@PXCMEDIA]

Is the engine kill switch set to run ?

[@kennethtalbott2233]

@@PXCMEDIA yes, always aware of that when i got caught out once while i was out on it, came to a standstill. took me ten minutes to realise what i had done. going to check the stand switch today as the pump would come on when i raised the stand, now nothing. sort of ruling out the pump as neither it or the switch are working well the switch is working as i tested with a multi meter, just nothing happening.

[@PXCMEDIA]

@kennethtalbott2233 oh you can short out the two wires coming from the harness and see if that helps

[@kennethtalbott2233]

@@PXCMEDIA yes, i'm going to put a loop in the end to connect both cables together, don't want to cut the cable. i think we are both thinking the same way. ta.

[@jahmic]

Wow...that tank is a nightmare. I've dealt with some massive rust issues on rebuilds, and would probably take that any day over the failed liner. I use muriatic acid to clean and etch the inside of rusted tanks. Not the cleanest approach, but it works great.

[@PXCMEDIA]

Ueh, it does a great job removing rust, but you have to protect the metal straight away after, or it will flash rust

[@jahmic]

@@PXCMEDIA Yes agree 100%. I was going to ask how you handled this mess with the fuel internal fuel pump...but I see you have a separate video on that! Gonna go check that out, enjoying the content. Cheers

[@PXCMEDIA]

Thank you. The tank was later sealed with... sealer after more rust treatment with harpic

[@NVGTO]

The 748 used to race in yellow so it's actually more "correct" for this model to be yellow as opposed to red

[@s4socceritalia4s]

I thought 2000 model year plus had 5 spoke wheels?

[@PXCMEDIA]

Mmm I think that was for the s models or the monoposto and then came as standard from 2002 but I'm not sure...some bikes can be 1999 models registered in 2000... our factory aprilia was a 2007 model registered in 2009