Christmas day today. I have written to my brake supplier requesting delivery of the missing rear master cylinder, my engine man about the final primary drive dimensions, the wheel people about a 0,5 mm measurement adjustment: As the sun is shining I will first walk Moppe my dog and then shoot some pictures and the newly arrived goods. First picture is the rear shock absorber. It can be mounted either way around but I think I will put it in this way. I have a feeling the bottom part might be lighter than the top and so we will keep the unsprung weight as low as possible.

Below is the right side clip-on handlebar with the Brembo front brakes master cylinder fitted.

Obviously this unit has been removed from a road going Ducati as you can see the electrical cable and that a rear view mirror has been fitted to it. The electrical cable goes to a micro-switch which will light up the rear brake light as soon as you pull the brake lever. Now, since I do not have to use a brake light that micro-switch and cable will come off right away. Showing that guy behind you that have hit the brakes is one of the last things you want to do in road racing although in my case I don’t plan to have many guys behind me, except when they come up from behind to lap me.

The next picture is the left side clip-on and this one needs a clutch lever to be complete. I don’t have one yet. I should have rolled it over once before I took the picture for you to see how it will be in reality – but I didn’t.

Here are the two Brembo front brake calipers. When I got them in my hands I was a bit disappointed at their weight. Have I made a mistake? I am sure ISR would have been able to come up with calipers of a lot less weight but that is now too late to cry about. They look very business-like, don’t they?

And here come the magnesium fork yokes

And after that a couple of pictures of the gearbox: enjoy!

The top picture shows the gearbox and clutch housing from the front. The big clutch basket has 68 teeth and will be driven from the engine crankshaft. Inside of the clutch basket is the chain sprocket that will via the chain drive the rear wheel. The clutch basket is empty here. Needs to be filled with friction plates, clutch spring and other goodies when the time comes.

This is the gearbox right hand side. Through the lid on the left we can fill up the oil and hook up the Bowden cable with which we shall be controlling the clutch. The right splined axle is where the gear change lever mechanism will be attached. Down fo first gear and then up for neutral and the next 5 gears.