Sometimes you just have to do it yourself!

I went out into the garage and stared at the bike. From the start I figured that I could take the easy route and find someone to fix the bike. That way I would not have to get involved.

Yes I did have the skills to perform these tasks but I guess deep down I knew it was going to be tough and I elected to be lazy.

Well the Ducati Gods were not going to let me off so easy.

I had the sudden realization that the only way this bike was going to get fixed it if I do it myself.

So the work began.

I started going though the bike system by system checking everything.

I took the cam belt covers off and checked the cam timing. The timing was spot on.

I checked the valve opener and valve closer shims for proper valve adjustment.

Thinking that the engine was not getting enough fuel I took the fuel tank off and attached a gravity feed tank directly to the carburetor to check for fuel starvation.

I purchased the original Weber Carburetor, manifolds and air box. Rebuild the Weber Carburetor, installed the new configuration. Balanced the carburetors and tested the bike.

The bike still miss-fired at 5000 rpm.