[Ducati] wanted: 916 final drive ratio advice

[Terry Breitmaier]

I run a 15/38  on my 916 and it works great. I tried
the 14/38 and found it was to low for me. I have
44,000 miles on the bike and still running strong.
Thanks Terry

--- Jules <jules at popmonkey.com> wrote:

> the last time I was at thunderhill on my 916 I
> realized I never shifted into 6th and rarely into
> 5th (only on the straight) topping out at around 140
> indicated.
> 
> so I'm thinking of switching from my standard 15/36
> final drive to a 14/38.  is anyone out there running
> a bigger ratio and if so why?  is 14/38 too much
> already?
> 
> also, while ripping into all the ratio info I
> realized the 916 is one of those wounded models with
> the 2:1 primary drive ratio.  meaning the same gear
> teeth meet each other every other revolution.  has
> anyone had their primary drive gears fail because of
> this?  my motor's pushing 27K miles.  when it's time
> to do a rebuild I'm wondering if the primary gears
> can be switched out for something more reasonable...
>  or if it's worth it.
> 
> ~j
> 
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