[Ducati] new Ducati owner - clutch

[Ronald Betts]

Make sure you or someone close to your weight is sitting on the bike when 
you check the slack. I set mine a little tighter on the spec with the bike 
weighted and have great success with chain wear.



Peace...Ron"Desmohead"Betts 95 900 SP
I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it!





>From: "John Sheerin" <jsheerin at hughes.net>
>Reply-To: Ducati Owners Group <ducati at ducati.net>
>To: "Ducati Owners Group" <ducati at ducati.net>
>Subject: Re: [Ducati] new Ducati owner - clutch
>Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 19:50:07 -0400
>
>Thanks for all the ideas guys.  I just finished a large service on my bike,
>so I've got a new fuel filter and my pump is working well - I previously 
>had
>problems with the pump relays, but I think that's a different set of
>symptoms.  I've also recently replaced the plug wires and checked the 
>plugs,
>so I'm pretty sure that's all good.
>
>On the chain slack - maybe...  I read the shop manual and the Haynes and am
>getting different opinions.  The Ducati manual seems to say that in the
>middle of the run, the bottom of the chain links should be 25mm from the
>bottom of the slider on the bottom of the swing arm.  The Haynes says 25mm
>of 'freeplay'.  Is free play the same thing as that distance?  Is it
>desirable to set it right at 25mm or less than that?
>
>Actually the more I think about, the more it makes sense that it's the
>chain - mine looks like it's too loose any way you slice it, so too loose,
>not much torque cruising with a mostly closed throttle, so not much force 
>to
>keep the chain loaded, it's too loose so it can resonate on the lower run,
>it resonates, bouncing up and down that induces a very slight jerky feeling
>in the bike.  I've got it adjusted to be 25mm from the slider at the 
>moment,
>but I'll wait for some advice before retorquing the pinch bolts.
>
>Thanks again guys,
>John
>http://ldsg.snippets.org/HORNS/ducati.html
>
>
>
> > To much slack in the chain....?
> >
> >
> >
> > Peace...Ron"Desmohead"Betts 95 900 SP
> > I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it!
>
>
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