Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > 998 / 996 / 916 / 748 > dragging plate

[hawkati]

shredded a numberplate again on monday, and whilst one reason would be a 190/55 tyre, and another being the bike not being set particularly high at the back.......a brief check of other 916/996's shows that the numberplate bracket appears to be about 1/2 inch lower than on other bikes, as if it's dropped.

i'm wondering if the plastic undertray that the numberplate bracket is attatched to has gone a bit soggy with heat from the exhausts.

anyone else has this, or is it just me?

cheerdy, j

[Gobert23]

D'you have a picture? I've not seen or heard of this happening before, but will always be proved wrong...

You'll be able to pick-up a stock/OE undertray, no worries (and at a fraction of the cost of a C/Fibre item).

Have you checked where you're ride-height adjust is as well? Sag and Pre-load?

G

[hawkati]

heya - no picture, i'm afraid - strictly old skool film - i get pics on disc as well, but can't upload them at work - curses!

...anyway, all i can judge it by is that when plate got shredded on monday, i was at lucie's funeral, and there were a few other ducati's (i noted a particulary flash looking yellow one with all the bells and whistles), and the number plate light was, by rule of thumb, about 1/2 inch lower than on any of the other 916/996/998's i saw.
since the bracket itself seemed fine, i'd wondered whether the undertray it was bolted to had warped.

not very scientific i know, but summat needs doing - that's the 3rd time this has happened - erk.

certainly not going to wind on any more preload - i'm a lightweight, and get bounced around quite enough, thank you, but i'm tempted to go at the link rod with spanners and raise that by, ooh, 5mm - that should work out about 15mm increase in ride height, methinks?

any advise muchly appreciated - i've had the bike about 3 years, and apart from softening suspension a bit from previous owners settings i've left well alone, since it has worked fine on road and track. cheers, j

[RickyX]

Possibly your chain adjuster eccentric is incorrectly positioned with the spindle in the 9 o'clock to 3 o'clock sector?
The wheel would therefore be closer to the numberplate and could cause the damage?

Option "b" is: get a smaller numberplate??

[hawkati]

Originally Posted by RickyX

Possibly your chain adjuster eccentric is incorrectly positioned with the spindle in the 9 o'clock to 3 o'clock sector?
The wheel would therefore be closer to the numberplate and could cause the damage?

Option "b" is: get a smaller numberplate??

ah - i can say a definite no to that - replaced chain recently, and is at approx 7.35......ish.

smaller numberplate? what kind of evil twisted baby eating terrorist do you take me for?!

[hawkati]

Originally Posted by hawkati

ah - i can say a definite no to that - replaced chain recently, and is at approx 7.35......ish.

smaller numberplate? what kind of evil twisted baby eating terrorist do you take me for?!

eats humble pie/hat..........guilty as charged - like a complete muppet i'd hoiked it the wrong way, so was at 12o'clockish -the lowest it could possible go, and because i've been sleep riding lately i'd barely noticed.

zooped hub round the right way,and apart from number plate surviving a couple of airbournes at the weekend, it's tipping into bend sweetly now. Doh!

cheers for advice....