Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Case protector against chain breakage

[skidlids]

just had a text from my mate Adrian to say they have made a prototype in steel that we will try on my bike this weekend, if all is OK we will knock out a batch of stainless ones.
Also getting made at the moment are the rear Bellypan brackets for the 748/916/996/998 models, masde in stainless and are for use with race bellypans.

We will also be looking at making stainless brackets to prevent the sidestands flipping up on SS models, monsters etc.

[Bionicle]

just had a text from my mate Adrian to say they have made a prototype in steel that we will try on my bike this weekend,

Now we want a full test m8, this means hack sawing nearly all the way through your chain for certain breakage to test the effectiveness

[skidlids]

Well i did snap a chain a few months back and took a piece out of my alternator case on my 996 so I have an idea of whats needed

[skidlids]

Looks like the proto-type fitted the alternator casing I gave to Adrian, so he has jsut done the first batch of 20 of which about half are already spoken for.
I will pick them up this weekend and hopefully get pics sorted of them off and on the bike as well as a final price to DSC members.

[BDG]

Kev, i'll have 2 please, no i'm not greedy one is for Azzy with my old SPS.

[Harv748]

One for me please Kev...you know what these chains are like

[FiscusFish]

I'd like two too please.

[Iconic944ss]

Just to clarify Kev, is this the same design as the discontinued Ducati item and if so, can it be fitted behind the sproket cover or will the cover no longer fit?

As an aside - I've asked MPL ( http://www.mpl-tuningparts.de/ ) - if they could incorporate a case protector into a cover design to provide both in one item.

Cheers - Frank.

[skidlids]

As yet I haven't seen them myself and have yet to fit one on the bike, I will hopefully do this late Saturday and have it fitted for Sundays rideout to Popham.
I haven't got a front sprocket cover on my 996 so I will be happy enough to continue using it like that with the gaurd fitted. If a cover doesn't fit I will look into seeing if the design is worth the trouble of altering so the cover can be fitted. This is why we have initially only done a small batch, if it can't be used with the sprocket number it will limit the amount of people interested, prior to today 11 are already spoken for even if the cover can't be fitted.

[Rushjob]

Skids.... one for me please but prefer to keep the sprocket cover on if poss.
Andy