Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > 998 / 996 / 916 / 748 > head angle ...

[the phantom pieman]

For road use , does changing to the steeper head angle make any difference ? ( quicker steering , i hope , but is that a good thing for every day , or not?)

And if it is worth doing , is it easy to do, or best left to the pros?

Thanks

[keefer]

not worth doing in my opinion.
if you look on any race ducati's you wont see it done. ok because they have a longer swing arm.
if you want quicker steering best off raising the ride height

[Rattler]

No real harm in doing it, you may not notice too much difference on the road though (unless you're a road speed freak!!! ) and you will lose the steering lock.

What are you trying to gain by doing it? If its for quicker steering, you could try jacking the back up a touch - it does create a similar effect on the steering and can be easily tweaked (more variance) or put back to original rather than moving the steering head.

Tim

[Edited on 14-8-2005 by Rattler]

[the phantom pieman]

Thanks,

I have jacked up the back end ... just wondering if there was a trick I was missing !

I thought it might have more relavence on the track