Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > 998 / 996 / 916 / 748 > Ride height tools

[chris.p]

Can I have it yellow passivated please



Chris.

[mattlyness]

I'll take one please.

[Totto]

Originally posted by mattlyness
I'll take one please.

Mine not good enough for you

[mattlyness]

It is if you'll take £35 for it!!

[BDG]

Can i have one made out of chocolate and i'll give it to CK as a pressie

[JR]

Just the job - count me in.

[the old man]

count me in too.

can vouch for benefit as Sigma transformed my 996 by setting ride height correctly

[Jonathan Novice]

Hi,
Count me in as well please.
Many thanks,
Jonathan

[deej]

harv

would you recommend it on your old 748 now its carrying me and not you, tis a loveerrlly bike thoo


can you also expalin to a mechanical dunce what it actually is,what and how it does it and where it goes,im always looking to improve my knowledge of bikes and also improve my riding at the same time soa ll ahelp appreciated


by the way whats the base settings for the rear ohlins so i can find what the preferred setting for my extra bulk

cheers

dave

[Mr_S]

Deej,

In a perfect world you'd reset the ride height every time you adjust the chain (because the eccentric thingummy bob mucks it up).

But, most of us would probably set it every couple of adjustments, after sprocket changes and maybe a few other things too.

Why do it? It sets the static geometry correctly (before you do sag etc) so basically it sits right with no rider on it and weight is correctly distributed.

Have a look here at how some of us do it now

http://www.section8superbike.com/tech.htm

For the manual's how to (This is for the early 748/916 so the actual distance to measure may be a little different)

http://www.chathamclose.com/pics/ride%20height.pdf

Bottom of the page is in English.

[Edited on 3-3-2005 by Mr_S]