Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > 999 / 749 > service time

[mogwai]

Daz needs to move down to deepest Devon..had my 916 serviced a few months back,belts,plugs,fuel filter,air filter,throttle balanced,shims checked and 3 new rocker arms,came to £380.00...

Originally Posted by doogalman

Serviceing costs are the biggest obstacle to people buying dukes and the factory are aware of it.
MDracing for me for the bits i am not happy doing.

Mike Dawson, he's a good guy, doubt you'll go far wrong there ... quite handy on a DD bike too ....

Originally Posted by mogwai

Daz needs to move down to deepest Devon..had my 916 serviced a few months back,belts,plugs,fuel filter,air filter,throttle balanced,shims checked and 3 new rocker arms,came to £380.00...

that was by the local JCB dealer though !!!!

[mogwai]

Thats why all the filters were yellow..!!

[doogalman]

Nothing wrong with JCB's, they are building one to grab the speed record.
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/defa...?storyId=14759
Plus the engines have massive service intervals.

[rockhopper]

Originally Posted by mogwai

Daz needs to move down to deepest Devon..had my 916 serviced a few months back,belts,plugs,fuel filter,air filter,throttle balanced,shims checked and 3 new rocker arms,came to £380.00...

How does that work then when the rockers cost over £100 each on their own? Genuine question cos my bike will need some soon!

[mogwai]

Baines do re-con rockers,for the miles i do a year,seemed like a good option..half the cost of new ones..

[rockhopper]

That is a good option.

[duc daz]

had u2u of a mate about bike tec in tamworth where i live has any one else used them????

[moto748]

Well if people are chipping in with servicing recommndations, then I ought to include louigimoto, near Bristol, who does a superb job of keeping my bike (and quite a few other DSC members bikes too, most of them much tidier than mine ) on the road and in fine fettle.

And I'll give my two-penn'orth again on this shims business.

1. Shims shouldn't need changing often. If they do, it indicates some other problem with your bike.

2. It shouldn't be necessary to check then every five minutes. Many mechanics just do a compression test initially, and leave it at that if the results are within spec. If they appear a bit dodgy, the shimming is checked. There's nothing wrong with this approach.

3. On my last two Ducatis I've done (thus far) about 95,000 miles. That's ninety-five thousand! In that times, shims have checked 4 times (I think), twice on each bike. Of those four times, shims were actually changed only once.

4. The labour time spent checking shims that were only looked at a few thousand miles previously could be better spent on things that aren't part of the official service schedule, but still are well worth doing, such as stripping and thoroughly cleaning brake calipers, doing the same to clutches, and so on.