Hugger kisses new tyre
 

No this isn't a Mills & Boone romance.

I had a 190/50 on the 996 and last night fitted a new 180/55 but the tyre now rubs against the underside of the indent on the hugger for the exhaust. (hope that description makes sense).

The hugger was on the bike when i bought it so don't know what make or who fitted it, but i think it MAY be a Ducati Performance item looking at the catalouge.

Before i resort to bodging/ relocating hugger/ attacking with hacksaw etc. has anyone else had this problem when fitting a 180/55 back tyre.

Thanks in anticipation :mad:

I have, and it wore a bloody great hole in mine in the space of a trackday!!!

It was a 180/55 D208GP - the weird thing is I was running a 190/55 rennsport before and had no problems, despite being a higher tyre! :puzzled:

I worked a similar hole in the hugger on my 748.


Are you running the standard gearing? If so, you could kill two birds with one stone by fitting a larger rear sprocket and longer chain, which will improve the over-geared stock set-up. (You might then want to reset the ride height).

If you don't act now, it'll soon wear a hole.

This subject has cropped up before, and if you do a search, I expect you'll find some wise words.

If changing the chain's not an option, you'll have to look at spacing the hugger off the swinging arm somehow.

[Edited on 24-6-2004 by moto748]

same here - took it off straight away

still on standard gearing for 996sps, changing chain and sprockets isn't really an option for this weekend, don't want to loose the hugger as it keeps crap off the shock etc, so it looks like a bit of spacing/relocation to avoid the holy hugger.

cheers folks, glad to know its not a one off.

I'm running a 180/55 and have a Carbon Dream hugger fitted, no problems with clearance on this setup.

got a hole in my hugger as well doesn't bother me really cos you can't see it unless you look for it

Could it be as a result of gearing changes, chain wear etc changing the position of the wheel slightly?

Yes yes got a hole in my hugger as well:mad:

It's a Ducati thing, you know the 'character' the ducati dealers refer too:lol:

Anyway repaired mine with fiberglass matting, looked okay.

[Edited on 24-6-2004 by Mark853]

Mark853, so you repaired it but how did u fix the problem? Move the hugger or remount it or something?

I'm going to change from a 190 to a 180 on my 996 and I have the DP item (I think) that has the chainguard included ... Don't want to damage mine!!

Got over this problem on a friends 996 by drilling a 5-10mm deep hole into the RHS of the swingarm and securing the hugger with a self tapping 5mm screw. :eureka:

[Edited on 24-6-2004 by Bianchi]

Cool, because my hugger does have a screw on the other side of the swingarm from the chain holding it in place. I currently have around an inch of clearance from the 190 in there and hopefully the 180 won't be too much different :D

Thanks Bianchi!

I had the same problem, I dont know what the guy in the ducati workshop did, but when he loosened my chain to fit the 14 tooth cog when he tightened it back he did something so the wheel didnt sit so high as before so now I have an inch clearance when before it was rubbing on my tyre. Hope this makes sence. Next time I will watch and learn abit more........

That didnt do **** to mine :(

I have a plan though - gonna take the hugger off, put some fibreglass over the hole, and get the whole thing painted yellow with a white strip, and leave the chain/brakeline guard in carbon :D

Hugger kisses.....
 

Had a DP guard on my 996S. Moved to a 180 55 pilot race and no problems with wear. Rear wheel adjusted once the chain loosened up and still no problem.
There was a tapped screw hole to the right of the chain down in a recess on the swing arm and hole in the hugger. Anyway worked 100% better than the Casoli shock guard.

Had the same problem when I had a Diablo 180/55 put on though it was replacing the same sized tyre, though a Dunlop. Dealer said it was because the hugger wasn't a Ducati item, but when I replaced the shagged out hugger with a DP one it was still rubbing. I made a carbon strip which pushed the hugger 1/2 inch up at the rear where it fixes at the swingarm, problem solved.
Saw somehere that someone had used a chain link-plate as the spacer bracket. Quite clever and shows the hugger doesn't need to be moved much to solve the problem.

Watched the England V Portugal last night then went into garage.

Drank a can of Stella, kicked it around the garage pretending it was a Swiss referee then wedged the flattened remains between swinging arm and hugger as a spacer. Problem solved.

Ta velly much peeps.:o

Hi tp-996, i basicaly addjusted the way it sat on the swinging arm with a round file, spacers and plenty of time!

Sorry took so long to get back to you but been busy!

Thanks Mark.

The 180 SuperCorsa is on now and there is still plenty of space between it and the hugger - sweet!

Cheers,

TP