Ducati Sporting Club UK > DesmoDue Race Series > DesmoDue - General Questions and Chat > Help ! Its not the Fork oil its the Forks !

[Maxypriest]

I noticed this on mine! I thought that one leg was bu&&ered, but thought that it didn't really matter... sort of ish. PS i'm using 2.5W. Like water it is.

[Grib]

Our RS250 has damping in one fork....we changed it to have the later, 'proper' forks....made sod all difference

[phil_h]

Latest news from Maxton
- they _can_ supply custom cartridges for 360+vat + labour
....... with 4-5 weeks lead time.

More importantly ...
they have found that there are all the variations that we have wondered about fitted by ducati over the years ...
spring only on one side + damping only on the other
springs both sides + damping only on one side
or rebound one side + compression the other

So this is yet another chapter in the book of 'how crap is the 600 spec'

Oh - and the other thing that they have found is that the std fork seals are really tight and give bad stiction - making their cartridges seem as if they arnt working properly on a road bike. (not so bad on a race bike cos its worked harder)
They cant fit alternative seals cos they are a ******* (correct use of technical term !) size, so they tried 'easing' them a bit and that worked until they leaked after about 500 miles ! (qed)

[Edited on 21-3-2006 by phil_h]

[paynep]

Bloody glad all my bikes have Showas!

I will delve into my Marzochistis and see what's inside tonight....

[paynep]

Interesting.....

Both legs have dampers, each leg had the spring the opposite way up, the non-leaking leg had about 2 teaspoons of oil in it....

Anyway, now both legs are non-leaking, have 7.5w oil in to the correct level and appear to offer a modicum of damping....

Lucky me, eh

[twpd]

Originally posted by phil_h
Latest news from Maxton
- they _can_ supply custom cartridges for 360+vat + labour
....... with 4-5 weeks lead time.

More importantly ...
they have found that there are all the variations that we have wondered about fitted by ducati over the years ...
spring only on one side + damping only on the other
springs both sides + damping only on one side
or rebound one side + compression the other

So this is yet another chapter in the book of 'how crap is the 600 spec'

Oh - and the other thing that they have found is that the std fork seals are really tight and give bad stiction - making their cartridges seem as if they arnt working properly on a road bike. (not so bad on a race bike cos its worked harder)
They cant fit alternative seals cos they are a ******* (correct use of technical term !) size, so they tried 'easing' them a bit and that worked until they leaked after about 500 miles ! (qed)

[Edited on 21-3-2006 by phil_h]

I'm surprised they didn't mention a well-known little trick to ease stiction. You take some fine-grade wet & dry to the stanchion and gently crosshatch using a rotating up/down movement. This promotes a very very impeceptible oil loss which, keep the legs and seal lubricated. I did this to great effect on my SV650 racer.