Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > 851 / 888 > sp4 pics

[Jasper]

Very nice,mate.Very Nice.

[keefer]

i like it
now get it out the rain man

[KeefyB]

Very nice indeed,you lucky sod.

[fred888]

Oh my god! An SP4 in the rain!! Are you mad!!!
I noticed the rear brake caliper sits on top of the swing arm. On my SP4 it's hung undeneath and secured with an alloy rod to the crankcases. Can anyone shed light on the difference? I seem to remember horror stories about the alloy rods breaking and the caliper jamming on. (or was that the carbon fibre version)

Oh, and of course... very nice bike mate!

[888 dave]

cheers guys for the comments had to get it outside it was chokin me tickin over in the garage...............dave.

[Rob B]

If you want a fast idle button, that's all the lever is on the left hand lever, you can fit a 996 throttle and cable.

Rgds,

Rob

[bitchinSP4]

Very nice bike Dave. Just not so sure about the frame colour, white just seems so right. As for no fast idle you'll get used to that, just wait until the clutch drags a bit when cold and no fast idle that gets a bit annoying!!
And Fred your rear brake is a mod, which is one of those mods I would do to mine one day.
I wonder how many sp4 owners are on this site now?

Mike.

[bitchinSP4]

P.S I'm dead jealous I've been wanting to post pictures of my bike for ages but can't do it because of the size. Maybe one day!!

Mike

[pguenet]

Originally Posted by fred888

Oh my god! An SP4 in the rain!! Are you mad!!!
I noticed the rear brake caliper sits on top of the swing arm. On my SP4 it's hung undeneath and secured with an alloy rod to the crankcases. Can anyone shed light on the difference? I seem to remember horror stories about the alloy rods breaking and the caliper jamming on. (or was that the carbon fibre version)

Oh, and of course... very nice bike mate!

I think that the version above the disc was the one with the later models (SP5 has that set up I believe).

[weeveetwin]

Originally Posted by pguenet

I think that the version above the disc was the one with the later models (SP5 has that set up I believe).

The opposite applies. The original SP4 set-up was caliper above the swing-arm. SP5 was below. (I've seen one or two SP4's with the underslung caliper though - don't know why).

The lack of fast idle can be a pain. It means you have to keep a hand on the throttle for the first few minutes or it'll die. You can't just leave the bike ticking over whilst you get ready to ride.

...and Sod's Law dictates that after you've moved the car from the drive, fumbled with all six locks on the garage door, removed all the chains holding the bike to the ground, pulled out the bike from the garage and parked it on the road, closed and relocked the padlocks, put the car back on the drive, put on your helmet/gloves and zipped up your jacket...

..the damn thing won't start 'cause the battery's gone flat! Ahh! The joys. (Now where's my Honda keys!)