Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > Supersports: SS / SuperSport / Supersport 950 > Well nuts driving me nuts

[Iconic944ss]

Oh yes - number plate nuts and bolts can be put to other uses too

Cheers - Frank

[moto748]

This is something I'm going to come up against as an SS owner now.

When I had an SS before, it was half-faired, so I didn't need to remove any plastic to change the oil.

Now I need to do an oil change, so I suppose I'll have to take the whole RHS fairing off? Is that the way to go, or is it feasible to separate the fairing and just remove the lower?

I would have thought that at least the 4 (!) fasteners underneath could be converted to Dzus à la 748/916. Has anyone done this?

The handbook says you can remove the whole lot without undoing the bottom 4 by sliding it under the bike.
But I'd imagine this would be a two-man job, cos you'd have to be very careful that you didn't scratch the paintwork on the floor manoeuvering it around.


I'm talking about an injected bike, BTW, with the "new" shape fairing.

On a brighter note, it feels much happier with a 14t front sprocket, and the suspension is much better now Louigi hasd fettled it for me.

[Monty]

So which 'SS' do you have? I have a 1000ss project which is being fettled at the moment-going to have a very small half fairing on that which I got from Ducati Kamna in Germany-won't be a problem for me to change the oil-the picture shows the original nose part of the standard fairing, new one is only slightly larger.

John

[moto748]

Originally Posted by Monty

So which 'SS' do you have?
John

Fully faired 900SSie in yellow.

Having just bought the bike, I can't say I feel much like going to the expense of buying new fairings, especially when the existing ones are in such good condition.

Only drawback I recall with the half-faired bike was the paint lifting off the engine casings especially the LHS (nearest the gutter).

[moto748]

Red-Duc> Any details available of those "parts" you had made?

Drawings, sketches, photos? Pretty please?

[twpd]

Never had any probs with the well-nuts in 12-13 yrs of Ducati ownership. I lube the cap screws with copper grease so that they can be screwed in/out easily not causing the nut itself to twist.

[Red-Duc]

moto748 I did this on a carb bike, not sure if the ie is the same but will post something up if you want

[Rob B]

What twpd said, but if your stuck for rubnuts, I have them in stock, both m6 and m5, for 50pence each plus £1 p&p

Rgds,

Rob

[moto748]

Originally Posted by Red-Duc

moto748 I did this on a carb bike, not sure if the ie is the same but will post something up if you want

Thanks. I'm sure it'll be of general interest, even if not applicable to my bike.

To be fair, I've tried most of my fairing fasteners, and they're all greased and undo quite easily, but I feel a little spoilt, coming from a 748 where it was just a few seconds to take the panels off.