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[Col996s]

Any one any comments on this?

[Ray]

There's a few companies out there that can "fix" the rocker problem. It's not a cheap fix though.

Usually about fifty quid a rocker to have them treated, never mind the cost to get the thing in bits.

It does seem to be a lottery as to whether your bike suffers from the problem, that makes you wonder how often the susceptible bikes get checked for this problem, some do routinely, others.............

Ray.

[Col996s]

I'm frightened to get mine checked.

[pguenet]

Sounds good but those guys should also investigate to better forms of coatting like the diamond/black coat. That how they do the RS rockers.
This should provide harder coating and less friction too.
I would be interested looking into this.

I read a magazine called MotoTechniques. They have plenty of hard coatting companies supplying F1 teams and all in that mag.

p

[injected]

Yes, stellite's certainly a good idea but he's comparing the cost against replacement of all the rockers with new ones at Ducatis ridiculous new prices. Several companies offer high quality chrome plating which seems to work ok and stays on, unlike the factory shite.