Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > 998 / 996 / 916 / 748 > 998R TPS values wanted

[Rattler]

I think you'd best just sell the bike to me!!

[nelly]

missed this one Kev. You've done it right though. Don't get too hung up on the mV reading at idle as the amount of air bleed you give it when setting the mixture/balance will affect where the throttle stop is.... It's a starting point that's all.
The 150mV is the important one.

[skidlids]

Originally Posted by Rattler

I think you'd best just sell the bike to me!!

Tim i'm Just trying to get it ready to enter for BIKE OF THE MONTH

Originally Posted by nelly

missed this one Kev. You've done it right though. Don't get too hung up on the mV reading at idle as the amount of air bleed you give it when setting the mixture/balance will affect where the throttle stop is.... It's a starting point that's all.
The 150mV is the important one.

Cheers Neil. I think I'll settle for the 149mV I ended up at as it would alter slightly as I tightend the torx screws.

Just been out on it to visit my parents and its certainly ticking over better and starting is defo better than it was on the track day.
I don't think I have the best ECU on it for its current setup, so will have to decide on what ECU is best out of the ones I have and then get the PC3 USB sorted. But want to get the basics right first

The Close ratio Corse gearbox is a bit of a nightmare on the road, even with 15/42 final drive sprockets 1st is to high and smooth pull aways from the traffic lights etc aren't aided by high gearing and the grabby 4-post clutch, which in turn probably isn't helped by the after market Slave Cylinder being connected to a 19 X 18 Billet Brembo clutch lever. So I can see me swapping a few bits to try and get the best combination, but may end up removong the C/R box

[skidlids]

Been having a play with my gearing calculator and to get the Close Ratio Box to have the same overall ratio for first gear as the standard bike with its standard box and 15/36 final drive, I need to fit a 14/42 final drive combination. This in turn takes in the region of 44mph off the bikes top speed, where top gear becomes 14.5mph/1000rpm compared to the standard 998Rs 18mph/1000rpm.

Rode the bike over to H-Cafe (Fox's) yesterday evening and it was starting and idling quite well on the 998RS ECU so we are slowly getting there.

Need to get around to sorting the speedo pick-up ring for the Magneti Marelli dash as well as the idiot lights, not that I will ever see a neutral light unless I replace the Corse Shift drum.

[skidlids]

Its currently pouring with rain and they are predicting 9mm to 12mm of rain for this evening, so I think I'll spend this evening in the garage swapping the 4-post Bucci clutch for a 6-post FBF ball and ramp clutch as Its still a nightmare to pull away on the 998R with 15/42 gearing.

I have swapped back to a standard slave and that if anything has made things worse, its attached to a Brembo Billet radial clutch lever which is exactly the same setup as on my 998Hybrid and that works fine.

The Bucci is now down to only one pair of dished plates after removing the other pair, but it still feels like the clutch only wants to be either disengaged completely or engaged, so trying to let the clutch out progressively isn't easy and I'm in danger of doing impression of Andy Sheppard on the start line at Cadwell or should that be Chris Butcher (or was he the victim in 2005)