Cost of Ducati service?

[Corse1]

LBD: They put in an extra plate (not sure which of the two types of plate they added, I am sure you can "Google" it for more info). By the way when I got my S4RS I asked if the "quiet clutch mod" could be done to that and was told "No" because the clutch setup is somehow different.

Yes when I asked haldanes for any old steel friction plates they said I could not put the quiet clutch mod on a Ducati with an aluminium basket that has the radiused slot ends. Thats bullshit....it just takes a bit more fiddling around and measuring to get the position correct so it sits at the bottom of the basket 0.5mm proud of the hub slots. I had to lose one steel to maintain the correct positrion at the outside of the hub. It seems that engineering tolerances are not that great so people have to adjust to suit.

the older steel baskets with square end slots must be an easy retrofit. Just throw the extra steels in the bottom and away you go. Griunding or filing the tangs of the steel friction plate to sit in the correct position against the radius of the ali basket is not that hard.

But hell its worth it...less noise and longer life.

[LBD]

Thanks for the clutch mod tips guys I will look into it. I fitted an EVR slipper to the monster for the slipper action and hopefully to be quieter(48T basket). Slipper function works well but she sings at a higher pitch than the std Duc clutch.

I have had a Duc street slipper clutch fitted to the 1098, will discuss making the mod to this bike, (I have a spare complete new clutch to suit, so can grab a plate or two from there)