Hi, sorry if this has been asked before. My Ducati 999 has a set of 1098 forks on it and the previous owner has lowered the front resulting in a little incident with the front mudguard smashing after the front coming down hard after being in the air! Wondering if anyone knows the stock height that the Forks are supposed to stick out of the top yokes? This is mine at the moment
999 Spec is 243mm +/-1mm from the machined top edge of the bottom yolk fork clamp to the top of the fork tube(same setting but slightly different top reference point for the Ohlins on s and r), nearly 3 rings showing or about 8mm above the top yolk on mine. Also don't know if the forks are the same length so the setting with 1098 forks may be different to get the same ride height. If the forks are the same length and compression yours are sticking out a long way and your ride height is around 25-30mm lower than stock. There is not that much clearance on the stock setting, lucky you did not lock up the front wheel!
As above you need to establish if they are the same length as T9 ones. Has the rear been lowered too?
Yeah the rear has been wound all the way down on the torsion bar so will need to change that, I'm going to put it all back to stock settings then set suspension up from there
Sorry, forget all about this in the excitement of my horn making a break for FREEDOM! This is mine, no idea if it's out-the-factory setting but works ok for me. Rick @ Luigi Moto jacked my arse up a 1/2" a few weeks back and that really helped the handling. (Also makes bike look better)
Am I being dim?How did the mudguard break?Isnt it bolted to the bottom of the forks....therefore staying the same distance from the wheel.
The forks flex under heavy braking or a poorly executed wheelie and if its pushed thru the forks too much, can catch the rad. 1098/848 etc can suffer from a rad cover being added as that reduces it even more, and some blame the punctured rads on that and not shoddy ducati product
By looks of your bike its been seriously altered. Maybe the steering head has been flipped, that would bring front wheel nearer motor. Normally only for track use but some use it for road. Have a look at under top yoke see if stem is toward rear, that is std setting. Also check how much travel and damping forks have. I just looked at my 999 i have about 100mm between mudguard and yoke with bike resting on sidestand. My forks are dropped to 4 rings showing. From spindle centre to top of cap 700mm again on side stand. Ok just looked at pic again, looks like steering has been flipped.
Thank you all for your replies, I was going to have a play around with with suspension today after all your advise but spoken to cocoa cafe classics who done my belts last week and is going to set it all up for me. I've measured the forks and the rear shock and the front is a lot different to what you guys have it handles really well and turns in beautiful but I can't keep going through front mudguards (due to poorly executed wheeliesas Bradders pointed out) and don't want to risk damage to radiator or front locking up! The rear seems to be the same as cream_revenge's but that's just the torsion bar the spring maybe different as it's a K-Tec 57-160-80 not sure if that's a standard spring or not??
A fast road/track setup I read recommended 4 rings showing and 285mm ctrs rear ride height. This is what I have on my 05 999 and its fine for me but I tour mine mainly. The tech went on to describe more radical set ups flipping the steering head and different offset yokes. One thing he did say was if the head was flipped(like yours?) the absolute max forks through yokes is 3 rings showing.
You could just raise the front to 3 rings and see how that feels. If you have a headlock stand, its a 10 min job DO you know if the standard forks and yours are the same length?
