748 New Owner -- Advice , Parts, Owners Experience

Downtown Slough? Herras fencing, lots of wheelie bins and Greek revival porches. Watch out for the man with a brush - he's out to get you or you bike.

Chizel, I am not a fan of altered paint jobs or sticker kits on Ducatis, yours however looks really nice and integrates the screen - first time I have ever seen one that looked right

 

You appear to have a different bracket to my 1998 model,
My clutch reservoir has plenty of clearance, the front brake is a bit close though.
Steve

 

Just had a look on my '98 916 and the support bracket on mine is the same as Birdies, your one however is the same as my 998 which is MY 2002. So you have a later part fitted but I don't think this is the problem. I would first of all slacken the clamp and move the lever along the bar closer to the switch block. If it still fouls the screen then I would suspect a slightly bent fairing support or a bent handle bar. Neither will necessarily be easy to see but as the reservoir is quite close to the screen anyway it does not take much to make it touch.

 

Here you go mate. He's advertising his stuff again.

 

if you really want a key guard i think I have a carbon one kicking around that you can have for postage and a pint..

 

Carlo, you have non standard screen bolts which extend far deeper than the original ones (which are brass captive screws of similar but much smaller design), they were probably changed when the screen was replaced, also the Dzus fasteners on the fairing were probably changed at the same time as they are not the original design and colour. The fasteners can discolour and it is common to replace them with alternatives similar to yours. Both your reservoirs and brackets are the originals, you may need to check that the clamp is set correctly, IIRC there is only one place it will go to align with a locating pin

 

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310612126915
There are a few Chinese suppliers of Titanium bolts to fit the swing arm.
Steve

 

Carlo, the swing arm eccentric clamp bolts are M12x1.25mm, you will need to measure the bolt shaft length for the actual length. When you tighten them up the torque setting is 31Nm (23 ft lbs) and you do them 1-2-1 from the sprocket side although I always torque them up in stages anyway. The threads should be lightly greased otherwise they can bite on the alloy threads of the swingarm and you will get a false torque setting. Personally I would avoid using alternative bolt materials for safety critical parts (brakes/forks/wheels/swingarm) as the ti ones don't have the same properties as the OEM steel ones. Also some of the bolts supplied by Ducati as replacements are surprisingly inexpensive so it is always worth calling a decent Ducati spares supplier to check prices. Craig Richardson at Moto Rapido is always really helpful and very quick to dispatch the items with most of them arriving next day for me.

For the handlebars
Handlebar securing screw M6x1 10NM ( • ) GREASE B sequence 1-2-1
Handlebar clamp screw M6x1 10Nm ( • ) GREASE B sequence 1-2-1
Clutch master cylinder-to-handlebars retaining M6x1 9Nm Sequence screw 1(UP)-2-1
Clutch hose fitting M10x1 19Nm
Clutch transmission unit screw M6x1 9Nm
Throttle control retaining screw M6x1 10Nm
Throttle control cover retaining screw M4 x 0.7 1.8Nm
Nm Tolerances are +/- 10%. • means lightly greased


If you need a full functional pdf factory manual (for the MY02 748) I can put it on a CD and mail it to you (send me a pm), it is worth having as it contains all the thread sizes and torque settings for the fixings (but not lengths). Alternatively post up any torque figures you need and they can be listed as required

 

I went for these...
Can't remember the steering stem nut torque but you have to slacken off by 30 degrees or similar when torqued up.