748 New Owner -- Advice , Parts, Owners Experience

Neat, neat, neat, as the song goes. Well done on a smart job.

Cheers
2Twins.

 

I agree regarding the cables but I would also replace that conventional lead acid battery with a Yuasa AGM type battery as it requires zero maintenance and will give you a lot more oomph for starting.
I did both these things and my 999 was transformed from a slow and reluctant starter that always threatened to leave me stranded somewhere to an eager instantaneous starter which gives me total confidence whenever I press the button.

 

An Oberon slave is intended to give you a lighter pull on the lever.
To do this it uses a larger diameter piston, effectively giving you more leverage.
The downside though is that the piston doesn't move as far for s given pull of the clutch lever. This means the clutch drag you are suffering will be made worse by the Oberon slave, not better!
New fluid will only improve the situation if you can get all the air bubbles out of it.
The fluid is incompressible, air bubbles are not, so some of the movement of your clutch lever will be lost in compressing sir bubbles. This is the main cause of clutch drag but not the only one - have you changed your clutch plates recently??

 

Mines a 999, so not the same battery fitment.
The battery for my bike goes for about 43 squids from Halfords with a Halfords discount card available to Ducati forum subscribers, so would pay for itself with the one purchase.

 

Actually, the same one appears to fit your 748

Yuasa YT12B-BS Powersport Motorcycle Battery
£67

Trade card:
£43.99 inc.vat £36.66 ex.vat



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This one is enormous and wouldn't fit

 

Actually, the dimensions are different, so it may not fit - this is the one recommended for the 748E.

 

Yuasa YT12B-BS Powersport Motorcycle Battery
£67


£43.99 inc.vat £36.66 ex.vat



150x69x130mm for the one fitted to the 999 and the 748E against
Length 205 mm
Width 87 mm
Height inc. terms 162 mm for the big beastie giving 350 CCA

Yes, looks like you're right. Size for size, AGM wins on CCA but the lead/acid in your bike is larger so both are 210 CCA

 

Nice, welcome to the empty wallet club.

 

Carlo, you have the older, larger style 916 spec 16AH battery fitted, the YT12B-BX AGM (which was fitted as standard from 01 onwards) will work but only if you have the small battery box insert moulding (part number was 829.1.270.1A) to raise it up to match the wiring. Have a look at the photos on the first page of this thread and the parts books for MY00 and MY01 bikes to see the difference. You need an equivalent to a YB16AL-AH for a straight plug and play. The YT designation is used for the Yuasa AGM batteries which are much better but will require the later battery box insert to work.

On that vent you need to keep it clear as it is the airflow vent to cool the regulator/rectifier, the most common break down on the bike is a regulator/rectifier failure due to cable resistance on the yellow wires (dodgy/dirty connectors on the yellow ac wires and heat build up)

 

"On that vent you need to keep it clear as it is the airflow vent to cool the regulator/rectifier, the most common break down on the bike is a regulator/rectifier failure due to cable resistance on the yellow wires (dodgy/dirty connectors on the yellow ac wires and heat build up)"

Aahahahahahaha ...... ! Arriving home one Winter night, turning my 998 off and thinking "'sfunny, there's a light on inside my lower fairing". There wasn't, that effing block connecting in the yellow cables was on fire."

 

No puller needed, it should pull out but a gentle tap should do the trick.
Steve

 

I believe the 996R has a carbon fairing with the intake left unpainted so it's not an insert.

You could fit such a fairing (expensive though) but I think it would be difficult to fit an insert and make it look good. Maybe some carbon wrap?