just fitted my spacer kit from the USA to take out that awful throttle free play. Absolutely amazing!! Hated that excessive I adjustable throttle free play, and now it's completely gone. I'm so much smoother riding through town now and pulling away. Everyone needs to do this, took under 10 mins to do.
just done 600 miles on my bike running it in - not noticed any throttle free play. I bet I do next time I ride it damn you !!! You better share the link on this widget thingy you've installed
Haha. Not sure how you've not noticed it, it's like a bike that needs it throttle cable adjusting. Here's the link. Throttle Spacer Kit Ducati Panigale 899 959 1199 1299, Instructions+Tri-Wing Bit | eBay
I fitted this kit last night. Hoping to get out see if its made any difference tomorrow. Took around 15 minutes to fit...pretty straight forward.
What awful throttle free play? How much rotational play was there before you did this? My bike came new from JHP Coventry and has almost no play at all on the throttle.
I suspect they already fitted the kit then. Mine had lots of free play before the throttle actually engaged. The few other 1299 I've tried were the same. With the spacer kit fitted there is almost zero free play. I find it far easier to ride and pull away fast now.
Controversial I know but like Pete I don't find it that bad at all, I'm used to Triumphs though where they put a ridiculous amount of free play in, and every time I adjuster it out they would put it back in at the services!!
The bike in the showroom had lots of play but mine doesn't seem to I might try this - the instructions on their website are a bit alarming. Has a warning about how it May cause throttle to stick open... Nice.
Waiting delivery of the kit. The throttle does rattle around a bit. Hopefully it will just tighten it up. If it affects the bike in any other way, it's in the bin.
Well, what a difference! Certainly the free play and rattly twist grip now cured. Out on the road....brilliant!!! No snatching, much faster pull away's, no bucking and jumping riding through town. All in all very much smoother and better throttle control. Recommended!.
One of the best mods I've done Gets rid of the free play which makes it much smoother when pulling away or coming out of a bend
Wait, I've been contemplating custom mapping to get rid of the jerky throttle around town on my 899 and it might just be sloppy throughout throttle play? That's awesome because the cost to fix is a 10th of the custom map!
No issues with mine and the way it fits can't stick the throttle open unless it's fitted incorrectly, which I don't think even Stevie Wonder could do.
