Perhaps he was a shorta*se like me; but it would be interesting to know if the bike still has an OEM rear shock, or if he fitted a longer one which would speed up the steering as well.
@Arquebus do these help All this help / advice much appreciated. I’ve always liked to put bikes back to standard and go from there. The front felt very firm to me too, not sure if it’s been modified.
Yes. I bought a tool for burning designs into wood from s supermarket. It has several tips of varied shapes and sizes. Temperatue is about OK for welding ABS, I also bought a small supply of ABS in strips in a range of colours. Just clean the area, hols two parts in position, gaffer tape may do it, Tack weld in position, strengthen the joint with more ABS, It will be OK.
Very much the same. Temperature cabe controlled when welding, just by tuning power off and see how the ABS behaves. This process could set off a fire alarm!!? Larger and smaller tips can be used on a soldering iron. I have not tested a small cordless battery powered soldering iron I purchased for less than £10, but it looks promising for a job like that.
They are very firm. I put lighter oil in mine to make them softer. 7.5 is standard imho 5 is much better
Suspension would appear to be OEM Showa front and rear (I don't think the front are Marzocchis). If it is very stiff at the front, you could try easing the preload a bit - anti-clockwise turns of the 'nut' below the slotted adjuster so another ring shows. (Keep a note of what you do, in case you want to put it back). I see what you mean about the fork tops though - the clip-ons are roughly in the right position on the fork tops, but the forks are definitely through the top yoke more than I would expect.
Will try setting everything as standard and see how it feels then I think. May well try lighter oil in the forks though. Thanks again for the help. Don’t have much time available to get and do the work, so I’m probably sitting here over thinking it all.
Thank you for that, is it from the Haynes manual ? I have one somewhere but don't tend to use it much
You can get the owners handbook here https://ownersmanuals2.com/ducati/supersport-900-2002-owners-manual-69583 You will have to scroll through it to get to the English pages. Alternatively, I have it here and I may be able to edit it to English only so I can make the file smaller for emailing. AL
