What a stunning bike, an evolution for sure. More impressed than I expected to be. Though on balance the cost of change over my very capable 1260 MTS will mean I'll be sticking with that for the foreseeable. Returned a bit filthy to the nice people at Ducati Worcester.
Robbed the tarty carbon beak off my track bike as it goes through the workshop at MR and fitted them to my day bike Andy
Spent most of the day swapping the 959 dssa to a 1299 sssa. Thanks to @Smurfbud and @Nathanhu for tips and tricks a long the way. Only took a couple of hours by using the axle stands under the fixed foot rests. New 1299 abs line and speed sensor fitted. Brake bled and speed sensor checked, all good.
Been noticing of late that the Multistrada front brake master cylinder needs a pump but still retains a ‘spongy’ feel. Comes back after a bleed but not for long so swapped it over this morning for a spare I just acquired. Before sending it off for a refurbish, I decided to strip it down. Mmm, the piston lower seal is paper thin, the piston upper seal is rigid and about the first 10mm of the cylinder is showing signs of corrosion. Bugger, it is now destined for the bin. Still, the spare feels good and it was definitely a good idea to put a bleed nipple on the ABS manifold on the inlet banjo. Made bleeding a doddle. Andy
Rear caliper removed, cleaned, new pads fitted and system bled. Chain cleaned, adjusted and lubricated. Knackered now, time for a mug of java. Andy
Put new tyres and balanced them myself on the VFR750 for the first time, need to to do the same for the 848 but thought I would practice on the recently acquired VFR first. Decided to order some more tyre levers as found the only curved one in the kit worked best.
Fitting new tyres is a doddle with about 5 or 6 large sized cable ties, space them equally around the tyre and pull them up tight so the tyre beads are compressed together, lube the tyre and the rim and the tyre drops on without the use of levers just a bit of manual persuasion. Cut the cable ties and extract the broken ties and pop it on an airline. I put both tyres on in in less than 20 mins on my Monster
Took my £300 shitbox for MOT. Passed as well with just advisory on rear pads noisy. That’s another wedged in the garage… no more room in the inn !!
Sorting out replacement bearings for a big bore eccentric hub. The needle bearing (SKF RNA 4910.2RS) is easy, the double cage roller bearing (SKF BAH 0175 or SKF VKBC 20199) however, is a little more tricky to find competitively priced. Found a great web site, 123bearings.co.uk but they are actually in France and their bearings are shipped from France sans VAT. Can’t be arsed with that. Local Brammer, bless them, are doing a bit of leg work and getting back to me. Andy
Sorned the Panigale. It didn’t get much use last year and even less this year. Next year I’m taking it on the pilgrimage to Jerez with Uncle Bazzer.
