Hi all, I wanted to share this with the forum because I believe with a small range of tools and youtube/Haynes manual/forum guidance, the novice can work on his own bike. This summer I rolled my sleeves up, took a deep breath and decided the time had come for me to get better acquainted with my dear love, the 916. Stood for two years, i i made a shopping list and began.. Here is what I did... Timing belts and pulley bearings. Removed left crack case cover/alternator cover. Starter motor repair & brushes set. Full removal and polish of exhausts. Replaced fractured handlebar clamp. New battery. Complete new housing brackets and parts/inc. rubbers for the end cans. Replaced broken oil pressure switch (mine had the OEM 1995 one!) Replaced all 4 throttle body spring clips. Renewed the spark plugs. Oil change. Coolant flush and change. Replaced missing lefthand airbox gasket. I also replaced other little bits e.g the copper manifold nuts/washers etc as i went along. The cost came in at £586.52 - All parts came from motorapido. Also, the cost of oil and coolant was around another £100 So let's call it £680! A personal thank you goes to 224stu - Thank you for the handlebar clamp and the advice/texts we shared. You really helped me get the bike back on the road. Thanks to this forum I found you and only 20 miles away. I worked really slowly and took my time. I've taken the bike out and had it MOT'ed and done about 20 miles now. All seems to be fine and it's looking the best it has ever been. I also kept every receipt and lots more photos for the scrapbook! Strangely i was more anxious about removing the LH cover to get to the starter motor than I was doing the timing belts. So if you are like me and have little to no tools, and no background in mechanics, have a go! Take your time. It can be done! Cheers all, happy & safe riding! ** OH! And any advice or feedback would be most welcome. **
Well done. You’ll be hooked! famous words “I do all my own servicing”. “ have you seen Ducati prices” Next you’ll be checking out seal prices, memorising plug numbers, upgrading clutch slaves, chain specs…….. . Checking out multi deals on filters and oils. Hooked
Good on you for having a go. Just one observation…. The tensioner on the front cylinder looks to have been turned clockwise to add tension? It needs turning anti clockwise to tension. You’ll be running the belt awfully close to itself in the current setup.
Thanks Nelly. I did correct this after I took the photo. I ended up buying another pair of pulley compression washers because I was being so meticulous. I think I set the belts two or three times before I was happy. I will be reinspecting them in another 50 miles. I did set both belts at 110mhz, however, with all the info out there about this, i was reading new belts set at 98mhz up to 115mhz.. ?
I hope it’s set at Hz instead of MHz 110 would be fine, it’s better to have them loose than to tight due to warming up and extending material.
Top man and, yes, take your time is great advice. Try not to say I've gotta do the valves by tonight, etc... And it's then so much more satisfying owning & riding because you have invested, not just money, but a little of yourself into it. Enjoy
I’ve found the hz reading to be about 90 on the 916 belts. I still use the old factory deflection gauge, but have checked what it is in hz before just out of curiosity.
