I think I will correct myself before someone else does. Had a niggling feeling so measured the parts with verniers and there is a difference in wheel gear dia and worm gear dia all be it very small and the housing the wheel gear goes in is also different. So to the naked eye they do look the same but dig deeper. So as AL says drives not interchangeable, lesson learnt. Cheers, Gaz
Update: The shop replaced the speedo drive p/n 49810081A ('96 bikes on) with p/n 49810071A (pre '96). Just posting this in the unlikely event anyone finds themselves in the same situation. Now have a properly working speedo. Thanks to everyone's help. Cheers, Humbug
Well, there you go.....however, the drives don't really relate very well to the year of registration or year of manufacture of a bike........It's all down to the wheel and the date stamped on one of the spokes.....and I can't tell you exactly when the change took place, which is hardly surprising as I don't think Ducati can either. As I have mentioned before, the easy way to tell instantly without removing anything from the bike, just look at the retaining lip for the brake disc on the speedo drive side. If the lip is approx 4mm wide, it's the later wheel; if the lip is approx 6mm wide, it's the earlier one. AL.
If you don't mind me asking which shop did you get the speedo drive from and how much was it. Cheers, Gaz
Rosso Corse in Bethnal Green (E London) supplied and fitted the speedo drive, though this is something they will have sourced from a Ducati stockist elsewhere. Approx cost is £55.
Bl**dy Hell! You can buy a secondhand front wheel with the drive included for that.......Ducati prices, eh? AL.
There may be a minority of Ducati owners with the latest sportsbike who don't care about the spare parts, but the remainder of us, running the bikes because we love riding them, on real world salaries, can find the spares pricing slightly extravagant at times. £170 for clutch plates? £37 for genuine brembo brake / clutch levers (I bought a spare as they are interchangeable)? Anyone know of a Ducati spares supplier that doesn't charge the earth? I could do with throttle cables to carry as spares.
You might well want them as spares.....but you would be better off investing in breakdown recovery as well............. .........fitting the throttle cables in workshop conditions is a b****d in itself........but doing them on your own by the roadside, well......... As yet I haven't found an easy way to get the nipples onto the carbs without taking a few bits off.....fairing lowers, tank, airbox etc......(I was taking the airbox off for other reasons), but you might be lucky if you have the low slung oil cooler which I don't have..... Long forceps and a hook wire might help...........and a good torch. AL. PS. I got two slightly bent levers for about £2.00 (came in a job lot of bits), but they were easy enough to straighten (It seems Brembo ones will straighten, Cagiva ones will snap......at least I think it's that way round....I'll look at the broken one again).
Thanks for your post, some useful info there. I have AA cover - not claimed for a few years and they knocked £50 off my renewal when I pointed out they were significantly above RAC rates.. The reasoning for spare cables is that if I get recovered, at least I have the right cables for a mechanic to fit. Didn't realise they would be much harder than Guzzi V50/T5 cables, which I have replaced in under an hour in the distant past.
It took you over half an hour to fit the Guzzi ones? :wink: I could do my LeMans in about 15mins max..... But do yourself a favour........Lay on the floor with a torch.....and stick your head near the front wheel.....point the torch over the top of the front cylinder and up under the tank.......see if you can spot where the cables are fitted. AL
