Just to give you all the heads up, i'm having the suspension set up for me on Saturday. The guy is doing various bikes and comes highly recommended. Apparantly, he sets it up in sport mode and lets you have a copy of the readings so you can set up the other modes yourself. Main idea is to get rid of the major diving at the front end under heavy braking. Don't have his details yet as its been arranged by my pal who is having his speed triple sorted out but the few reviews I have read about this guys work all say he transforms the bikes!
It'll be interesting to see how he gets on, I forsee some twiddling of preload adjusters. Most of the front end dive is due to the springs being too soft...you can compensate beyond that using extra compression damping but it's a workaround rather than a proper fix.
ojo - do you have the electronic suspension? I have just a standard ABS model which dived quite a bit originally, I increased the compression by about 1/2 turn and that has eliminated the dive just about completely
Yes Bob I have the Sport. The electronics save the settings he puts in but can be reset to factory at the click of a switch.
I have been looking for Ducati published static sag figures in order to set my Mutley up, not found anything specific yet though, anyone have these figures at all ?. Setup to the individual rider makes a big difference. In the early days of Buell in the UK (when they came witch the latest WP suspenders), the dealers were supposed to set the sag up on each bike specific to each individual buyer, not that this happened much at the HD dealers that we had to deal with !. It's a fairly simple task if you have a tape measure and for anyone that is interested google "setting static sag" on the inter web. A link I quite liked is: Race Tech - Setting Sag There's a big difference between what you need on the road and what you need on the track, I guess the MTS front's softness is due to this compromise. BTW "back to default at the flick of a switch" - True for all settings except the front preload which, even on the S, requires a spanner
Look forward to hearing how things went Ojo.......details of what changes made and if you recommend who ever's doing the job for you. We lost a load of 'recommendations' for services and specialists on the Ducatisti forum, so who can recommend suspension specialists with experience fo the MTS12? (1) Recommended by Chris (BikerGas) - rear spring upgrade and supension set up by: MCT Suspension Servise Stwmarket Suffolk MCT Suspension - we sell front forks, rear shock absorbers, steering dampers for road and race and offroad motorcycles
JRW - thanks for pointing out that front preload is not part of electronic adjustment on the S model - I had assumed that preload adjustment from the DES settings would have done both front and back. I'd be interested to hear from any of the lighter weight bretheren who have played around with DES settings. When I was at Silverstone last year for the Ducati weekend had a few words with one of the Ohlins guys who suggested I took preload down to zero! Am just under 10stone. At 5'7" preload reduction equals feet a little closer to the ground and although this is not a major issue it does help. Haven't gone near reduction in compression or rebound yet!
worth having done. mine was done buy peak performance in exeter. made all the difference. have road and track settings.
http://www.peakperformancemotorcycles.co.uk They give you a listing of all settings of some sort? ALL NOTE:Flat battery / battery disconnected - all electronic settings retained in the various ECUs will default to factory settings on reconnecting the battery! You will need to reset the clock, switch DTC back on (you'd think DTC 'on' would be default?!), change speedometer units (default is Km/h), change fuel consumption units (default is Km/l) and re-input any custom Ride Mode / DES / TCS, suspension settings etc. If you are going to disconnect the battery for any reason check and make a note of all the settings for the dash readout options and any 'custom' changes you have made to other configurable setting for suspension and riding Modes etc before disconnecting ;-) ;-) ....keep the recommendations coming guys
I went to P&H in Crawley last Monday to have the suspension set up by the Ohlins technician on my 1200S. Starting with the Touring mode he adjusted the preload (front and back) and sag to suit my weight. He commented that all the Multistradas are under-sprung as you usually need to add a lot of preload before you start. He shifted the bias of the bike to put more weight over the front and then adjusted the damping. I took the bike for a ride and I was really impressed with the difference, much more stable, with a planted feeling and the steering was very precise and controllable. Previously I found it had a reluctance to turning in and then seemed to flop once it started turning. With the changes made it tracked through the corner much more easily. I took the bike back and he adjusted the sport set up to suit, very similar but with a bit more damping. We left settings alone for Urban (which I tend to use in the rain) and Enduro (which I never use). I have sheet listing all the adjustments so I can set some variations of these up myself if necessary. It was really friendly and they put a lot of effort into getting it right. I'll put up the figures he used when I get a chance. Total cost was £120 rather than £99 which I think is fair given it's a bit more complicated that a standard 1200 Link to article from Visordown about a Triumph set up http://www.visordown.com/andy-stevens-bl...-now/17611.html
Twin4me: re your statement: "I'll put up the figures he used when I get a chance" That would be much appreciated, I would be very interested to see what your settings are, and also, if it's not to much of a personal question, your weight ? Cheers !
