Anyone raised the fork tubes? - Ducati.ms

marc.danziger · Sep 11th, 2009, 11:11 am

In my brief flash of riding like an idiot in the SMM's, I noticed that when going quickly, the bike pushed pretty hard on neutral throttle - meaning that unless I opened the throttle pretty well midcorner, it didn't like to finish the corners.

I'm working on moving that to the track next month so want to do a bit of bike setup.

On other bikes, raising the back/dropping the nose helped that. I'm in the market (ahem) for an adjustable link to raise the back, and in the interim was thinking of raising the forks in the triple clamps a bit in the interim.

Anyone done this? Any feedback/settings that worked or should be avoided?

Brainfry · Sep 11th, 2009, 12:52 pm

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Originally Posted by marc.danziger

In my brief flash of riding like an idiot in the SMM's, I noticed that when going quickly, the bike pushed pretty hard on neutral throttle - meaning that unless I opened the throttle pretty well midcorner, it didn't like to finish the corners.

I'm working on moving that to the track next month so want to do a bit of bike setup.

On other bikes, raising the back/dropping the nose helped that. I'm in the market (ahem) for an adjustable link to raise the back, and in the interim was thinking of raising the forks in the triple clamps a bit in the interim.

Anyone done this? Any feedback/settings that worked or should be avoided?

What's wrong with continuing to crack it open mid corner? That's always what I do and she rails right through without a hitch.

Vdue · Sep 11th, 2009, 12:59 pm

Yes, I did both, raised the tail and pushed the fork into the triple up to the upper fork ring.
That gained me more ground clearance so that you can lean the bike hard into the corners.
Please note, our mountains have very tight corners (see pic) there this setup works perfect much improvement compared to the factory settings.

marc.danziger · Sep 11th, 2009, 1:19 pm

On racebikes I've ridden, I've found that a bike that pushes on neutral throttle at 80% will push as well as you close to the limit - you run out of throttle you can add without breaking the rear loose.

So if you set the bike up to be neutral (carves rather than pushes) at 80% on neutral throttle, I'm *guessing* (key word here) that the setup will be better as you get close to the limit.

hooptygoo · Sep 11th, 2009, 3:15 pm

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Originally Posted by Vdue

Yes, I did both, raised the tail and pushed the fork into the triple up to the upper fork ring.
That gained me more ground clearance so that you can lean the bike hard into the corners.
Please note, our mountains have very tight corners (see pic) there this setup works perfect much improvement compared to the factory settings.

Whoa. I want to go to there!

disgo duc · Sep 11th, 2009, 7:52 pm

had the whole suspension done springs,valving,ohlins oil and raised the rear slighty also fork tubes raised.havnt got a track day with it yet but have ridn it pretty through some twisties with lots of bumps so far much better.

remery · Sep 11th, 2009, 9:45 pm

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Originally Posted by Vdue

Yes, I did both, raised the tail and pushed the fork into the triple up to the upper fork ring.
That gained me more ground clearance so that you can lean the bike hard into the corners.
Please note, our mountains have very tight corners (see pic) there this setup works perfect much improvement compared to the factory settings.

Can I come and stay at your place? The roads where I come from are like this:

SMALL717 · Sep 13th, 2009, 6:45 am

You must live north of the river?

remery · Sep 13th, 2009, 7:51 am

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Originally Posted by SMALL717

You must live north of the river?

Ha! Good point, you just reminded me that there is that corner on O'brien Road. I fuel up ride out there, go around it and then have to go home because I'm running low on fuel. Maybe I'll hide a jerry can in the bush.

freezer16801 · Sep 13th, 2009, 8:20 am

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Originally Posted by Vdue

Yes, I did both, raised the tail and pushed the fork into the triple up to the upper fork ring.
That gained me more ground clearance so that you can lean the bike hard into the corners.
Please note, our mountains have very tight corners (see pic) there this setup works perfect much improvement compared to the factory settings.

I think what he is saying is to raise the tubes up into the top triple to decrease ground clearance by a few mm's and to make the bike turn in quicker. Your way would increase rake and make the bike turn slower.