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Hi,
Something weird is happening to my bike and would appreciate any input from DucatiMS members more technically minded than myself, ie. everyone.
Over the last few days, the steering on my 848 has begun acting strangely, especially at low speed cornering.
The best way to describe it is, when entering a turn, after the initial lean and then as I try to slightly turn the bars, it feels like they're stuck and won't move. Only after a little more effort do they start to turn.
Unfortunately, this 'little more effort' tends to jerk the bars and oversteer the bike into the corner. It is more pronounced when turning to the left than to the right.
At first, I though it was a problem with my steering damper but after removing it, the problem remains. Then I though about tire pressure. They were a little low after checking so I filled them to the recommended level. Still the same problem. This has become more pronounced over the last 2 or 3 days that the bike is practically unrideable, especially at slow speeds through traffic.
The bike is 1 year old (MY 2008) with about 12,300 klm on it. It had the 12k service a few weeks ago, has new Pirelli Angel ST tires and the suspension settings haven't been changed in the last 10 months.
The dealers will pick it up this Monday (hopefully) and check it out. I've never seen this type of problem on a bike before.
Any ideas what could be causing this?
Thanks in advance.
Something weird is happening to my bike and would appreciate any input from DucatiMS members more technically minded than myself, ie. everyone.
Over the last few days, the steering on my 848 has begun acting strangely, especially at low speed cornering.
The best way to describe it is, when entering a turn, after the initial lean and then as I try to slightly turn the bars, it feels like they're stuck and won't move. Only after a little more effort do they start to turn.
Unfortunately, this 'little more effort' tends to jerk the bars and oversteer the bike into the corner. It is more pronounced when turning to the left than to the right.
At first, I though it was a problem with my steering damper but after removing it, the problem remains. Then I though about tire pressure. They were a little low after checking so I filled them to the recommended level. Still the same problem. This has become more pronounced over the last 2 or 3 days that the bike is practically unrideable, especially at slow speeds through traffic.
The bike is 1 year old (MY 2008) with about 12,300 klm on it. It had the 12k service a few weeks ago, has new Pirelli Angel ST tires and the suspension settings haven't been changed in the last 10 months.
The dealers will pick it up this Monday (hopefully) and check it out. I've never seen this type of problem on a bike before.
Any ideas what could be causing this?
Thanks in advance.