Mirror Vibration
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The mirrors are delicate, strange looking and yes they vibrate. It seems like Ducati does not care very much about the mirrors.
Vibrations in the mirrors happen because of harmonics. The firing order is called a "Twin Pulse." That is, the Right Side front cylinder fires, then Right side Back in very close timing but not at the same time. There is a rest then, the Left Front, followed by the Left Back. This feels quite pleasant on your hands and sounds amazing, but creates this harmonic that makes the mirrors vibrate. I put a ziptie and a piece of tape on one to create a tiny weight interference and it works. It vibrates a lot less. I will be selling the zip-tie and piece of tape soon in an anti-vibration package (DAV). Please leave your name for pre-orders. I'm joking. But yes it actually works.
I only use the mirrors because I'm a paranoid 'Merican in Italy who still thinks there's CHP behind him even though the po po in Italy do not give the tiniest merdolino about speeding motorcycles and chase no one ever because there are stationary speed cameras for that. Now and then the mirrors are handy.
Vibrations in the mirrors happen because of harmonics. The firing order is called a "Twin Pulse." That is, the Right Side front cylinder fires, then Right side Back in very close timing but not at the same time. There is a rest then, the Left Front, followed by the Left Back. This feels quite pleasant on your hands and sounds amazing, but creates this harmonic that makes the mirrors vibrate. I put a ziptie and a piece of tape on one to create a tiny weight interference and it works. It vibrates a lot less. I will be selling the zip-tie and piece of tape soon in an anti-vibration package (DAV). Please leave your name for pre-orders. I'm joking. But yes it actually works.
I only use the mirrors because I'm a paranoid 'Merican in Italy who still thinks there's CHP behind him even though the po po in Italy do not give the tiniest merdolino about speeding motorcycles and chase no one ever because there are stationary speed cameras for that. Now and then the mirrors are handy.
I am sad that ducati does not give importance to mirrors, it was not nice that they skipped such thing while producing the best in the class, I hope they will fix it in the future.
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They won't.
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Ok so you are not buying a ducati v4- dont be sad, dont even worry about it because life is too short to be concerned about things you cant control and dont use. There are plenty of after market mirrors, along with pegs, levers, screens, exhausts, no one is upset about that and you shouldnt be either.
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Yes, don't be sad. Ducati remains an eco-system and a community however hard they try to make it all a mass-customization part. Look at all the businesses that flourish because of these ridiculous mirrors. Everyone is inspired to make their bike special and somewhat different. Some end up with extended swing-arms and too many sparkles, but that's ok too. Everyone has their own trip. I've seen dirt tires on one that went for an off road romp. I've also seen a 3 day old Bugatti Veron wrapped around a tree because egos are like that.
We live, we learn, and the Ducati design team pretends it doesn't have to think about mirrors.
We live, we learn, and the Ducati design team pretends it doesn't have to think about mirrors.
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That’s worth reflecting on
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