Some track day prep questions

bp_SFV4 said:

Just got back from Georgia. It’s not the road trip, I just don’t want to be around you.

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bp_SFV4 said:

Just got back from Georgia. It’s not the road trip, I just don’t want to be around you.

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The point is you would never be for very long... I'd just be gone.

panibadboy said:

one boring state to another, what a pinnacle of road tripping. I bet the most exciting bit was a ...... starbucks drive thru

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You've obviously have never ridden in the american west. Go to wiki and look for paved passes in colorado (or Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho etc). Colorado and most of the west has been repaved, not chip sealed, paved. Twisty 2 lanes and there's nobody there. Just awesome.

@baggerman

Results of the valve clearance checks.

Looks like cylinder 1 intake (open) is out of spec unless that’s a typo. Same for cylinder 3 exhaust (closed)

If this is the first valve check post factory assembly I'd say these are pretty nice. Clearly they're not using the same guy to set R valvetrains. I've measured 2 1103's now and almost every closer was the same value (not the clearance the shim size). Both were just sloppy. I think your guy wrote some of the numbers forgetting a leading zero or otherwise as SD says they're out. But most likely an entry error as those numbers would make no sense otherwise.

baggerman said:

If this is the first valve check post factory assembly I'd say these are pretty nice. Clearly they're not using the same guy to set R valvetrains. I've measured 2 1103's now and almost every closer was the same value (not the clearance the shim size). Both were just sloppy. I think your guy wrote some of the numbers forgetting a leading zero or otherwise as SD says they're out. But most likely an entry error as those numbers would make no sense otherwise.

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I’d say typos, otherwise it would be miles out of spec and it wouldn’t have been ticked as okay. I thought that was pretty good after nearly 4,000km and with most of that on track

That would be a weird typo to just forget 0’s on 4 out of 32 measurements.

I’d ask for the reason behind this and why it wasn’t mentioned. It’s like you have to check these “experts” work. Would also forward over to another shop (tgp or Barni or Moto Lab Gozzi or Motorapido) to get a second opinion especially in light of your oil leak. If these outliers are indeed real could possibly indicate some sort of wearing problem or maybe bad timing. Either way, those numbers are weird.

I think in FU's but if that number was correct (.036 inch) it would have broke (probably) as the collets would have been totally pulverized. But even if not for sure you would have heard that loud and clear. Might even be louder than a worn out 12 tang dry clutch. If he uses the tapered feeler gauge sets as most do that feeler would be at the other end of the set. Has to be a typo. Nobody would have ignored that. I would have called Spooky and told him to bring his wallet as measuring number 1 is one thing and changing that closer is a way more expensive thing. SD on the R's especially Ducati holds the valve open near max lift as long they can and then they pull the rug out and that sucker is approaching the seat at high velocity. That why it's important to keep the closers tight as otherwise they'll harmonically bounce of the seat if the clearances are too large and pound everything. The hairpin springs don't damp much. That's what breaks the collets (on the beltdrives the half rings). I just took an 1103 apart and it had broken collets and the closers were still within the loose end of the operational specs (not the tighter assembly specs). Where I'm confused is I thought the R closers had tighter specs than the 1103's. The sheet does not reflect that.

panibadboy said:

its .... weather across all C Europe this weekend. So buy some Red vino, have aperitivo and off you go to FKK club

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Good selection now too

baggerman said:

Where I'm confused is I thought the R closers had tighter specs than the 1103's. The sheet does not reflect that.

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This is from the workshop manual and seems to match the sheet, so they appear to have measured against the correct specs.

OK I was remembering the difference between the intake and exhaust closers. I find the looser intake closer specs interesting. Now i have to go see if the closer springs are different from the 1103's. BTW R collets (titanium) are $50 a set.

baggerman said:

The point is you would never be for very long... I'd just be gone.

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I don’t know why you’d think I’d want to street race a moron in Colorado or anywhere else. I do wish you were gone right now though.

panibadboy said:

Good selection now too

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Must suck to have to pay for sex… and STDs

bp_SFV4 said:

I don’t know why you’d think I’d want to street race a moron in Colorado or anywhere else. I do wish you were gone right now though.

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Who's racing? Fearful are you? You can say to me anything you'd like but demeaning others I like is unacceptable.

SuperDomestique said:

Must suck to have to pay for sex… and STDs

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Actually that made me sad. Cause it's probably true. If Putin was in front of me I'd choke him to death with my bare hands.

baggerman said:

Who's racing? Fearful are you? You can say to me anything you'd like but demeaning others I like is unacceptable.

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Besides doing a weird Yoda like thing, WTF are you rambling about?

Finished?

We’re only at 45 pages. Plenty of more nonsense to be had.

SuperDomestique said:

Must suck to have to pay for sex… and STDs

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something your country pioneered and excelled in



half of your women are active porn models anyway, so dont complain

@spooky