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I have a question about the fork preload adjustment on a Streetfigher V4. In the manual (german) it says to start on a fully opened setup. The say to fully open it it should be turned all the way clockwise and then turned 7 rounds counter-clockwise to set it to normal street preload. My...

I was just informed today my bike was damaged during shipping. I was wondering if anyone with an R could tell me how the winglet was attached? Is it just to the fairing? I’m wondering if the fairing could have suffered cracks from this? The shipping company has been very responsive and they are...

Hello all, I got some damage to the windscreen and my tft screen. I was able to get Ducati to goodwill the windscreen but they want nothing to do with the tft screen. Anybody have any luck trying to polish out the display screen? Or any advice on how to polish it and or products to use. I'm ok...

Well dammit...last two weekends at Chuckwalla I've had oil leaking out over engine. Got the bike to Motoforza and this is what was found...leading to the excessive blow-by. Broken in on Dyno by Motocorsa...then all subsequent oil changes performed by me at track (receipts for oil and filters...

I did a 880 km day trip to the Pyrenees mountains yesterday. The day started well, beautiful weather and not too hot. I always get excited when I first see the snow covered mountains in the horizon.

Has anyone crashed a Panigale yet, other than that racer in South Africa who tumbled his at high speed 30 feet in the air? I keep hearing about how the Panigale can't survive a crash, and I have yet to see any crash other than the aforementioned South African crash, which looks like it would...

:cool:I haven't ridden a modern superbike with radiators, but in looking at the 1199 they look really vulnerable. I know in cars (track cars or just fast street cars) where the frontend design is such that the radiator is out in the open that it is comman to put some wire over it to protect it...