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Garage Night TV Forums Tag: ducati - Recent Topics http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/tags/ducati Find out how to fix your bike en-US Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:06:14 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/search.php Waz on "Ep 1: Bikes, Blokes and Beer" http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/topic/ep-1-bikes-blokes-and-beer#post-144 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:36:17 +0000 Waz 144@http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/ <embed src="http://blip.tv/play/%2B32omSkA%2Em4v" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="510" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> <a href="http://www.garagenight.tv/stick-with-us"><div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 110px"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3284/2888965327_eb4077da6a_t.jpg" alt="Stick with us" width="100" height="69" />Stick with us! Get the official sticker by supporting Garage Night</div></a> A new show featuring four motorcycle adventurers who get their hands dirty fixing their bikes. If you liked Long Way Down, you’ll learn something on Garage Night - watch these Britain-based world tourers work on every aspect of their machines and let their stories inspire your own two-wheeled travels. <a href="http://www.garagenight.tv/ep1-bikes-blokes-beer/">Ep 1: Bikes, Blokes and Beer</a> Waz on "Ep 3: Sand, heat and nipples" http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/topic/ep-3-sand-heat-and-nipples#post-143 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:33:32 +0000 Waz 143@http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/ <embed src="http://blip.tv/play/%2B3204m0A%2Em4v" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="510" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> In this episode, we dismantle a front wheel, removing the brake discs, spokes and nipples - and Trent brings out the blowtorch to free up some sticky bolts. Pete builds a sandblasting cabinet, mostly out of junk, and continues work on his KTM 950, while Rich is getting close to his BMW being back on the road. <div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 110px"><a class="flickr-image" title="Stick with us" href="http://www.garagenight.tv/stick-with-us" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3284/2888965327_eb4077da6a_t.jpg" alt="Stick with us" width="100" height="69" /></a><a href=http://www.garagenight.tv/stick-with-us>Stick with us! Get the official sticker by supporting Garage Night</a></div>There was no way Pete was letting me put the new twin-disc front wheel on my bike without at least giving the shabby hub a paint job. That means stripping the hub, which means breaking down the wheel, which means removing the spokes and nipples, which means replacing any that are in poor shape or simply don’t survive disassembly … you can see how this job snowballed. The first stage is to remove the brake discs. You do this with the wheel still fully assembled - because you probably couldn’t get the spokes out with the discs still on, and even if you could, it’s easier to remove the discs while you’ve still got the rim to hang on to. <a href="http://www.garagenight.tv/ep-3-sand-heat-and-nipples/">Ep 3: Sand, heat and nipples</a> Waz on "Ep 5: Replacing steering head bearings" http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/topic/ep-5-replacing-steering-head-bearings#post-51 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:38:15 +0000 Waz 51@http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/ <embed src="http://blip.tv/play/%2B33CrEEA%2Em4v" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="320" height="270" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> It’s a key area of wear and tear on a bike, and especially a big trailie - so replacing the steering head bearings is one of the essential jobs you’ll have to come to grips with on a long trip, or just as a long-term owner. Pete’s KTM 950 came back from South America with knackered steering head bearings, and in this episode we show how to remove the worn-out ones, pack the new ones with grease and install them. <div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 110px"><a class="flickr-image" title="Stick with us" href="http://www.garagenight.tv/stick-with-us" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3284/2888965327_eb4077da6a_t.jpg" alt="Stick with us" width="100" height="69" /></a><a href=http://www.garagenight.tv/stick-with-us>Stick with us! Get the official sticker by supporting Garage Night</a></div>Most automotive and motorcycle bearings are in constant, full rotation during their life, so they wear evenly as they turn. But steering head bearings move very little when you’re riding - generally rotating just a few degrees side to side. This makes them particularly prone to uneven wear, especially if they are not kept properly adjusted. Think about it - you’re doing big miles, mostly in a straight line, over rough roads. Shock is transferred from the wheel, through the fork legs, via the triple clamps/yokes to the steering head bearings. <a href="http://www.garagenight.tv/ep-5-replacing-steering-head-bearings/">Ep 5: Replacing steering head bearings</a> Waz on "Ep 2: Beads and bearings" http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/topic/ep-2-beads-and-bearings#post-99 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:53:13 +0000 Waz 99@http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/ <embed src="http://blip.tv/play/%2B32v0T8A%2Em4v" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="510" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> In this episode: Pete dismantles the rear end of his KTM 950, which he <a title="Pete's South America blog" href="http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/baird/">rode through a salt lake in South America</a>; while Trent sets to work cleaning and greasing an all-too-neglected part of any bike: the swingarm bearings. Trent ‘breaks the bead’ on Waz’s front tyre and removes the tyre and tube, giving advice along the way on how to find and fix a puncture at the roadside. <div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 110px"><a class="flickr-image" title="Stick with us" href="http://www.garagenight.tv/stick-with-us" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3284/2888965327_eb4077da6a_t.jpg" alt="Stick with us" width="100" height="69" /></a><a href=http://www.garagenight.tv/stick-with-us>Stick with us! Get the official sticker by supporting Garage Night</a></div> Swingarm bearings come in two main varieties: plain or needle roller. A plain bearing is essentially a tube of metal, sometimes bronze, that is pressed into the suspension parts involved. Running inside these bearings are the various shafts or bushes that are the pivot points of the suspension. Needle roller bearings are far superior - they consist of a tubular metal casing that houses thin cylindrical rollers. In this episode Trent gives a great demonstration of how to pack them with fresh, clean grease, and the best kind of grease to use. These bearings are often ‘caged’ to keep the needle rollers in place. That’s how Pete’s KTM and Richard’s BMW are set up, but unfortunately in my Cagiva Elefant the rollers are loose, and held in place only by the shafts and bushes running through them. When dismantling the suspension, the little buggers are prone to falling out everywhere. When removing, lubricating and reinstalling they must be meticulously counted out and counted back in. <a href="http://www.garagenight.tv/episode-2-beads-and-bearings/">Ep 2: Beads and bearings</a> Waz on "Monster: Bike of the decade?" http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/topic/monster-bike-of-the-decade#post-63 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:51:12 +0000 Waz 63@http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/ <img src="http://www.mcnews.com.au/Wallpaper/Ducati/Monster_696/Wallpaper/1.jpg" align="right" height="212" width="283" /> The previous decade, I mean … Got together with Pete, Trent and Richard last night, and Pete had the latest issue of Motorcycle News featuring Ducati’s reinvention of the Monster, the 696 (you’ve got to check out <a href="http://www.ducati.com/en/bikes/my2008/Monster/M696-08/presentation/index.html" title="Ducati Monster 696 promo">this Ducati promo</a>, it’s a giggle). Riding to work the same morning, I had been thinking of how, for me, the Monster would have to be the bike of the 1990s. I remember when my mate Dave bought his. It was the year 1997, I think. I had a Cagiva Elefant 900 back then, and riding a bike with the 750 Ducati engine was a revelation. The pig-headed, snatchy, lumpy low-end, dry-clutched 900 engine is fun in its way, once you get used to it. Dave’s Monster was fun right from the word go - a willing engine that pulled right off the line and a really flickable frame. My arms were splayed out to grip the bars, and my grin was almost as wide. The all-round nicer engine is the reason I have the 750 version of the Elefant these days. <a href="http://www.garagenight.tv/monster-bike-of-the-decade/">Monster: Bike of the decade?</a>