Sports: Re: [DucatiST] Muffler bearings (wasEngine bolt replacement)

Denis, I don't have a 916 to compare to but the 996 in my ST4s is fantastic!! It might have a lightened flywheel in it since it really drops RPMs between shifts. I'll be able to see when I unbuckle the engine case to swap out the starter. The motor is so much more fun than the 996 motor in my 01 Superbike.

Hopper

--- On Fri, 1/25/13, Denis St. Amand <questaduc@earthlink.net> wrote:

From: Denis St. Amand <questaduc@earthlink.net>
Subject: [DucatiST] Muffler bearings (wasEngine bolt replacement)
To: st2_owners@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, January 25, 2013, 1:52 PM

Hi Robert,
Niether the Termi's nor the current DP set will fit.

In L.A. side bags don't work very well threading traffic, the cages complain when you bounce off of them!

I run with the top case only whilst commuting.

BTW, I went from a 98 ST2 (Roast Duc) to a 99 ST4 (Pressed Duc) to an 03 ST4S-ABS (unnamed)

I was pleasantly surprised at the power difference going from 916 to 996.

Silly as it sounds, I found it easier to go slow with the extra low end torque of the 996 motor.

Denis

On Jan 25, 2013, at 11:33 AM, Robert McNabb wrote:

Hey Denis, I've heard that said but I was lucky. with the peg lowered by LT I could still keep my sil motors in the high hole.

Robert McNabb
Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia
99 ST4 Red
2003 ST4s Red
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From: Denis St. Amand <questaduc@earthlink.net>
To: st2_owners@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: [DucatiST] Engine bolt replacement.

I do have muffler bearings on my ST4, machinist at work made them for me.

Really, with the peg lowering kit from LT at Desmo Times, the mufflers will not go into the "high" position when the side bag brackets are not installed.

I had our machinist make bracket extenders to "bear" the mufflers...Muffler Bearings!

Brushed Aluminum, not chrome.

Denis

Now to find those greased electrons...