Ducati Monster Forum

I see that they are not on of the sponsors, but I was just wondering if anyone has purchased any of their product. I currently am looking at wheel nuts, steering stem bolt, alternator cover, resevoir caps and lightened flywheel. The flywheel show a price of $119 and I find that to be extremely cheep compared to others. Most curious on the quality of anodizing.

You mean http://www.slingshotracing.net/ (http://www.slingshotracing.net/) ?

I've used Slingshot Racing products before. Nice quality stuff from what I've used. Gold was a good bit brighter or oranger than STM gold.

A number of people have bought their stuff. I have a set of covers for my masters (999 type). The quality is as good as any of the other top end folks - speedy moto, cyclecat etc - might be a small step down from Rizoma... but Rizoma is a bit nuts. Mine are still a rich black after a couple years of age.

DesmoTimes sells the SSR flywheel - LT Snyder IMO, wouldn't sell junk parts - so you can factor that into your accounting.  Also, Desmo Times has a double nut flywheel retainer. If you do the swap you might snag one of those set up too.

Yes. Jamb Nuts are the way to go. And I still believe that you should loctite the shit out of it. The guys at AMS agree (but like machined down stock flywheels more than aluminum ones, especially for hard use).

Nice stuff, but I have one issue.  Their billet clutch stabilizer didn't work with my MPL slipper clutch.  It seemed to fit OK and was nice quality but the way it is machined there is not a lot of room left for the pressure plate to disengage.  When I pulled the clutch lever it barely moved - rammed the pressure plate into the underside of the stabilizer.  I guess it works fine on stock or other clutches though.  TPO makes one that works with the MPL slipper.

Seems like mostly a case of using two aftermarket parts together that were never originally intended to be. A hassle for sure, but not like it was a junk part - right?

agreed - hub stabilizers won't work with many pressure plates. I recall issues where people tried to use the design sold by SSR and several others with CycleCat or SpeedyMoto plates, where the pressure plate "ramps up" towards the springs to protect them in the event of a whoops.

in other news, i don't think hub stabilizers work anyhow. along with ordinary spring caps, the bolts tighten them to the hub post. There's no tying to be done. You connect them, but it does nothing to the spring load on the pressure plate, those are still individual and held fixed by the distance from to the spring cap top, which is fixed by the hub post length. They don't float out in outer space on their own.

neat idea, looks neat, but I have trouble conceptualizing the benefits advertised.

SSR made the gas cap on my Multi. Nice stuff at a good price.  [thumbsup]

Yes, it was and still is a nice part, it is just frustrating that they could machine out some of that thick aluminum just a little bit and have a part that works on a wider range of clutches - I really liked the part.  I was having some juddering issues when I first installed the slipper, don't really know why but I figured while trying things out that the stabilizer might help to equalize the spring pressures around the pressure plate.  I think it might have helped some (after I got the TPO part) but then I replaced a couple of the steels with beveled plates and it is all good.  Just trying to give a heads up to others with aftermarket clutches.