916-996 Rockers and Flaking Chrome-

[Radar]

Because I'm worried about this issue as it affects my 05 S4R, I've been doing quite a bit of reading on the subject, and I ran across this article.

It begins with a statement straight from Ducati, and it only gets more interesting.

http://www.sigmaperformance.com/rockers.html

All the best to all of you Ducati folks and Merry Christmas-

Eric M. (aka Radar)
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S4R with stuff

[TAftonomos]

Got metal flakes in your oil?  Tested them to see if they are chrome? 

If not, don't worry about it till it's valve adjustment time.  Until then, ride it

[jerryz]

I have a O1 S4 whch had 5 bad opener rockers i replaced them all 8 with Nichols/megacycle rockers and now 12,000 miles later they are still fine .