Crap Plastic Parts

[ducpainter]

Do those cans move laterally at all?

[jc2ducati]

Cans don't move laterally much. If i force it, maybe 1/8 to 1/4". However, now that the hugger is so distorted, if i bottom out the suspension enough, it looks like that alone would cause it to snag on that bolt head.

I need to find a heavier friend to help me. Doing this by myself, involves 69'ing the bike and trying to hump it at the same time, to see what the heck is going on beneath the seat. Hopefully, I can't be the first to have ever done this to their poor bike.

[ducpainter]

Cans don't move laterally much. If i force it, maybe 1/8 to 1/4". However, now that the hugger is so distorted, if i bottom out the suspension enough, it looks like that alone would cause it to snag on that bolt head.

I need to find a heavier friend to help me. Doing this by myself, involves 69'ing the bike and trying to hump it at the same time, to see what the heck is going on beneath the seat. Hopefully, I can't be the first to have ever done this to their poor bike.

pull the shock and use a jack to raise and lower things.

[teddy037.2]

swapping out those hex heads for pan head fasteners might help reduce the snagging, as well

[ducpainter]

swapping out those hex heads for pan head fasteners might help reduce the snagging, as well

I think button head would be a lower profile still.

Good idea T.

[battlecry]

Pop the swingarm caps.  1/2" steel rod through the hollow swingarm axle and two jackstands will secure the bike and unload the rear wheel.  You can then pop the other swingarm cap on the right hand side and use an allen socket to loosen the bolt holding the shock and the strut.  Now you can lift the swingarm  through its arc and see what is going on.  You probably want to tape the socket, allen key, and extension together so they don't get lost inside the swingarm.

[He Man]

meanwhile


http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=33992.0 good timing

[Raux]

you plastic could have been deformed from the beginning. then over time it got snagged. or when you replaced the exhausts... which do look too close.

[accrocker]

MAS Engineering makes a beautiful aluminum hugger and front fender to match. I do not have one myself as they are a bit pricey. Somebody in arizona carries them. I don't remember the exact name of the website, something like azeuromoto.com

[Fergus]

MAS Engineering makes a beautiful aluminum hugger and front fender to match. I do not have one myself as they are a bit pricey. Somebody in arizona carries them. I don't remember the exact name of the website, something like azeuromoto.com

Yep, pricey. They don't have pics of the shiny Al one, but it's the same $305.

[Raux]

http://www.masengineering.it/

[mookieo2]

Just remove it all together. It looks better and it is free,

[scott_araujo]

I'd check your chain slack and wheel alignment.  Are all the spacers on the back axle in the right places?  Are you running a wider than stock rear tire?

Scott

[sbrguy]

looks like your hangers for the mufflers are too far inward and that when you bottoming out the suspension it gets caught, probably happened 1 time in the betginning and now its going to happen bc the plastic is so far warped nothing will fix it. 

are those aftermarket muffler hangers?

there shouldn't be any marks on the bottom of the hugger bc remember its held in place on the swing arm so the tire should never hit it unless the top fo the hugger hits something and then its pushed into the tire, but by then its literally bottoming out bad on the bottom of the seat.

[krista]

A poorly done tail chop breaks any inner fender I put on my Pongo... hit a bump and it smashes into the bottom of the bracket someone welded across the frame.