Saturday, February 4, 2012
Ducati Suite- Rear Suspension Adjustment
The good ol’ Monster rear suspension: single adjustable Boge-Sachs rear shock. It’s gotten a bad rap as an underperformer, but it is still a quality piece with much better adjustment than many other sportbike shocks allow. Then again, why wouldn’t it? It’s a Ducati. Perhaps the most important part of getting any kind of accurate readings is to have the front end balanced. You can have somebody hold the bike every time you need to measure, but it’s better to save them for the loaded sag measurements. To balance the front, I used two tie down straps from the bars to the anchors in my garage floor. Before tightening them down, I took a zip tie and wrapped it around the grip and brake lever to keep it from rolling. Then I tightened the straps and ta-da! It was held there like magic.
