You have to buy a whole new lever. I broke the tip off my shifter and the only option was to replace the whole thing. Or... new rearsets which is what I went with as I broke it the third time I drug it through a turn.
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If you were a bit more DIY, you could file off the end of it and drill a hole to mount a custom tip. That's probably the route I'd take if I ever broke it off.
Thats what I think I will do. I will check how the whole thing cost.
What you mean by "woodcraft folding" ?
What you mean by "woodcraft folding" ?
I bent mine. so I cut it off. Found a similar size bolt, rubber cover fit over the bolt perfect.
I plan on replacing some day, cost is $125. for the part.
Best of luck.
I plan on replacing some day, cost is $125. for the part.
Best of luck.
Thanks to your motivational post, I drilled mine out today.
Bike may have went down riding in sand
. All I remember is it was fun and bike was still completely ride-able.
Anyway, it is two pieces, lever and peg. Peg is pressed-fit. Peg hole diameter after removing remaining peg is .38 inches (maybe closer to .385).
This is as far as I go. I don't want to take all the fun out of it.
Ideas: could spin a bunch of hex nuts on a bolt and have a hex peg.
Buy a peg tip from sato racing, hammerhead, or elsewhere.
Bike may have went down riding in sand
. All I remember is it was fun and bike was still completely ride-able. Anyway, it is two pieces, lever and peg. Peg is pressed-fit. Peg hole diameter after removing remaining peg is .38 inches (maybe closer to .385).
This is as far as I go. I don't want to take all the fun out of it.
Ideas: could spin a bunch of hex nuts on a bolt and have a hex peg.
Buy a peg tip from sato racing, hammerhead, or elsewhere.
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This is one of those silly little things that frustrates me about Ducati. The end of the shifter/rear brake is already a 2 piece design, so it should have been cheap/easy to add a bolt and washer and make replacement simple. Yet they choose to make it a press-in piece, so the whole part needs to be replaced. A very expensive part for what it is.
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It does seem that Ducati's motto is "style over function..."
Examples: tail is too short to keep the mud off your back, vestigial chain guard, handguards that don't keep the wind off, damping in one fork only...reminds me of FZ's song, "Cheepnis."
Luckily, most of this is fixable.
Examples: tail is too short to keep the mud off your back, vestigial chain guard, handguards that don't keep the wind off, damping in one fork only...reminds me of FZ's song, "Cheepnis."
Luckily, most of this is fixable.
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Definitely agree, Zippy. I can deal with a lot of it for a bike that I got 2 years old for half off MSRP. But there's alot of those types of things I'd be frustrated over if I bought the bike new. At least those of us who are capable of DIY can be thankful it's easy to fix most of these shortcomings.
I keep reading comments on this forum about how this bike is overly expensive. 13K is the price of many motorcycles on the market today. It's not at all Ferrari-expensive.
And I know all you know this because you're all experienced motorcycle enthusiasts and most on here are more experienced than me. So what am I missing? What would be a fair price, do you think, for this Hyperstrada?
So it may need some aftermarket parts.
Could a stock jeep Cherokee really handle off-roading? Could a stock Ford Mustang win at the race track?
I really don't mean to sound offensive. Just my thought of the day. Don't worry, i'll keep them at a minimum.
And I know all you know this because you're all experienced motorcycle enthusiasts and most on here are more experienced than me. So what am I missing? What would be a fair price, do you think, for this Hyperstrada?
So it may need some aftermarket parts.
Could a stock jeep Cherokee really handle off-roading? Could a stock Ford Mustang win at the race track?
I really don't mean to sound offensive. Just my thought of the day. Don't worry, i'll keep them at a minimum.
Joecati,
nothing wrong with the bike.
the price is ok, its a Ducati and no Suzuki, Yamaha or Kawasaki, which would be priced 1 or 2K less than the HS for the same hardware and value. See Yamaha MT09 Tracer ...
But, its an asian bike with asian design, and no Ducati, MotoGuzzi, MVAgusta .....
The only thing is, and thats fact, that Italian build quality is not the same as Japan one, even the Italians use high tech, price and sometimes quality parts.
I am not disappointed about the quality, parts can break, electronic can fail. I am disappointed about how Ducati handles these things.
I cannot complain, even my HS is out of guarantee, Ducati covers my broken ABS pump, i have to pay the work. But, that Ducati needed more than 6 weeks to set an ok to my case in Ducati internal system, short - they needed 6 weeks for the decisions, thats scandalous.
nothing wrong with the bike.
the price is ok, its a Ducati and no Suzuki, Yamaha or Kawasaki, which would be priced 1 or 2K less than the HS for the same hardware and value. See Yamaha MT09 Tracer ...
But, its an asian bike with asian design, and no Ducati, MotoGuzzi, MVAgusta .....
The only thing is, and thats fact, that Italian build quality is not the same as Japan one, even the Italians use high tech, price and sometimes quality parts.
I am not disappointed about the quality, parts can break, electronic can fail. I am disappointed about how Ducati handles these things.
I cannot complain, even my HS is out of guarantee, Ducati covers my broken ABS pump, i have to pay the work. But, that Ducati needed more than 6 weeks to set an ok to my case in Ducati internal system, short - they needed 6 weeks for the decisions, thats scandalous.
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I agree that the bike was pricey when new, mine was $15k OTD. But between the desmo system and funding their various racing programs, that accounts for the difference to something Oriental.
I once read that about $3K of the sales price goes to the racing, and Ducati obviously does not have the volume that the others enjoy. Some riders do prefer a bit of exclusivity.
As far as the Cheepnis goes, I've fixed most of it for not that much money. Doing the forks at RT was under $500, and that was my chief complaint.
I once read that about $3K of the sales price goes to the racing, and Ducati obviously does not have the volume that the others enjoy. Some riders do prefer a bit of exclusivity.
As far as the Cheepnis goes, I've fixed most of it for not that much money. Doing the forks at RT was under $500, and that was my chief complaint.
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In the Midwest it's $13k and they threw in an AGV ducati helmet.
I won't BS that there might be some cheep-ness. My hand guard broke off way to easily. I've only had an EX500 and a M696 to compare the hyper so not much experience.
Still with Brembo brakes, different riding models, ohlin shocks, plenty of torque and HP, it doesn't seem like Ducati cut many corners as far as quality. Yet a lot of comments about it costing way too much. It just doesn't sound accurate to say that.
Oh, and to be clear, I'm not a Ducati fan-boy. I'd like to own a Triumph, KTM, MV Augusta, and probably a lot of other brands aside from Ducati.
I won't BS that there might be some cheep-ness. My hand guard broke off way to easily. I've only had an EX500 and a M696 to compare the hyper so not much experience.
Still with Brembo brakes, different riding models, ohlin shocks, plenty of torque and HP, it doesn't seem like Ducati cut many corners as far as quality. Yet a lot of comments about it costing way too much. It just doesn't sound accurate to say that.
Oh, and to be clear, I'm not a Ducati fan-boy. I'd like to own a Triumph, KTM, MV Augusta, and probably a lot of other brands aside from Ducati.
My choice was between the used HS and a demo FJ-09. The price was pretty much the same and actually the FJ-09 would cost me a bit more since the side bags are optional. I just could not get over the "ugly" look of the FJ-09 and ended up with the HS.
