[coqui]

Hello:

Recently purchased a 2003 Ducati M800. Everything is going well with the exception of the braking. From time to time when braking, I get this horrible vibration coming from the front end. Bad enough to make the instrument panel "shake" about 1/2". It will happen just before coming to a full stop. Otherwise, it appears to be random. It can happen during heavy braking or light braking.

I was wondering if anybody else on the list has had a similar experience and/or knows what might be causing this vibration. Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Flavien]

check disc and pad alignement, check pad support and front fork alignement.

Flavien

 

[scrappy]

Do a search; lots of similar reports and ideas out there...

I had it happen to me too.

Here is one thread:
http://www.ducatimonster.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=forum1;action=display;num=1064260835;start=

 

[coqui]

Scooby:

Thanks for the lead. Out of curiosity, what was causing the shudder in your case?

Coqui

 

[Guest]

I had a VERY similar problem. Turned out the rotors were warped :-/ but, Ducati covered it under waranty

 

[Guest]

I bet coming to a stop at slow speed, you can feel the forks compress, eh?

 

[test-reg]

assuming the bike is under warranty, i would make sure my caliper bolts are tight, i think the spec is 43 nm, then take it to the dealer. if not, the cause could be any of the above, including the forks bottoming.

 

[DTMsurf]

I had the same prob. Warped rotors in my case, but my bike is a 94 and you can expect that to happen over time. I put on some Break Tech, cast iron, fully floating rotors and its oh so smooth now.

 

[Uncle_Duck]

My 800 is doing the same thing. :-/ It feels like when I had warped rotors on my truck) I'm actually a bit puzzled because I do mostly commute riding and don't have the chance to heat up the brakes much. Maybe the rotors are below standard... (recall?)

Glad to hear it's covered under warranty!


Uncle_Duck

 

[duque]

Same thing happened to me this weekend. Only once though. Slow speed. Coming to stop.