Ducati ST4S Shifty business

Today we're fixing a 2003 Ducati ST4S with shifting trouble. This happens to a lot of bikes when an internal spring breaks on the selector mechanism. The result is that you can only select gears one way and not the other. This particular bike has had a very expensive history but the owner dearly loves it and so do we. Luckily today's job was only a minor repair. But as the sped-up and edited video won't show, it takes a lot of work to get to the actual culprit and rectify the problem. Later on we might be back to change the worn out dry clutch. Hope you enjoy. Feel free to leave a comment.

[@pakkelly]

Excellent camera work and narration. Keep these old classic bikes running! Thank you.

[@hrg5010]

Totally agree that the ST4 and ST4s are great touring machines. Highly under rated and excellent value for money. The Corbin seat is a smart move since while adequate the factory seat isn't as good.

[@hlpang1075]

Wish I had such a professional shop where I live! Great job!

[@flywheelsmotorcycles]

wish i could be international

[@Cailean_MacCoinnich]

This is Ducati Maintenance for meditation. Gonna watch it again and chill...

[@flywheelsmotorcycles]

very satisfying and relaxing

[@azguitar]

Excellent work and video. Thank you!

[@flywheelsmotorcycles]

much appreciated

[@rbfclaboratoryandstudio]

Great video format. Pretty informative and useful. Hope you guys keep it up!

[@flywheelsmotorcycles]

Thanks so much for the encouragement.

[@KevinPaulineNeal]

Good vid

[@flywheelsmotorcycles]

Cheers bro

[@xyesman5519]

Good one. Alternator nut is 270Nm without thread locker as per the manual

[@flywheelsmotorcycles]

Correct!

[@curtis1951]

Never a good sign when you need to do transmission work and you start by removing the mirror. 😂

[@flywheelsmotorcycles]

LOL

[@truthboomertruthbomber5125]

That’s the shift return spring.

[@flywheelsmotorcycles]

Correct. Its technical name is called the detent spring

[@godislove8740]

What torque, again?

[@englishsteve1465]

So, what are we talking for this job then ? £10 ?- £12 ? lol 😀

[@flywheelsmotorcycles]

just a little bit more than that, but less than a house 😜