West Cork Moto Services

West Cork Moto Services For all things Ducati. Annual inspections, oil service, desmo service, Ducati diagnostics. Brake & clutch seevice. Suspension service. Available in West Cork.

renovations, recommissioning, repairs, fixes, By appointment only, Routine servicing, repairs, fixes, fault finding, recommissioning of bikes, brake services, suspension services and set up, tyres supplied & fitted, electrical Gremlins traced and eradicated, body work repairs. Collection and delivery service also available. All makes but Ducati is my speciality. Fixed price servicing on all makes. Fixed price belt service on Ducati
Fixed price Desmo service on Ducati
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Single Side Swing Arm (SSSA) Rear Axle Hub. How many of you regularly service the rear axle hub of your SSSAs? How many ...
03/03/2025

Single Side Swing Arm (SSSA) Rear Axle Hub.

How many of you regularly service the rear axle hub of your SSSAs?

How many of you with SSSAs struggle to move the chain adjuster to correctly tension your chain?

Over time the inside of the rear axle assembly accumulates dirt & muck off the road. This builds up and causes the eccentric adjuster to seize, making it nigh on impossible to adjust the chain.

The photos here show how bad it can get, and believe me, this is not the worst I’ve seen.

There is a drain hole there to let out any water that gets in there but it’s only about 2.5mm in diameter and very quickly gets blocked. Once it’s blocked the muck begins to build up and will eventually cause corrosion on the inner SSSA surface as shown here.

My advice to those with SSSAs is to make the dismantling, cleaning, regreasing and rebuilding of the entire assembly part of your routine maintenance. Do it over the winter months when you’re not using the bike. Doing so also gives you chance to check the condition of the bearings within the eccentric adjuster.

If you want to do it yourself and want to know how just ask.

Oh, just as a PS, when you get your wheel removed to have the tyre changed DO NOT allow the tyre fitter to use his impact wrench to do up the rear wheel nut. Yes, I know it’s a big torque value, 230Nm, but do it with a proper torque wrench. Too many places are lazy and use their 500Nm or even 1000Nm impact wrench to tighten the nut. Not only could it shatter the wheel nut or cause stress fractures but it makes it nigh on impossible to remove.

Next time you take the tank off your bike, if you have the drain spigots underneath the tank like these, check the water...
13/11/2024

Next time you take the tank off your bike, if you have the drain spigots underneath the tank like these, check the water one is not blocked up. It’s the rearmost one on this 848 ie the one in the left in the photo.

They’re made of aluminium and when in contact with water and air a white corrosion starts which very quickly blocks the drain completely. This one was completely blocked as you can see in the photo and had water backed up all the way to the tank filler at which point any additional water which finds its way into the tank filler, eg from rain or washing the bike, will quickly flow into the tank.

“A stitch in time saves nine” and all that.

I’ve had 3 instances of this in the past 2 weeks on bikes in the workshop for routine servicing. All of them being bikes...
08/09/2024

I’ve had 3 instances of this in the past 2 weeks on bikes in the workshop for routine servicing. All of them being bikes that are over 15 years old. 2 of the instances being in the wiring block which connects the reg/rec to the stator and 1 being in the loom itself.
So, just a heads up, do check these type of block connectors regularly.

What causes it? Moisture and accumulated dust & dirt collect in the connector and starts to corrode the spade connectors therein. The corrosion increases resistance to the flow of the current which causes heat to develop until you get to the point where the whole thing starts to melt.

The solution, cut out the damaged connector, cut back the damaged wiring to where it’s good and undamaged, fit new connectors, just make sure they’re up to the job, and reconnect.

At present there’s a Hypermotard 821 in as it had fried its dash, a Benelli 752S was recently serviced including replaci...
29/01/2024

At present there’s a Hypermotard 821 in as it had fried its dash, a Benelli 752S was recently serviced including replacing leaky fork seals (it’s sort of Italianish 😉), and a beautiful brand new MultiStrada V4S Pikes Peak been dropped off for some customisation and paint protection film application before it hits the road.

It was a bit of a tyre-ing day in the workshop today😁. 2 bikes, 4 tyres amongst other things, whilst the Pani awaits del...
06/12/2023

It was a bit of a tyre-ing day in the workshop today😁. 2 bikes, 4 tyres amongst other things, whilst the Pani awaits delivery of 4 shims.

TERMIGNONI TIME. Have you been thinking of installing a Termi system on your Ducati, either end pipes or full system? Wh...
05/12/2023

TERMIGNONI TIME.

Have you been thinking of installing a Termi system on your Ducati, either end pipes or full system? Why not buy yourself a Christmas present? Now’s the time to do it.

As a supplier and installer of Termignoni exhausts and UpMaps here in Ireland there’s a special offer running up to Christmas*.

Up to 30% off the RRP and 1/2 price install. If you can’t get the bike to me and want to install it yourself no problem, I’ll ship the system to you👍.

A few examples:

Carbon Fibre Racing Silencers for the Monster 1200/S/R - RRP €1678 inc vat, now just €1175.

Carbon Fibre road homologated silencers for the Hypermotard 796/1100 - RRP €1610 inc vat, now just €1125.

Carbon fibre road homologated silencers for the MultiStrada 1260 - RRP €1020 inc vat, now just €715.

Full system 4 Uscite s/steel & titanium for the Panigale V4 (2018-22) Euro5 version - RRP €5990 inc vat, now less 20% ie €4795.

All other full systems, collector pipes, end cans available. Upmap’s available at a discount too.

If you’re interested just ask below or send me a DM.

*Offer is available whilst Termignoni still have stock.

Since taking the month of Sept off it’s been full on in the workshop throughout Oct & Nov. Here’s just a few of the thin...
02/12/2023

Since taking the month of Sept off it’s been full on in the workshop throughout Oct & Nov. Here’s just a few of the things that have been done.

Discovered a badly frayed front brake hose whilst servicing a Multi 1260 which had to be replaced. They rub against the mudguard and this one had frayed through the steel braiding to the pipe underneath.

Fitted an oil & water rad guard to a Multi V4S.

Belt and oil service and annual inspection on a Monster 821

Belt and oil service and annual inspection on a Scrambler Icon

Oil service, annual inspection and identifying why the EML light was displayed on a Multi 1200. Turns out one of the DVT valves wasn’t/couldn’t function correctly as the horizontal belt had been massively over tightened 😮.

That bike also needed the piston in the front brake master cylinder changing as a recall. If you have a Multi, a Diavel, a Pani or a Monster from c.2015-2017 with a Brembo PR16 master cylinder do run your VIN through Ducati’s recall checker. Brembo were fitting plastic pistons at that time and they can fracture under extreme duress leading to no front brakes. The replacement piston is aluminium 👍

There’s been a Hyper 1100 in for a Desmo service, a 749S for a new clutch and new front brakes and there’s presently a Panigale undergoing a Desmo service.

Oh, and the 30+ year old rubber brake lines on a Monster 900 were replaced with new braided HEL ones. The brakes now work much much better on that bike.

After a great tour, leading others, around Ireland’s north and west coasts last week, it’s back to the workshop this wee...
31/05/2023

After a great tour, leading others, around Ireland’s north and west coasts last week, it’s back to the workshop this week. So far this week there’s been a Ducati 749 which required a new dash unit as the old one had stopped displaying speed. That bike also needed an electrical fault in the neutral/side stand/clutch switch circuits tracing and fixing so they all worked as they should.

Yesterday there was a Panigale 1299 in for new tyres and poor starting, idling & running which was diagnosed as a faulty MAP sensor. When replacing one, it’s worth replacing them both for if one’s gone the other is surely not far behind and whilst in the guts of the bike to get to them you may as well do them both.

If you need your Ducati servicing, diagnosing, repairing, just get in touch.

Rant time - sorry but this really annoyed me. A new to biking customer had me collect his bike as it had broken down, fi...
13/05/2023

Rant time - sorry but this really annoyed me.

A new to biking customer had me collect his bike as it had broken down, first lost power then would not start after he stopped. Turns out it needs a new coil. However, as I’m checking over the bike I notice both front fork seals are leaking oil, the RH one so much so it’s running down the fork leg and the brake caliper is covered in fork oil.

However, that’s not all, both front disc rotors, and the rear, are badly scored and worn 20% beyond their wear limit. This bike is plain and simply dangerous and not road worthy 😮.

It’s not the owners fault, he’s new to biking, he only bought the bike in October last after passing his IBT, he’s ridden it 10 times and hasn’t even done 1000km on it since buying it. These things didn’t just happen whilst the bike was in his possession, they were present when he bought it, but being new to biking he didn’t know what to look for.

What really really annoys me is the bike was sold to him in that dangerous condition by a trader 😡 !!

Now as bikers we look out for each other, or should do, so, in my book, it would be bad enough a private seller stitching up a newbie biker but a trader, that’s just not on.

Rant over.

Had a really nice 750SSie in the workshop last week, the customer reported it was difficult to start and wouldn’t idle. ...
25/03/2023

Had a really nice 750SSie in the workshop last week, the customer reported it was difficult to start and wouldn’t idle. Sure enough it was a pig to start and would only run if the throttle was 1/2 opened. Thanks to being able to diagnose Ducs just as the main dealer or factory would it quickly became obvious the poor old ecu was getting mixed messages from various sensors and didn’t know how much fuel to dose.

This meant I could look straight away in the right places rather than having to make educated guesses. Turns out a lot of accumulated corrosion was preventing signals getting to the ecu but also the TPS was faulty. Being an old style non-linear TPS on this bike it wasn’t as simple as electronically resetting the TPS once a new one had been fitted, it has to be set manually which is a bit labour intensive but it’s worth it in the end. Once sorted and the throttle bodies correctly set up and balanced the bike now starts on the button, idles smoothly and picks up revs cleanly when on the open road.

If you’ve got issues with your Ducati (or any make) that can benefit from being professionally diagnosed then just make contact.

It’s been a bit quiet on here lately, mainly as I’ve been busy. Had a Ducati ST3 in for a full Desmo service and clutch/...
14/03/2023

It’s been a bit quiet on here lately, mainly as I’ve been busy.

Had a Ducati ST3 in for a full Desmo service and clutch/brake fluid change plus had to trace why the fuel pump was cutting out and rectify it.

Then, whilst that was in the workshop and I was waiting for parts I had a Kawasaki Vulcan S where the rear lights had stopped working plus the customer wanted additional LED multifunction lights fitted.

A Hypermotard came in at the weekend for a full Desmo service this week, a customer needed the suspension on his MultiStrada setting for his weight and today I collected a 750SS which has a lumpy and uneven idle.

Oh, and in between all that I had to fix the blower/heater in the van 😕.

Whilst I can service/repair all makes Ducatis are my passion and speciality so if you need any work done just drop me a line or pick up the phone. Current lead times are about 4 weeks.

I had a lovely Diavel in the workshop recently. It had an illuminated engine management light plus the remote key fob fo...
21/01/2023

I had a lovely Diavel in the workshop recently. It had an illuminated engine management light plus the remote key fob for it wouldn’t work unless it was placed right next to the antennae, plus the owner hadn’t been given the pin code by the previous owner which enables the immobiliser to be overcome and the bike started in the event of a complete failure of the remote key set up.

Anyway issues were diagnosed to a faulty MAP sensor on the horizontal cylinder plus a poor connection between the radio transmitter and the PCB in the remote fob. New map sensors were installed, diagnostic error messages cleared, new PIN code set and the bike returned to its owner. There were a couple of other small things rectified that came to light as I was going over the bike but these were done FOC because if it was my own bike I would have done them rather than leave them.

If you’re in Munster and have a Ducati that needs fixing, servicing (including the Desmo service), new belts, brakes, suspension, etc etc then just get in touch.

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