Ducati V4 Crash/ Teardown | Vale Clearance Check

While the bike is torn apart and there is easy access to the heads, its a good time to check the valve clearances. This motor has 5,000 miles on it, while that's well under the 15,000 service interval for normal use, racing makes that check more frequent. A quick rundown of how you can check the valve clearance with the specs for the intake cam- opener/closer & exhaust cam-opener/closer. While this isnt a walk through on all of the details, it should get you a good idea of what you are looking at.

[@truckrodhoodlum]

Motor! So it's Electric wow

[@MotoSurgeon]

I found some small chips on my drain plug. Have you seen any worn cam teeth or any other chips missing anywhere?

[@TxDucatiRacer]

That’s a bummer dude, sorry to hear it. No I haven’t seen anything like that from my motor just yet. The pieces you saw, were they stuck to the drain plug magnet & how big?

[@mickleblade]

I believe there's also an oil pickup that can be checked. Might be an idea.

[@bp7178]

5K on a track bike with a Panigale V4. It's likely time to rebuild the lower end. It's one of the main or maybe a thrust bearing that gives up in that mileage range, assuming those are all track miles.