well it's not even safety wired to prevent the nuts from coming loose, but it will stop them from falling off the studs if they do come loose.

As a TT official, they'd be rejected.

Looks ok but would never pass tech inspection. It's fine if you're not planning to do advanced track days or race.

Pretty much what I was going to say. Not sure why this guy's even making a how to video without bothering to learn how to do it properly himself first. Another free-dumb production

I don’t understand why the studs would have holes

@@ericsee9109 They have holes in them for the purpose of allowing you to safety wire them so the bolts cant pass the wire if they become loose. This was a good vid but they way hes wiring it is more for aesthetics.

Very true man, however these bikes have specially designed studs with a groove at the end, made exactly for this purpose. ;)

The safety wire in this case DOES have a purpose. Ducati designed the cush drive studs this way, to stop them backing out and damaging the swingarm. They've been doing it this way at least since the 748/916.

Actually,the nuts have holes. Found this by accident, yet I'd fail this for any track or road race....send him to the Sin Bin!

If it does anything it keeps the nuts from completely backing out but thats about it. If it were me, id drill the end of every cush bolt and run the wire through. Even then its still not preventing the nuts from coming loose.

@@UnburdenedByWhatHasBeen The safety wire in this case DOES have a purpose. Ducati designed the cush drive studs this way, to stop them backing out and damaging the swingarm. They've been doing it this way at least since the 748/916.

Nice!

Thanks!

@@CaliMotoTV thanks for the reply

You should watch the video.

@@CaliMotoTV really? Where do you show me video?

@@SeksL28 I explained that although it mostly cosmetic and what all the "kids" are doing, there is also function when racing its required to safety wire everything for us it's cosmetic.

@Someone Needs a Snickers thanks a lot now I know.

@@CaliMotoTV Thank you!

If done correctly absolutely. A secondary, redundant safety solution if the first method (torqued bolts) fails. In the case of this video the purpose is ‘oooh look, Shiney!” Because it’s not securing anything.

@@benjo145 It stops the nut coming off, which stops the stud backing out, and gouging a hole in the swingarm. Nothing 'Aesthetic' about it.

@@TheOriginalCoda I doubt it would. safety wire goes through holes in nuts and bolts to secure. the way it does this is through tension, if one bolt tries to loosen then the other will be pulled tighter. by wrapping the wire around the end of the thread like this its not doing squat to stop the nut backing off. it might stop the nut falling off completely, for a while, but you will still have a fastener not done up correctly. if its perfectly safe without that nut done up properly, what's the point in the nut being there in the first place? also no where in this video does he talk about the correct tension being 6-8 turns per inch, he's talking about 'three spins gives him the look that he wants' nothing technical about that, he's literally saying that he does that many turns for the aesthetic. then think about how not all the pliers will have the same rotations per pull, so your not going to meet the specifications of any safety wiring guidelines.

@@benjo145 This is not the same system you describe. The wire goes into specially designed grooves in the studs. It's got nothing to do with holes in nuts or wire 'gripping on the threads'. I guess you've not seen one of these studs in person? Ducati racing designed them to do that job that I described, and successfully raced bikes since the early 90's with this system and still use it to this day.

Bullshit. Take a look at the stud with the groove in it. These were designed by Ducati Corse and have done millions of miles at race speeds.

Because why not

You're not supposed to thread-lock the flanged cush-drive nuts. I have the service manual right in front of me, and it just says 48nm, no thread-lock of any kind should be applied.

Hi SH. He's not wrapping the threads. On Ducatis the standard studs have deep grooves around the tips. When the wire is twisted it locks tightly into the grooves. If a nut comes loose it cannot get past the wire. Some people upgrade to studs that have a hole in the end and/or nuts that have holes through them. But the stock items do work perfectly well provided the wire is snugly wrapped into those rebates. 👍

@@c138599 there’s a difference between cosmetic, looks neat, looks cool and airworthy. Airworthiness is paramount, I don’t care if it looks cool, coolness doesn’t care if it comes apart at 15k’ with passengers aboard

It has wings but it's not sn aeroplane. What's all this nonsense about airworthiness? Tell me do you safety wire your car's wheel nuts? If not, why not given the airworthy rant. And if you do, what the hell for??? 😄 ps I'm just stirring. You aero guys set the standard, I know. 👍

@@c138599 I work in aerospace engineering, and I'm also calling out the bullshit from the other guy.

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Tell it to Ducati racing team.