Disc Brake from left to right side

I have had my brake on the left and right and find it better on the right.
I adjusted my rim to centre better in the forks and found a major improvement with the pulling problem.
Could it be that you are changing the rim alignment by turning the wheel around ?

bpatton said:

MexicoMike said:

Well, before I'd even consider all that work on a Commando I'd dump it and buy a new Ducati.

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When guys our age ride new Ducatis they look like trophy wives. It ain't dignified. It's nice to have a mistress with red hair and long legs, but you don't need to dump the wife. And don't forget,the upkeep on both mistresses and Ducatis is way high.
Stephan's opus is a little misguided and wayy too long.

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I've got a friend who's a Ducati mechanic. The Desmosedici (extreme example) comes with a three year free maintenance warranty. Step one on adjusting the valves - remove the engine!
Once its out of warranty, a valve adjustment will run around $3500, as each of the sixteen valves has two shims, one on the opening finger, one on the closing finger.

I know the Duck talk constitutes a bit of a hijack... but I'm 64 and have been seriously thinking of an 1198! I sold my 996 four years ago when we move here (Mexico), keeping the Commando which I had just purchased a few months earlier. At that time I was regularly tracking the 996 at Lime Rock. I couldn't bring them both and I decided I could always buy a new Duck if I wanted one. I didn't miss it much until lately for some reason but I'm trying to keep that "I want one" under control. Im using some of that "I'm too old for that" logic. But frankly, it doesn't really work!

Heck, a 70 year old friend who lives in San Miguel de Allende and owns two Commandos (and 6 other bikes)and I are talking about going to "wheelie school" in GA sometime this spring... Been a sportbike rider all my life, with the Commando being my first in 1971. I love my Commando (though I'd like a 750 Combat instead of my 850) but now any Commando is just an old (but really cool) cruiser.

Mike, you are the exception that makes the rule in more ways than one. Different horses for different courses.

There has been talk about the move that Norton made with the front caliper over the years. The only theory that made sense to me was that they were trying to quell the front end shakes by putting some weight out away from the axis of the forks. It has to do with polar moment of inertia dampening. They could have done it on the right or left, it wouldn't matter. The wobble thread has been on another list recently and one post mentioned a remedy that included adding weight to the bars.