Clutch banging in to 1st.

What are your idle RPMs at?

Check out this post @ Ducati.ms

http://www.ducati.ms/forums/57-supersport/359905-trouble-going-neutral-first.html

Most likely the noise your hearing is simply worn clutch plates stopping when the hub stops spinning as you go from neutral to 1st gear. Its all normal stuff, typical issues when the clutch plate pins are worn.

Idle is around 1150.

Clutch plate pins? Are those like tangs?

There are groves in the basket from the plate tangs, but the plates themselves are not deformed.

jjr57 said:

Clutch plate pins? Are those like tangs?

There are groves in the basket from the plate tangs, but the plates themselves are not deformed.

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Each friction plate has a pin on it, which sticks into a groove on the clutch basket. The gap between those pins and the groove they slide into, is where the noise is coming from. The metallic clutch plates make a "ting" noise when the clutch is pulled in. Its the noise we're all very familiar with when riding dry clutch bikes. The moment you put it into gear, everything rattles and thats why you hear that noise. Yes, its coming from the hub, not the basket since the basket is always spinning. But the noise is pretty much normal with dry clutch Ducati's and basket/clutch pin wear.

Thanks, that makes sense. A new basket is on my list for next year.