1996 Ducati 916, 10855 miles

Upon discovery of the wear on these rocker arms, I brought them into GP Motorcycles for their warranty person (Mike) to inspect. We talked about my options and I decided to send all eight rocker arms to Megacycle cams for hardface treatment. Retail cost is $78 each, or a total of $624, or less than the cost for 3 rockers. I made my decision to send the rockers to Megacycle for a few reasons:

All closing rocker arms are without marks.

Rear cylinder - exhaust, right

This is the worst of the rockers. The wearing is approximately .020" and the chrome facing has cracked and flaked.

The cam lobe has worn through the chrome face from the top. Notice the distinct line where the chrome face is gone.

Here, the chrome plating cracked and flaked off at the edge of the cam lobe contact area.

Along the dark line, there is a groove in the face.

There is noticeable wear in the corner where the chrome face cracked and flaked away.

While these three arms, front intake right, front exhaust left, and front exhaust right, have visible wear patterns, the chrome is still intact and there are no grooves that can be felt.