1199 Panigale Academy

This past Saturday went to a "1199 Panigale Academy" hosted at Charlotte Motorcycles in Charlotte NC.
Also had a 1299 and Scrambler there as part of the 2015 product tour. While I still don't have much interest in the Scrambler, I have to admit it looks better in person than in all the Ducati Hipster beard-n-flannel marketing hooey their advertising media packages it in.

Some pics of the motor tear down (for all you gear heads) -
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This is what you'll need to pull the cylinder liners up/out and split the cases. Interesting that the 1199 and 1299 share the same cases - they changed the liners (and, of course, the pistons). The 1299 liners are steel because they're thinner and the nickasil in the 1199 can't be milled that thin and take the pressures.
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The 1299 they had there...
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And of course......

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Had also gone with the idea of test riding a Triumph Speed Triple (interested in it for a base to make a Sport-Tourer to replace my Triumph Sprint ST. But the place was pretty packed so didn't get a chance to do that. Maybe next time. But Motorcycle Charlotte had a nice place. Great event. Free food too! Nice way to spend a Saturday.
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Looks like a fun time was had by all..... but, only to be expected really, with so many shiny red bikes present

Thanks for the pictures! I love peeking into the innards of the engine. I watched my motor being disassembled for its headwork and related jobs and was quite fascinated by the complexity and detail of the Superquadro engine.

Wish I d have been there! What a really fun time you guys appear to have had.
Have a friend on multistrada.net who lives close to that dealership. He came to one of the Scottish tours I organised, great fellow.
Thanks for sharing

aaargh. so close and i couldn't make it.

any rumors about the ATL date yet?

That case of tools to maintenance the Panigale is roughly 12k.

Phl said:

aaargh. so close and i couldn't make it.

any rumors about the ATL date yet?

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NPR Ducati in Athens is going to be doing one. In fact, the tech rep at this one said he was delivering this demo motor to them this coming week so that Daniel (NPR's certified tech) could use it for the clinic - but no word on when it's going to happen.