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Some lessons learned during the installation of the 1199 Panigale Armour Bodies Race Bodywork:
1) Order an extra bag of AZUS fasteners from Woodcraft. In total, you need two bags of the "rivet" style AZUS fasteners and one bag of the "spring clip" style fasteners. Believe me....you will break a rivet or five during the installation process...and you will not want to wait three days for another baggie to arrive. When you mess up....you can use a 2mm bit to drill it out
2) Installation instructions recommend a step bit for drilling...I found that drilling a pilot hole with a 2mm bit...and then following up with a step bit...worked best.
3) Don't bother measuring...drill dead center at pre-marked locations and the bodywork will fit perfectly. This will allow you to attach rivet fasteners off the bike...you will have much more room to get your hands behind the bodywork and hold everything in place while working the rivet tool.
4) Start by removing all stock bodywork...carefully wrap each fairing and put bolts in plastic sandwich baggies...catalog and take pictures...that way you don't loose anything and remember how to put it back together. Also remove front and rear headlight assembly. I took some zip ties to neatly fasten the remaining wiring harness to itself so it wont get in the way later...Since Ducati is freakin awesome, all the wires are already labeled.
5) Install the windscreen on the race bodywork...some "massaging" is required here...found it much easier to install before fitting fairing to bike than after...
6) Fit ram air ducts and front fairing with windscreen attached to the from of the bike and attach with four screws. I ended up going to Lowes and browsing for some nuts, bolts and washers that worked. Only four stock screws are used for installing the entire kit...
7) Fit race tail...removing the rear tail light assembly will cause a check engine light....still messing around with this, more to follow. I also installed a Hit-Air lanyard to the subframe during this process...Safety first
...drilled another hole into the top of the race tail to enable the lanyard to protrude right behind me. In the case of a high-side...the lanyard will activate an airbag vest and reduce traumatic injury on impact...hopefully...
8) Instead of AZUS fasteners, I used 1/4" plastic bodywork fasteners from auto zone to fasten the small fairing that cleans up the underside of the race tail to the race tail...several types available...screw in type and pop-in types...tried them all...all work....I like the pop-in type the best...
1) Order an extra bag of AZUS fasteners from Woodcraft. In total, you need two bags of the "rivet" style AZUS fasteners and one bag of the "spring clip" style fasteners. Believe me....you will break a rivet or five during the installation process...and you will not want to wait three days for another baggie to arrive. When you mess up....you can use a 2mm bit to drill it out
2) Installation instructions recommend a step bit for drilling...I found that drilling a pilot hole with a 2mm bit...and then following up with a step bit...worked best.
3) Don't bother measuring...drill dead center at pre-marked locations and the bodywork will fit perfectly. This will allow you to attach rivet fasteners off the bike...you will have much more room to get your hands behind the bodywork and hold everything in place while working the rivet tool.
4) Start by removing all stock bodywork...carefully wrap each fairing and put bolts in plastic sandwich baggies...catalog and take pictures...that way you don't loose anything and remember how to put it back together. Also remove front and rear headlight assembly. I took some zip ties to neatly fasten the remaining wiring harness to itself so it wont get in the way later...Since Ducati is freakin awesome, all the wires are already labeled.
5) Install the windscreen on the race bodywork...some "massaging" is required here...found it much easier to install before fitting fairing to bike than after...
6) Fit ram air ducts and front fairing with windscreen attached to the from of the bike and attach with four screws. I ended up going to Lowes and browsing for some nuts, bolts and washers that worked. Only four stock screws are used for installing the entire kit...
7) Fit race tail...removing the rear tail light assembly will cause a check engine light....still messing around with this, more to follow. I also installed a Hit-Air lanyard to the subframe during this process...Safety first
...drilled another hole into the top of the race tail to enable the lanyard to protrude right behind me. In the case of a high-side...the lanyard will activate an airbag vest and reduce traumatic injury on impact...hopefully...8) Instead of AZUS fasteners, I used 1/4" plastic bodywork fasteners from auto zone to fasten the small fairing that cleans up the underside of the race tail to the race tail...several types available...screw in type and pop-in types...tried them all...all work....I like the pop-in type the best...
