Back in the shop

Blew my latte over, I'm still pissed off!

@Steven31371 Did you ever get your super tall windscreen? I'm still using the Zero Gravity touring which is taller than the Ducati Corse and WRS one, but the fit is...kind of .... compared to the other two.

bp_SFV4 said:

@Steven31371 Did you ever get your super tall windscreen? I'm still using the Zero Gravity touring which is taller than the Ducati Corse and WRS one, but the fit is...kind of .... compared to the other two.

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Yeah I got it but it’s not really taller than the ZG Touring, bit of a disappointment when it arrived.

The contour of the back edge is slightly different though, the ZG sorta flares at about the 10 o’clock and two O’clock areas, whereas the Cruciate one doesn’t….do the Cruciata is about a centimeter taller in the center and about a centimeter shorter where ZG has those flares….not a compelling enough of a difference for me to pull the nose fairing off just to replace the windshield, I will next time I have it off though.

Still waiting the pics of your bike.

AlanSmith7 said:

Still waiting the pics of your bike.

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Mine?

That’s the current iteration that I’ll probably keep for awhile

AlanSmith7 said:

Still waiting the pics of your bike.

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;-)

How long have you been using a dry clutch? Can you articulate the difference between a dry clutch and a wet clutch from a rider's perspective?

bp_SFV4 said:

How long have you been using a dry clutch? Can you articulate the difference between a dry clutch and a wet clutch from a rider's perspective?

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From the riders perspective I honestly think the only difference is the sound. That dry clutch sound is very distinctive, I personally like it, but from a performance perspective I doubt it makes that much of a difference.

Maybe marginally less parasitic loss of power at the wheel and a couple degrees lower average temps?

The slipper function is said to be better optimised with the dry clutch.

I think a lot of these parts are similar to weight reduction on the bike, individually each part only reduces a little bit of weight so it doesn’t seem like it’s worth it to do, but all the parts together add up to pretty significant weight reduction…I think it’s the same with the performance bits adding up.

I’m not a fast rider but this bike is FAST, there have been several instances where other Ducati’s have been stuck behind me on a corner carrying faster roll speed through the corner and going around me on the drive onto the straight, and I twist the throttle and pull right back up beside them or past them…V4R’s, V4S’s, doesn’t matter, I haven’t seen one yet faster on the straights than mine, and that’s with me weighing 50 to 70 pounds more than their riders with a body big enough to act like a sail.

My bike is probably 30 to 40 pounds lighter than most of the other Ducatis out there on track, but I think it’s lots of little things adding up. Probably 15 to 20 pounds of that weight reduction is rotational mass, so the bike spins up faster, the Thysenkrupp wheels that only weight a few ounces less overall than say a BSD CF wheels has less weight in the barrel and more towards the hub than the bsd cf wheels so less rotational weight further from the hub where it multiplies, I have the track spec Sprint air filter and the smog stuff removed, and the WSBK exhaust, with a good tune optimizing it, and that extended swingarm that creates mechanical anti-wheelie so there is less electronic wheelie intervention that cuts the power, and the dry clutch reducing just a bit of parasitic power loss from the engine to the wheels, a 15/41 sprocket setup instead of a 16/41 setup so it pulls a bit harder etc etc….each of those things by themselves don’t make much of a difference, but together they seem to.

Now if I could just get to the point where I can ride this thing anywhere close to it’s potential lol

Wow, nice bike man.Keep that thing away from any track in the near future please. Might get dirty!!! Just joking mate.
I'll be there next Sunday assuming no rain, 100mph wind or 1110F heat!!

Steven31371 said:

I’m not a fast rider but this bike is FAST, there have been several instances where other Ducati’s have been stuck behind me on a corner carrying faster roll speed through the corner and going around me on the drive onto the straight, and I twist the throttle and pull right back up beside them or past them…V4R’s, V4S’s, doesn’t matter, I haven’t seen one yet faster on the straights than mine

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Gotta love trackday racing!

Jolly Roger V4 said:

Wow, nice bike man.Keep that thing away from any track in the near future please. Might get dirty!!! Just joking mate.
I'll be there next Sunday assuming no rain, 100mph wind or 1110F heat!!

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I’ll be there too, wife and kids might stop by, will weekend in Palm Springs

Also she’s good from far but far from good visually, like a track bike should be lol

Call me weird but I like scuffed up pretty things that look like they’ve been used lol

SuperDomestique said:

Gotta love trackday racing!

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Steven31371 said:

I’ll be there too, wife and kids might stop by, will weekend in Palm Springs

Also she’s good from far but far from good visually, like a track bike should be lol

Call me weird but I like scuffed up pretty things that look like they’ve been used lol

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Wabi-sabi. I need to practice this more

Steven31371 said:

;-)

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Lovely,

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I must say Wow, I mean what a beauty..