Heat issues, addressed today by Ducati!

Im thinking that if you get the upgrade, people may look at you and your Ducati differently and not think your as cool as you are without the update. Id stick with your stock "oven bake exhaust" if the part that you block with your legs when your riding is most concerning.

Joking aside, THis is a bike that you ride, for me Id rather be comfortable and be able to enjoy my bike rather than sit at a light baking and sweating my ass off over the heat under the seat. I mean most of this would not be noticed to the untrained eye other than the few real enthusiasts of Ducati. Most other eyes will stop at the DUCATI decals and thats the end of it.

Calm down and see what the update actually consists of and then decide if the update is for you. I think dark windshields look ...... on this bike, but over half of you love it, just like everything in life, to each their own. If your bikes heat is not an issue, then go pick up the parts for your update and keep them in a box in the garage and enjoy your bike as it is and drop this subject. I live in FLorida wheres its mainly always hot so anything i can do to cool this bitch down, Im all for it, Hell, Id install a ....... ICE BOX behind the radiator if i could just figure out out to keep the ice from melting in 1 minute So all you ....... in Alaska and Snow Country, I understand where the heat is a good thing for you, but many of us in the "warm" states are looking for help!

I for one paid for a 2013 and If they are now sending out the newest 2013's with this update kit, IMO Id rather keep my bike as current as possible and i really dont mind the update because when im riding it, over 50% of the covers we are talking about will be blocked by me and the other 50% thats visable, is less important to me than the heat being redirected from my ...... NUTS!

Love you all! Mean It!

Am i the only one who actually likes the new shield? It looks more .. Meaty? Maybe because im seeing the picture from a phone or maybe because im getting bored waiting for my flight, but that thing is growing on me

I guess if BMW riders can get used to that fugly s1000rr front end, I will get used to my new big a$$ heat shield.

Someone will come out with a CF replacement, and all will be well on the forum...

DuckRyda said:

I guess if BMW riders can get used to that fugly s1000rr front end, I will get used to my new big a$$ heat shield.

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I'm sure it keeps them up at night. It keeps me up at night and I don't even own one

Trauma said:

Someone will come out with a CF replacement, and all will be well on the forum...

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Then we can fight over whether or not the replacement should be matte or gloss and debate the quality of the Chinese e-bay carbon fiber version vs. the Shifttech vs. the DP one. I thought groundhog day was over? Oh wait, it just restarts and is never over.

Well on the bright side of things Ducati is working the issue. Regardless of how it looks and what the masses different styles of taste are, and how people tolerate heat, this overall shows something is in the works.

Do i agree with majority of the posts, YES! however I believe if it is mass produced it will be accepted and the norm, and maybe later when people are collecting these bikes and want the un-modded heat issue upgrade they will source them in Alaska seeing as they didnt need the fix and it will become something along the lines of a "rare breed".

The thermal dynamics portion of this is the key. The reason we all tolerate the bike more than others is A) some people may live were it is mainly freeway driving. B) Dont drive it as much or track the bike, or C) Just have one becasuse it looks good in the garage lol.

When we see the posted letter from a user saying bring in your bike, then a few days later that is followed by a picture of what was put on, then throw your stones, but overall I would be more concerned with maybe your ability to have it on in the summer and off in the winter (thats what I would do) so I want to have both. I dont truely mind the looks, hell you can paint the black plastic engine cover to match your engine head LOL then it won't be so bad!!

Overall all we can do is see what happens..

I'm willing to be the forum guinea pig and get this abomination installed and then do some temp comparisons, but I haven't even gotten my letter yet! Maybe they are going in order of purchase date and since I have a 2013 I am last on the list.

Let's not forget your legs will most likely cover the heat shield when riding.

Then again those of you posing with the bike at the local Quickie Mart will have to let it be seen.

I bought the bike for it's performance and leading edge technology, not to look cool.

SOULRIDER said:

Let's not forget your legs will most likely cover the heat shield when riding.

Then again those of you posing with the bike at the local Quickie Mart will have to let it be seen.

I bought the bike for it's performance and leading edge technology, not to look cool.

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I married my wife because she is a like-minded wondererful person and wonderful mother to our child, not because she is hot.

But come on....not like that's not important.

Denver Rick said:

I married my wife because she is a like-minded wondererful person and wonderful mother to our child, not because she is hot.

But come on....not like that's not important.

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OH! Nothing good is gonna come from this

I second that!!! It's gunna get ugly!

Pun intended.

Denver Rick said:

I married my wife because she is a like-minded wondererful person and wonderful mother to our child, not because she is hot.

But come on....not like that's not important.

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I hope the Duc doesn't end up having another set of twins. Wear protection for God's sake.

MUNDMAN said:

OH! Nothing good is gonna come from this

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Now now, only meaning there was that while my wife being hot, which she is, was not the PRIMARY reason for marriage...it is a quality that I still value very highly. Merely making an engineering v. beauty comparison.

By they way, there has to be some motorcycle equivalent to the Crazy/Hot scale as used by Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother. (aka the Vickie Mendoza diagonol).

I have mixed feelings on the heat fix. May turn out to look cool, but I've lerned to love how it looks now. They make fine, beautiful equipment so I'll have some faith that they know what they are doing both in form and function. But I do love the two-tone exposed engine. Gives it more of a space-age tech feel.

SoutheastJay said:

THis is a bike that you ride, for me Id rather be comfortable and be able to enjoy my bike rather than sit at a light baking and sweating my ass off over the heat under the seat.

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If i were a betting man, i don't think that the shields are going to do much when sitting at a complete stop. Time will tell though....

CaliDuc said:

One thing that strikes me as being very odd is the Full Termi' NEW heat shield that is in the Ducati Performance accessories 2013 catalog.

I have attached several photos.

If you examine the photos (from the catalog) you will see that the NEW Termi' heat shield is a lot smaller and more attractive than the current one.

So my question is, in the face of the proposed heat 'solution/compromise' what is going on with what is being hawked in the DP 2013 catalog ???

Very puzzling.

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Does it say anywhere in there when they are going to be avail for purchase? Still April or what not?

AntiHero said:

I dropped my bike off with a fabricator and he's working on coming up with a solution for me. He happens to have a 1098 S and we swapped bikes after a 30 minute ride. I have to say the 1098 may as well have an air conditioned seat compared to the 1199. The difference was enough to where he called riding the Panigale "Murder". When I went from the 1098 back to the 1199 I'd have to say I agree. Must have been a 40 degree difference!

I know there are other heat shields out there--but knowing his work, I'm confident he can come up with something better than any of the current heat shields out there (and it will probably be more expensive).

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AntiHero,

You have had more experience with a 1199 than any other person on this forum, so your constructive comments hold a lot of weight with me. Your signal to noise ratio on your posts are of great value.

Something to consider .. *IF* you believe that you can come up with a palatable solution ; I sense an untapped market need and as such and for what it is worth, please consider me as a potential business backer. I have some bandwidth and I invest in people. Please do not be discouraged by people who tear down your ideas.

As I have both a 1199 S Tricolore and a 1098 S Tricolore I can state that we both hold congruent viewpoints.

Castor Troy said:

Does it say anywhere in there when they are going to be avail for purchase? Still April or what not?

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It does not state when they are available, so I would assume April 2013 is a safe bet. It may be the new default on the new Termi.