Heat shield up close

Denver Rick · Mar 6, 2013

Maybe Ducabike can replicate a clear heat shield.

Stw · Mar 6, 2013

Denver Rick said:
Maybe Ducabike can replicate a clear heat shield.

Invisible might be even better..

youngR · Mar 6, 2013

Stw said:
Louisiana is unbearable 24-7...lol

you are...absolutely 100% correct. This place sucks big donkey kong .....

At least you have the dry heat. You sweat walking outside 6 am during summer time here.

Denver Rick · Mar 6, 2013

youngR said:
you are...absolutely 100% correct. This place sucks big donkey kong .....

At least you have the dry heat. You sweat walking outside 6 am during summer time here.

Spent some time at Camp Beauregard in the summer in the 90s. Never. Again.

duckyduc · Mar 6, 2013

Stw said:
Yeah right... Leather when its a 105f+???? I don't think so... and just like ...... traffic happens too... so please be realistic here....

i dont think its the weather that has the big affect, more about the travel speed, my bike have seen everything but traffic, hence i dont have a heat issue

efna · Mar 6, 2013

duckyduc said:
i dont think its the weather that has the big affect, more about the travel speed, my bike have seen everything but traffic, hence i dont have a heat issue

Don't they have traffic in Boston anymore? Last time I was there they had nothing but traffic. Most of it seemingly caused by ceilings collapsing in tunnels. Time before that it was traffic from all these idiots running around with numbers pinned to their backs and the time before that it was from remnants of the 'big dig'.

4theride · Mar 6, 2013

Stw said:
Louisiana is unbearable 24-7...lol

and then there's the heat!

luke · Mar 6, 2013

Was doing okay until I reached the third picture. It looks like the exhaust has cancer. No wonder they tried to release the bike with a sleeker heat shield.

Capt CF · Mar 30, 2013

Here are a couple I took up close today that show a bike with the new heat shield next to a bike with the old heat shield so you can get an idea how it looks from a couple angles. The red one also has the head covers installed.

zvez · Mar 30, 2013

Pretty hideous, I won't be making that mod anytime soon.

Capt CF said:
Here are a couple I took up close today that show a bike with the new heat shield next to a bike with the old heat shield so you can get an idea how it looks from a couple angles. The red one also has the head covers installed.

Capt CF · Mar 30, 2013

zvez said:
Pretty hideous, I won't be making that mod anytime soon.

Yeah, doesn't the red look like crap? Oh, sorry, you meant the heat shield?

Trauma · Mar 30, 2013

Capt CF said:
Yeah, doesn't the red look like crap? Oh, sorry, you meant the heat shield?

Are you an Antiredite? Them's laws against your kinda folks!

Capt CF · Mar 30, 2013

Trauma said:
Are you an Antiredite? Them's laws against your kinda folks!

It looks just like this but this doesn't have the ugly heat shield.

Hitter11 · Mar 30, 2013

Capt CF said:
Here are a couple I took up close today that show a bike with the new heat shield next to a bike with the old heat shield so you can get an idea how it looks from a couple angles. The red one also has the head covers installed.

For some reason these pics won't show up for me. I'm guessing others aren't having this problem since they posted replies...

Trauma · Mar 30, 2013

Capt CF said:
Here are a couple I took up close today that show a bike with the new heat shield next to a bike with the old heat shield so you can get an idea how it looks from a couple angles. The red one also has the head covers installed.

As I mentioned above, Ducati is instructing all dealers to install the shield on every in-stock Panigale- so not sure why you see one with and one without here.

Capt CF · Mar 31, 2013

Trauma said:
As I mentioned above, Ducati is instructing all dealers to install the shield on every in-stock Panigale- so not sure why you see one with and one without here.

My dealer had received all the parts from Ducati, but had only installed them on one bike. I figured it was a perfect opportunity to snap a side by side pic before they did the other one. I'll probably do the install at some point this summer depending on how bad the heat is. It got up there yesterday (60 ambient), but I am still on the fence with what exhaust to do (full termis come with a nicer looking matte heat shield) so I may wait until I make a final decision. I'll likely take it in once to do the melted fairing, full termis (maybe) and the sprocket stuff. Just had an idea - I'll wait until I need tires (1300 miles on the OEMs) and then do it since I never bought that doodad to do tire changes at home.

Trauma · Mar 31, 2013

That's a good idea, will maximize your service dollars! I had to buy 2 of those changers, one for my front and one for my rear, because the 2 wheels looked like they were different.

Capt CF · Mar 31, 2013

Trauma said:
That's a good idea, will maximize your service dollars! I had to buy 2 of those changers, one for my front and one for my rear, because the 2 wheels looked like they were different.

Do you hate the huge plastic shield next to your quasi-beautiful fiberglass rear fender? Enough to get full termis?

Trauma · Mar 31, 2013

Almost- my CF love is waning recently. I'll see Tuesday when I pick it up. I also am fitting the fairing extensions.

Capt CF · Mar 31, 2013

Trauma said:
Almost- my CF love is waning recently. I'll see Tuesday when I pick it up. I also am fitting the fairing extensions.

You mean the Hayden handguards? That's one I haven't considered. I don't think the shield looks that bad, but it does annoy me that a CF option isn't available for non-full termi systems since we shelled out the money to upgrade the fender and this sits like right on top/next to it.

Heat shield up close

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