Ok here are a few questions before you do the install. And before I go down the list did you order the full adjustable triple clamps with a total of 8 rings? Or just the #2 rings? So let me know if you also received these parts as well. Most guys who order online here in the US arent told they need extra parts. Which is why the price is lower than what it is supposed to retail for. I sell the full adjustable IMA triple trees with all the adjusters and the following IMA Special Parts listed below that are needed as well. But the bushes would need to be purchased from Ducati.
To answer your 1st question. If you want it to be at the stock setting then you need I believe you need to use the oval ring set where its exactly even at the top and bottom. That should be ring set #1. I could be mistaken but when using the #1 ring set on a Ducati 1299 it sets it up as stock. And guys with Panigale V4 models who bought these from me also used ring set #1 for a stock set up. I could be wrong but I am pretty sure the #1 ring set is a stock set up for all the bikes that IMA makes triple trees for. If you want it to be at a negative setting where your wheel base is shorter and trail is negative then you use the other ring sets. To make it negative which will make the bike more unstable yet turn quicker you have the thicker part of the ring facing forward and the thinner part of the ring facing backward. If you want the bike to be more stable and increase the wheel base and making the trail positive. Then the thicker part of the ring faces you and the thinner part of the ring faces the road. That will make the bike more stable on faster longer straight's but taking away from fast turning. I change mine up depending on the track I ride. If the track has long straights and the turns are wide I tend to make the triple trees +1 or +2. But I normally ride the streets and tracks with shorter straights and tight turns with the -1 rings. And depending if the turns are even tighter Ive changed a few times to -2. Ive even changed from -1 to -2 on the tracks I normally use the -1 rings. But I like how -1 feels all around.
Ok so tell me if you got these parts with your triple trees
1) 2 bearing ring nuts part #430
2) 1 top ergal ring part #417
3) 2 adjustable steering limiters part # 403
4) 2 dust seals ( you can get them from Ducati but I just order them from him IMA)
5) 1 lower tapered roller bearing ( I tell guys to just order 2 roller bearings instead of 1 and replace both ball bearings). You cant mount the bottom clamp without replacing the lower ball bearing with the roller bearing. The problem with that is. In order to replace the oem ball bearing with the roller bearing is that you must remove the race from the bush which is part # 75610361AA and install the race that comes with the roller bearing. But removing that race is next to impossible. There is no leverage to get it out. Some guys either try to use a dremal tool with a small round circular saw and cut it out by cutting in 4-6 spots. But you risk cutting into the bush. Other guys try to make 5-7 small round ball looking welds. Then putting the bush into the freezer for 30 to 60 mins. Then try and push it out by pressing a flat screw driver against those round welds. I just tell guys to buy 1 or 2 new bushes to make their lives easier. They only cost $52 each But when I tell guys about the bushes. I just tell them to buy 2 of them. They are the same part #. This way you can install a roller bearing in the top and bottom new bushes. Im not sure if you have a 2020 V4 but the part #'s are the same for the Ducati 1299 all the way through 2020 and most likely even the 2021 Ducati V4 models. If you go to ducatiomaha.com and look up OEM parts. Then click on the 2020 V4. The bush is on pages 164-165. It is part # 2. Now if you didnt get 2 dust seals with your order then you can order them from Ducati Omaha also. They are part #'s 93041911A which is the 3rd part # in that list.
Unless you have all the parts I listed from 1-5 you will not be able to install those triple trees. And the #5 write up I did is the most important. Like I wrote in #5. You can just replace the bottom ball bearing with a roller bearing. But in my opinion since everything is coming apart you may as well replace the top ball bearing with a roller bearing as well. But its next to impossible to remove the ball bearing race from the bottom bush or bottom and top bush if you listen to me and replace both ball bearings with a set of roller bearings. Ill send you a PM as well
