Installed Brembo GP4-RX and other goodies

Claymore · Apr 22, 2014

Gecko said:
Tank from CDT?
Got mine from Carbonvani and it was a real PITA to mount, no hole matched.
I hope your's better.
In case it shouldn't fit (expecially the fuel pump), let me know. I made some special screws.

I got my cf tanks from Carbon2Race - High quality carbon fibre motorcycle parts . The fit was absolutely brilliant. It had an pipe connection problem though and I sent it back under warrantee. Hope to have it back within a week or two.

pixar2dg · Apr 22, 2014

wayta go!!! Looks gorgeous

Trauma · Apr 22, 2014

I have nothing more to add - just omg Scrapper!

CaliDuc · Apr 22, 2014

ScrapperX,

The GP4-RXs are very cool, I am really happy with them. Great to see them on your bike with the RCS masters. The rearsets really match your bike, one of the most top quality modded bikes I have seen.

mark419ny · Apr 22, 2014

great work scrapperx

AntiHero · Apr 22, 2014

'If ya don't make someone jealous once a week, you're doin' something wrong.'

Way to go, man. Just when I think you can't do anything else, you go and do something else!

Sloopy · Apr 22, 2014

Do you have the rear sets on lowest setting and if so, how does it compare to stock?

bradp51 · Apr 23, 2014

ScrapperX said:
Added the following today
Brembo GP4-RX
Brembo HPK Rotors
Brembo Z04 Brake Pads
Brembo RCS-19
Lightech R Rearsets
CNC Racing Sprocket Flange

Brembo GP4-RX install
More stopping power & feel over the Brembo M-50. Install was fairly straight forward except the the Brake line on the caliper. You need to have custom brake lines because the M50 banjo are angled on the caliper vs the GP4-RX is perpendicular to the caliper it is a very tight fit (see pics below). Having custom brake lines built next week.

Brembo RCS install
1) Pain in the ass due to the Start Stop switch needs to be replaced with the slimmer GP style Start/Stop switch.

2) The RCS-19 doesn't come with anything that activates the Clutch Neutral switch. I had to install a Banjo bolt switch in place of the neutral switch.
Overall better feel with the New Clutch and brake master cylinder. Going to add a bigger Clutch Slave cylinder 30mm.

3) HPK Install
Plug and play - Wholly crap these are a thing of beauty and way better than the simi floating Brembo stock rotors. The Free Floating HPK are awesome.

4) CNC Racing Sprocket flange install
Straight forward. Significantly lighter than the stock flange by hand (didn't weigh it only by feel) and add bling.

5) Lightech "R" rearsets
Install easy but you need a Banjo bolt switch (comes with the Rearsets) for brake light. Smooth shifting and braking levers. Pegs are very grippy (I mean very, very grippy on my Axial Pro's) I will wait and see if the wear down a bit otherwise I may need file down the grips on the end of the pegs a bit.

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Have been looking at the HPK rotors myself. I recall seeing another Brembo rotor with an even higher spec. The centre part is black on that one. Have to find it again. May have been on the kyle racing site.
Love the look of the GP4 calliper. I could buy them just for the look if money was no object.

Looks great.

ScrapperX · Apr 23, 2014

bradp51 said:
Have been looking at the HPK rotors myself. I recall seeing another Brembo rotor with an even higher spec. The centre part is black on that one. Have to find it again. May have been on the kyle racing site.
Love the look of the GP4 calliper. I could buy them just for the look if money was no object.

Looks great.

Thanks and those are the Brembo T rotors I believe you are talking. I thought about them but they only come in 320mm.

jarelj · Apr 23, 2014

ScrapperX said:
Thanks and those are the Brembo T rotors I believe you are talking. I thought about them but they only come in 320mm.

I ran the HP's for years on several bikes, and then went to the T-Drives on my 1199, and honestly I saw no advantage with the T-Drives, they seemed to be identical in performance to the HP's. HP's look better with the gold carriers, and they're a little cheaper, so I'm going back to those on my 899.

reganc · Apr 23, 2014

ScrapperX said:
My Mods that I made current

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Brembo GP4-RX Brake Calipers
Brembo RCS-19 Brake and Master Cylinders
Brembo HPK Super Bike Rotors
Ohlins FGRT 203 Forks
Ohlins TTX 36 Mk II Rear Suspension
BST Carbon Fiber Wheels with Ceramic Bearings
Termingoni Full Exhaust System
AFAM 520 Light weight Conversion Kit
DID EVR-3 Gold Chain
Shorai Battery
Carbonvani Tri carbon fiber fairings
CDT Carbon Fiber Tank (out for paint job)
Lightech R Rearsets
Pro Race Grips 717
Rizoma rear brake fluid tank red
Rizoma Next front brake fluid tank red
Rizoma Next clutch fluid tank next red
Rizoma front axle slider
Sato Racing Engine Slider
DP 899 Seat
DP Carbon Fiber Rear Fender
DP Carbon Fiber Front Fender
DP Carbon Fiber Clutch Cover
DP Carbon Fiber Generator Cover
DP Carbon Fiber Swing Arm Guard
DP Carbon Fiber Rear Shock Guard
DP Carbon Fiber key Guard
DP Carbon Fiber Contrails (Air Ducts)
Zero gravity Corsa wind screen
XeBright HID Kit
Evotech upper and lower Radiator Guard
Kyle racing bar ends
CRG arrows mirrors
Shift Tech Carbon Fiber gas cap
Shift Tech Carbon fiber rear brake line cover
Shift Tech Carbon Fiber gas tank protector
CNC Racing Sprocket Flange Red
CNC Racing Wheel nut red
CNC Sprocket nut red
CNC Racing Sprocket Flange nuts (black)
CNC Racing upper and lower frame plugs (red)
CNC Racing seat screw (red)
CNC Racing Rear Axle slider
NRC Fender Eliminator

incredible bike, the only issue i have with it is every time i look at it i want to buy more stuff for mine.

JeffD · Apr 23, 2014

ScrapperX said:
Thanks and those are the Brembo T rotors I believe you are talking. I thought about them but they only come in 320mm.

Why not Sicom Carbon or Brake Tech Ceramic Matrix rotors?

And please don't say cost, you got it like that - baller!

Gunny Fitz · Apr 23, 2014

awesome!

double0 said:
I never understood why people take it upon themselves to badmouth someone for using a sportbike however the .... they choose to use it, whether it be pro racing, your average weekend warrior/canyon carver, commuter or even those who go to meets and talk about bikes n show off their creation. The guy doesn't have .... to prove to anyone.

People buy bikes and even mod them for different reasons. If it makes sense to the owner, guess what. No one elses opinion matters. The dude has a ridiculously modded Panigale and it looks killer. I don't care if I was a pro racer myself. I'd choose a much cheaper platform to push the limits than a heavily invested in Panigale.

Some of us post photos and info of our bikes to pass on and share our experiences with other enthusiasts. No one is ever going to agree with everyone's taste 100% of the time or even agree with reasons for changing parts on it. If all these mods give him a boner, I'd say that would be good enough for me to mod. Hell, I've taken this same approach just like some others on here have.

We all have good taste in bikes, obviously. We ride the sexiest thing on two wheels. Some of us choose to add our own personal touch to a bike to stand out from the crowd. You can rest assured there isn't another Panigale out there like scrapper's. Instead of givin him .... simply because YOU can't justify these mods, we should be appreciative that we have guys who make certain changes and share their experiences for others to benefit from so they don't make the same potential mistake and avoid a headache altogether.

I've ridden with scrapper n the dude is a stand up guy. I don't know what else you could possibly do to this bike man. You may get bored soon and want to invest in another project once the mods are done n nothing left to do lol.

VERY, VERY well put my friend!
Been thinking this for years and never understood why people do this by flaming others here. You summed it up great, thanks!

anthem · Apr 23, 2014

Braketech CMC's are sporadically made in batches and not even sure if they are available. Sicom's are good rotors as well but don't look anywhere near as nice. You're also limited to what kind of pads you can put onto the calipers by using the ceramics.

The HPK rotors have a 330mm that fits the panigale. . I haven't been impressed enough with the T-'s to make that switch. I think the HPK's with Z04 pads are an excellent mated pair. . Of course, going further up the chain - the GP4-RX (or RR) and the forged/billet MC as well (there is also a Rossi version of the MC which is the same price but some slight internal differences).

jarelj · Apr 23, 2014

Gunny Fitz said:
VERY, VERY well put my friend!
Been thinking this for years and never understood why people do this by flaming others here. You summed it up great, thanks!

+1 on that! I see some of the guys getting crap at the track for having a beautiful Ducati with all kinds of cool upgrades on their bike and they're going 10 seconds a lap slower than another guy on a ratty old Gixxer with broken bodywork and bone stock components. The guy on the Gixxer will say "Man he wasted his money on that Ducati, my bone stock Gixxer is faster!". And to that I say "Yeah, but you WANT to ride his bike and he DOESN'T want to ride yours!".

anthem · Apr 23, 2014

mrbrettbaker said:
As a guy that beats the crap out of my Pani at the track, I have to chime and say not only do I respect the buyers who bling out their bikes, I thank them sincerely. They ARE the majority of Ducati buyers. We kiddingly call them the Starbucks Crowd, but they are the ones buying and blinging the bikes. If a manufacturer had to rely on sales to racers, they couldnt do business. I remember the late 80s whenowning a Harley became fashionable to Rubbies (Rich Urban Bikers). The "real bikers" hated it, but they brought harley back from the brink. I will Never look down at or make fun of bling or chicken strips, and if I need to ever buy a used one I will buy a well cared for blinged out bike, sell the blings, and race it! I surely wouldnt buy anything that me or my friends had our hands on!

Hey Brett - thats pretty funny coming from a guy that wouldn't track his Panigale when he first got it. .. Remember, when you were giving me grief a couple years ago when you were still babying your panigale

and I had mine at the track. . .

Just busting your chops. .

azimmerlyjr · Apr 23, 2014

mrbrettbaker said:
As a guy that beats the crap out of my Pani at the track, I have to chime and say not only do I respect the buyers who bling out their bikes, I thank them sincerely. They ARE the majority of Ducati buyers. We kiddingly call them the Starbucks Crowd, but they are the ones buying and blinging the bikes. If a manufacturer had to rely on sales to racers, they couldnt do business. I remember the late 80s whenowning a Harley became fashionable to Rubbies (Rich Urban Bikers). The "real bikers" hated it, but they brought harley back from the brink. I will Never look down at or make fun of bling or chicken strips, and if I need to ever buy a used one I will buy a well cared for blinged out bike, sell the blings, and race it! I surely wouldnt buy anything that me or my friends had our hands on!

im gonna buy my next bike from the kid with the biggest chicken strips I can find...hahahaa jk...but seriously...I don't want a bike that's been tortured that's why I went to the showroom, to buy a brand new one to torture all on my own

.

ScrapperX · Apr 23, 2014

Sloopy said:
Do you have the rear sets on lowest setting and if so, how does it compare to stock?

The lightechs has awesome and easy adjustments. According to the instructions there is 6 position on the trac system plus you can could swap the foot peg and mounting screw which gives you a total of 8. I got kind of confused because I thought that would make it 12 but when you swap the foot peg and mounting screw there is only two holes that you could mount it to.

I have mine set on the second to the lowest setting (I'm 6'0'' with a 32" inseam) and it seems to be the most comfortable with canyon and street riding for me. I don't feel cramped at all. For the track I like mine to be up and back which keeps you more in the tucked position.

There are very few aftermarket rearsets that I know of will place your foot position the same as the stock. Most will lift and sweep it back for track riding. If you put the lightech on the lowest setting on their trac system and swap the foot peg with the mounting bolt it seems to be very close to the OEM position if not the same.

I hope that helps.

ScrapperX · Apr 23, 2014

JeffD said:
Why not Sicom Carbon or Brake Tech Ceramic Matrix rotors?

And please don't say cost, you got it like that - baller!

Would love to have them due to the weight savings on unsprung weight but there are a few things like chain, sprockets rotors, pads that I consider consumable and we have to change them frequently. $3K for rotors every 1 1/2 years yikes

Maybe if I were racing again and got sponsored by SICOM/Brake tech hell yeah because they would be freeee. These are supposed to last longer but I love to brake late and I'm very hard on the brakes. My buddy has them on his HP4 and said they are not 4 to 1 maybe 2 to 1 (change ratio)

mrbrettbaker · Apr 23, 2014

You've got me there Anthem! It adds to my point though. I've thrown my R6 on the pavement more times than I want to admit. While the Pani was still in it's street clothes, I never had the "testicular fortitude" to push the bike hard.Another big issue was I HATED the ergos on the Pani, and never felt locked in the bike. A seat, some rearsets, clip ons and some stompgrip and now it feels pretty good. Pirelli Race slicks don't hurt my confidence either. The icing on the cake was the Penske shock. Going thru the rough in T10 at thunderbolt (looong left) the rear was glued at full lean

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