Rebuilding wrecked 1199

endodoc said:

Damn that was painful to watch. The bike was fine but that guys work environment rivaled something in a rural Indian village. His work bench is the floor, his rear stand is a cinder block assisted by a floor jack that would make Harbor Freight proud and he hasn't yet prepared himself for the anal breaching that is about to commence at the Ducati parts dept. Ugly.

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lotus7 said:

Found on YouTube today and found it interesting.Never seen a bike that destroyed before.I don't know how to link it, but the youtube channel is by CJ Media and the title of episode 1 is "Rebuilding a Wrecked 2014 Ducati Panigale 1199!!"

I would have thought that a Panigale in that condition is not worth rebuilding only good for parting out? Anyway I think others will find it interesting as well.

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endodoc said:

Damn that was painful to watch. The bike was fine but that guys work environment rivaled something in a rural Indian village. His work bench is the floor, his rear stand is a cinder block assisted by a floor jack that would make Harbor Freight proud and he hasn't yet prepared himself for the anal breaching that is about to commence at the Ducati parts dept. Ugly.

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B Topp said:

He might have bitten off more than he can chew. Hopefully he can rebuild it.

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endodoc said:

He’s not going to check the motor other than replacing the valve cover gasket nor has he mentioned the fact that the frame is an integral component to maintaining the engines geometry.

I’m guessing that impact has most likely compromised the integrity of the engine. It’ll probably run but it might not run long for long. No perimeter frame, engine case is 2 piece indexed with dowels. These things don’t crash well. I have an 1199 case that was high sided. Motor looked fine. Crankshaft bore gauge said otherwise. The case shifted when the swingarm smacked the track.

cool what the guys doing but man, get a workshop figured out. Doesn’t need to be white epoxy, stainless and SnapOn but this is nonsense for your own sanity

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Nathanhu said:

looks like the ideal donor for a stolen 1199... thats a whole lot of junk.. no keys, tacho junked etc etc

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Halo2 said:

His latest episode he didn't know what the spark plug lead was and I just facepalm when he said that.

Good on him for giving it ago but I think his bitten off more than he can chew, Parts are $$$$$$$$$$$.
I don't have a motorcycle/car lift either but have done plenty of work on cars and bikes.

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Paul G said:

I dont wish him well, I wish him an experienced advisor. Whats an average 1199 worth 10k ish?
2 k down and 8k @ say 5% finance is 400 pa plus principle. Over 3 years lets call it $80 a week with fees insurance etc....

and youre riding, if you look after it since they are at residual value maybe youll recoup 7k on the resell?

Take the wreck- now unless he is connected into the excellent quality Ducati wrecked parts world ( yeah right!) he will be buying a lot of new parts. Without even trying theres 10k in second hand bits, in fact if he went to the dealers there's 40k at least in parts but since nobody does that he will be in aftermarket/second hand world. He might get lucky but or he might be onto the whole youtube beggar schtick and try and fleece the rubes but I cannot see this ending up as runner.

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Paul G said:

Its not just Panigale's that are expensive to rebuild, all superbikes are complex and lots of small expensive breakable parts. That bike is really a donor of the remaining good parts (if any) unless he already had a bin full of Panigale bits and pieces.

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