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This explain @endodoc’ aggressive behavior on the forum. He’s on the juice.

endodoc said:
My Thyssenkrupp wheel with Sicom rotors, rotor bolts, speed ring and tire weight within 120 grams of my just my Marchesini wheel and tire. More significant than replacing all the bolts on the bike with Ti.

Rear Ti axle, magnesium hub, Sicom rear rotor, P4-24 caliper, 520 setup is 40% of the weight of the stock components and it’s sprung/rotating weight as well. Lightweight subframe for sure.

These are the most significant changes you can make. Loosing significant weight (kg) is expensive especially when you start getting into exotic materials. The SL crank, rods, pistons, cylinders and ultralight flywheel are more than 50% less mass than a standard motor and except for the cylinders, that’s rotational mass which properly balanced gives you a pretty respectable increase in RPM. With enough money you can take 40-50lbs off a stock bike but that’s probably over 1k a pound to get rid of it.

All of that pales in the “bang for the buck”comparison to getting on a proper diet and in the gym. Nothing quite as goofy as seeing some lard ... (and I’m not talking a couple of lbs) but a true fat ... talking about the titanium fasteners he has. Those guys are everywhere. Take responsibility, get your personal house in order then start looking at lightweight parts. Everyone wins.

I’m 210 lbs and according to my last dunk in the tank I’m 8.8% fat which for me is fat. According to current guidelines, I’m an obese fat ... for my height (5’10”)so, I don’t have any place to go so lightweight parts it is. I’m never going to outrun Tony Elias on a stock bike.
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rac1ngsnak3 said:
This explain @endodoc’ aggressive behavior on the forum. He’s on the juice.
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On the contrary, I have a very good rapport with quite a few members here and I try and present relevant info. Many here can attest to my willingness to help people out with most of the time, free parts and tools.

That being said, rac standing next to you a poodle looks like it’s on the juice. But hey rac, I get it you’re built like a 10yo girl and anyone who could actually pick their bike up after it’s fallen is juiced. Typical narrative.
 
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endodoc said:
On the contrary, I have a very good rapport with quite a few members here and I try and present relevant info. Many here can attest to my willingness to help people out with most of the time, free parts and tools.

That being said, rac standing next to you a poodle looks like it’s on the juice. But hey rac, I get it you’re built like a 10yo girl and anyone who could actually pick their bike up after it’s fallen is juiced. Typical narrative.
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Ahhh… I see. You specifically bully me. Good to know.
 
Mick1976 said:
Oh .... Don is dialed back in nice how is "Lil Sick" doin she all ready for action?
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I am actually in the process of getting that lic plate switched over to the car ha

Still have surgeries pending from the last time I rode the bike

Ain’t scairt : )
 
Oh man Lil Sick going 4 wheels wow yeah get healed up and back in the groove. We need to get this place turned back around too many troll ..... like snak turning this place into a .... show.


Don14R said:
I am actually in the process of getting that lic plate switched over to the car ha

Still have surgeries pending from the last time I rode the bike

Ain’t scairt : )
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Mick’s ball and chain is prob getting jealous of our banter as he shows more interest in me than him/her/they/them
 
Nah ........ it's just no one wants you here plain n simple so again why you even here? Pretty obvious your up to no good and just a complete liberal troll .... entire time you been here.


rac1ngsnak3 said:
Mick’s ball and chain is prob getting jealous of our banter as he shows more interest in me than him/her/they/them
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Has anyone actually weighed and confirmed the OEM wet weight of a Ducati Panigale V2 to be 440 pounds?

On paper, my modifications should get me down to about 388 pounds. (Most of these, I’ve actually weighed myself, or seen weighed. A few I made some assumptions based on information from other peoples builds; A few, I honestly just made an estimated guess. Feel free to correct.) But that’s assuming a starting wet weight at 440. But who knows?
 

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Mick1976 said:
The shroudless fan bolts in place of the entire stock fan shroud assembly for more direct and improved cooling and reducing the weight by few pounds.
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PM me if you still have these shroudless fans.
 
Frankones said:
Did not mean to stir anything up. Just wanted to share the bike with you guys.The rear subframe was a huge pain for me to get done, and wanted to share the love. Motoholders said that the subframe would mount right up with tail light, and this definitely is not the case. You guys should know before you go down this path that will be a project in of itself, but definitely is nice to get rid of that steel! My last move would be the Ohlins fork and shock. Anyone know if there is any weight savings there? Thanks!
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The motorholders was for your 899, right? Did you actually weigh it and see what the weight difference was from stock? I’m thinking of getting one for my V2. I want to make sure it’s enough of a weight savings to do it.
 
JBJR said:
The motorholders was for your 899, right? Did you actually weigh it and see what the weight difference was from stock? I’m thinking of getting one for my V2. I want to make sure it’s enough of a weight savings to do it.
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Its a 2021 V2. I was on a quest to have the lightest bike. Lots of Ti hardware. I only had a bathroom scale to measure the weight. The stock subframe measured in at 7.8lbs and the aluminum subframe showed 0.0 lol

One man's 21' Ducati Panigale V2

Something’s wrong with this picture… It started with the sub frame bolts The V2 Subframe bolts do not share the same style head from the upper to the lower. But the bolt size and length are identical. This was an easy fix. Podium racing swapped the longer ones out for two more shorties.
ducatimodified.com ducatimodified.com
At the bottom of page two is where I start the subframe install. I just sold the bike tonight.
I have the subframe and license plate mount- complete.
Its for sale if interested, shoot me a pm.
 
Frankones said:
Its a 2021 V2. I was on a quest to have the lightest bike. Lots of Ti hardware. I only had a bathroom scale to measure the weight. The stock subframe measured in at 7.8lbs and the aluminum subframe showed 0.0 lol

One man's 21' Ducati Panigale V2

Something’s wrong with this picture… It started with the sub frame bolts The V2 Subframe bolts do not share the same style head from the upper to the lower. But the bolt size and length are identical. This was an easy fix. Podium racing swapped the longer ones out for two more shorties.
ducatimodified.com ducatimodified.com
At the bottom of page two is where I start the subframe install. I just sold the bike tonight.
I have the subframe and license plate mount- complete.
Its for sale if interested, shoot me a pm.
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Thanks for that. Oh, OK. It’s hard to navigate on my phone. I clicked on, but I thought was the link and it seems like you’re a building an 899. I’ll look again.

Sorry, just to be clear, you’re saying there’s 0.0 weight savings going to the aluminum subframe?
 
Frankones said:
Its a 2021 V2. I was on a quest to have the lightest bike. Lots of Ti hardware. I only had a bathroom scale to measure the weight. The stock subframe measured in at 7.8lbs and the aluminum subframe showed 0.0 lol

One man's 21' Ducati Panigale V2

Something’s wrong with this picture… It started with the sub frame bolts The V2 Subframe bolts do not share the same style head from the upper to the lower. But the bolt size and length are identical. This was an easy fix. Podium racing swapped the longer ones out for two more shorties.
ducatimodified.com ducatimodified.com
At the bottom of page two is where I start the subframe install. I just sold the bike tonight.
I have the subframe and license plate mount- complete.
Its for sale if interested, shoot me a pm.
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I created an account there so I can look at your build. Waiting to be verified.

I had to do 21 Capchas to register. 21. I gave up once, restarted, then counted. WTF. Does the domain owner derive revenue from those?
 
JBJR said:
I created an account there so I can look at your build. Waiting to be verified.

I had to do 21 Capchas to register. 21. I gave up once, restarted, then counted. WTF. Does the domain owner derive revenue from those?
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Thats weird. Thought you can just look. Yeah hopefully there is some useful info for you. My bathroom scale would not register any weight, when I out the aluminum subframe on it. But using the same scale. The poem steel part was nearly eight pounds, and the aluminum subframe showed 0.0
I am assuming that there is at least an 8lb difference in weight?
 
Frankones said:
Thats weird. Thought you can just look. Yeah hopefully there is some useful info for you. My bathroom scale would not register any weight, when I out the aluminum subframe on it. But using the same scale. The poem steel part was nearly eight pounds, and the aluminum subframe showed 0.0
I am assuming that there is at least an 8lb difference in weight?
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Hmm. I’m pretty sure nothing weights 0 pounds, lol. It probably just needs a more sensitive scale. My guess is it weighs about 25%-40% of the OEM one. That’s what I’ve seen with other subframe options. But even if we are really generous, and call it 4 lbs., that 4 lb in savings is worth the money to me. This accomplishes what I was asking about. I will get one for sure. Thanks for following up.

Boy, this project keeps growing lol. I was going to try to keep it mostly stock.
 
If you’re racing MA, I’d assume you’d want to have real accurate motorsport scales as that’s a mission critical area. Good luck passing scrutineering with a bathroom scale if you’re flirting with minimum weight limits. You do realize you have a combined bike + rider limit (and additionally a hard limit for the bike)?
 

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