Ducati Panigale V4 916 25 Anniversario Build Thread

[Raul1976]

Your Calipers are all silver and rubbish! I am the best and much wiser so let me tell you now that they should all be Gold!!! Gold is the best!!! If your nuts and bolts are not Gold I suggest you copy me but do not due to
Liability! I will help you though! Please be my friends! I want to ride with you! Bring your bike to my lounge! Let’s ride in front of my lounge wall. We can be friends forever but if you ever stop being my friend I will hunt you down!!!

 

[Raul1976]

I spent 5000000000 on bolts. Did I mention that! I am so good!!!please admire me and be my friends!

 

[SickDuc]

These are pretty sick exhausts..


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[Raul1976]

I have a T shirt with a “1”on it and helmet and boots made of Gold and Titanium. I will sit on my bike with all my gear on. I used to ride but it’s too dangerous so I will do this instead. By the way Karl Fogarty has put out a restraining order on me as I kept sneaking into his garden. Don’t worry he is my friend but loves me too much! I will build this bike for him! I will follow him! He will learn to love me! I will make him love me!

 

[DucatiKev]

These are pretty sick exhausts..

They're “hot”

 

[Nadsy]

These are pretty sick exhausts

are these the ones called “GP exhausts”? If so, why do they all have the mesh at the end?

 

[BMW Alpina]

I ordered the Samco Hose in Orange Color early July and the lead time for Orange Color supposedly 30 days. After more then 45 days, I asked, and turn out they forgot to ship my order... Luckily I asked...
but the good news is, only took 2 days to ship from UK to my home by UPS... and just arrived half an hour ago. It looks like it's going to be a busy and fun weekend after all

SAMCO Hoses:



Goodridge Fire Proof Sleeve for brake lines:

 

[HKMP7]

I for sure thought you were going to do red hoses. What made you do orange?

 

[BMW Alpina]

I for sure thought you were going to do red hoses. What made you do orange?

Hi HKMP7,

I was considering several colors... Red, White, Black, Yellow and Orange...

I don't know, but I just cannot make myself to like this shade of Red from Samco... it's not bad, but it's just not click to me...

White,... I worry it will get dirty by the dust and my wife's cooking oil since as you know the living room is right next to the kitchen

Black.... the black is shiny and not matte plus it will look the same color as the original... so no differentiation...

Yellow... I like Yellow, I use Samco in Yellow color on my current Car Engine Bay but... I want something different for now... maybe I am bored with yellow already...

so... Orange... first because I like this shade of Orange from Samco,
and according to ANSI (American National Standards Institute) on Safety Color Categories/standard, The color orange is used to alert people to the fact that there are dangerous parts of a machine or equipment.
Well, I think our Panigale V4 met the category of "dangerous" machine
Plus, it will have some "CONTRAST" to the surrounding background color (fairings or engine block or radiator)
so Orange it is...

 

[HKMP7]

Lol "dangerous machine"
The shade is really nice.

 

[BMW Alpina]

Lol "dangerous machine"
The shade is really nice.

Thanks HKMP7
so, this weekend is "hose removal" weekend :

First, disconnecting main sockets (including ECU socket, suspension controller, BBS etc.) then cutting a lot of tie locks that hold the wiring to the airbox. I took picture each time I cut a tie lock just to remind me...




Then, after following the Ducati Service Manual, (and also researching on some electrical sockets with weird / unclear way on how to disconnect them,), I manage to take out the upper air box with the upper injector attached to it.
The good things of working in the living room is, I can have Air Condition blasting comfortable cool air, watching TV (NEWS), and sit or kneeling on a comfortable carpet flooring. All while sipping tea or coke


Here is what it look like after upper airbox cover removed:


next step, is to remove all the adjustable intake cone/velocity stack assembly including the motor:



Now, please pay attention on the TORX bit and WRENCH that I used to open all the TORX bolts/screw,
because using this kind of tools setup, allow me to take out every screws (Torx/Hex whatever size) without having any problem.
NONE of the Ducati original screws that I took out have stripped head.

From what I read, several peoples stripped their Ducati screws/bolt head while doing this,
I believe this was because a regular Screwdriver Style Torx tool or the regular L-Shaped simple Torx/Socket tool were used.

The advantage of using the setup like I did below are 2 folds:
First it allow you to really comfortably PUSH from the top into the Torx opening of the bolt/screw to prevent slippage (thus NO stripped heads)
Second, the long racheting wrench also allow extra leverage (plus due to it's thick handle, it was also comfortable to hold),
and despite the crazy loctite used on the thread, I can open all the bolts like they are loose...

The picture below show the throttle body exposed after I remove the adjustable Velocity Stack assy. and my racheting wrench/torx bit tools setup:


Now it's time to remove the whole MIKUNI Throttle Body Assy. There are 24 bolts, all TORX, again easy to remove:


This how it look like after the MIKUNI Throttle Body assy remove:


Then you need to remove all those wiring (just the wiring not the rubber fuel line) that goes to the lower injectors and also remove 8 more TORX style bolts that hold the lower intake tract and the lower airbox at the same time:


Continue below due to limitation of pictures per post

 

[BMW Alpina]

More wiring removed/ lower injector wiring socket disconnected:


and, only lower airbox still left behind, but still need to cut more tie locks before you can remove the lower airbox despite no more screws/bolts holding it:


some rubber bands that hold the cables look needed to be removed too before you can remove the lower airbox:




Finally the lower airbox was removed to exposed the thermostat and hose assy. :



Drain the radiator fluid from this bolts, and make sure the water bucket is at the right place, so the radiator did not "pee" on to the carpet :



I have this hose tools bought few years ago when I was changing all the rubber hose in my car with Samco, although it took me a bit of time to look for it since I have so many tools that I forgot which box did I store this hose tools,
almost look like medieval torture tools :


With this hose tools, it was so easy to remove the hose, however,... be careful, one wrong slip, you could scratch your bike...:


All original hoses and thermostat assy. taken out from the bike:


continue below...

 

[BMW Alpina]

More pictures:




My Sons, both of them helping me clean the "dust" from the Loctite that somehow get onto the top of the engine VALVES, using long cotton swab and alcohols.
I am sure those Loctite "dust" will not marr the piston, however, just want to be perfect



Then cover everything for now because I will change every bolts/screws that is NON Self Tapping with ProTi Titanium Bolts and I still need to order them, because... well, I just found out their size after I remove them...
so, I will not install the Samco hose until all those ProTi Titanium Bolts arrived in maybe 1 months from today:


In summary, removing the airbox to access the Samco hose is NOT easy due to all those tie locks, rubber band, socket/connector need to be disconnected, the super tight space between the airbox and the bike frame...
but with the right tools, preparation and patience, it can be done. Just make sure you are doing it in a comfortable area (not hot or dirty), it will help with your patience

 

[SickDuc]

Real question is...how many of these you have collected now? Haha

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[BMW Alpina]

Real question is...how many of these you have collected now? Haha

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Hi @SickDuc ,

I think I might had about the same amount of those ProTi emblems as you, since I remember you also replace all the bolts on your bike with ProTi Titanium in the Transforming Blue Color, so you must had a lot of those ProTi emblems too

I just entered all the bolts I need for everything under the airbox, radiator, coil, injectors etc. also for front subframe (headlight/dashboard etc) and those custom brackets for the front Ducati by rizoma reserovoirs into the shopping cart.

What unique about this upcoming order is, I will buy my first ever ProTi bolt in the Transforming Blue Color, which is for the Radiator Drain Bolt... I am excited since I never seen the Transforming Blue color in person...
I think this Transforming Blue should be suitable for the silver radiator background because it indicate that it got so hot on the radiator that the Titanium transform color to Blue hahaha

 

[SickDuc]

I’m sure you’ll ha e me beat haha, i only have the Proti bolts in all the visible spots. If/when I break down the bike more I add them in. I stuck with the transforming blue(it is a very nice color indeed), I don’t have that color coordinating eye as you do.

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[BMW Alpina]

I’m sure you’ll ha e me beat haha, i only have the Proti bolts in all the visible spots. If/when I break down the bike more I add them in. I stuck with the transforming blue(it is a very nice color indeed), I don’t have that color coordinating eye as you do.

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Wow, @SickDuc , Your Upper Triple Clamp is SEXY !!!, and must be very light too !!!
Is that a Custom Upper Triple Clamp? and which Ohlins front fork model are you using on your bike?


by the way, I decided to be more productive with the rest of my time on this Sunday evening, and since I supposed to received few remaining parts that I need to anodized gold in the next few days,
so I decided to PREP my Bonamici Dashboard Protector...

So Bonamici Dashboard Protector came standard with the Bonamici Racing Logo on the top, and I did not know this, I though they all came with the "V4" logo like on so many pictures...
Turn out those "V4" logo was a bulk order from one of the reseller here in the USA... Since I never specify, mine came standard with the Bonamici Racing Logo...

so... I decided to POLISH OUT/OFF those Bonamici Racing Logo, and Mirror Polish all the front surface... (just the front surface that facing us the rider, I left the other surface as it is (slightly matte finish)...

BEFORE:


AFTER:


That mirror polishing will result in the anodized color gradation/differences between the side surface and the front mirror polish surface...
I haven't decide what I am going to do with the now empty area (where the Bonamici Racing logo used to be)... I will decide AFTER I gold anodized this part hopefully done by next week...
note: I already ordered a ProTi bolts in Titanium Silver Color to contrast with the gold anodized, this ProTi bolts will hold the front polycarbonate cover.

 

[SickDuc]

Thank you! The triple is AEM, I ordered in bronze along with the AEM levers in bronze as well. The forks are Ohlins forgot (FGRT) 203.


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[BMW Alpina]

There are Bad News and Good News...

The Bad News is,
Today, Holley, EARL'S parent company made a mistake in labeling of their parts resulting in them sending me the "bracket" twice, but have not sent me the actual brake hardline straightening tools.
This pictures show the same part but with 2 different part# on their boxes... The bracket part# is 040, and the tool part# is 039. The Part# 040 is the bracket for tool with Part# 039 so that is where the confusion started.
This means, my Cooper Brake Hardline Project will be further delayed


The GOOD News:
a. MotoCorse Steering Stem Cover finally arrived along with the MotoCorse Titanium Oil Filler Plug (with the "M" Logo engraved) This 2 items only available at MotoCorse Japan, but since I bought them through Bellissimoto, which had to source them through MotoCorse Italy... well thus the months of delay, but hey better late then never

Hi @bradp51 , I know you are curious on how this mount, so judging from the second picture below, that show the back of the cover, it looks like it will be hold by the stem NUT. I will update you once I installed them... in the next few weeks...



This MotoCorse Japan Titanium Oil Filler Plug really like jewelry, so shiny I got to wear dark glasses



Then... The long await Rizoma Veloce L Sport mirror arrived with it's bracket... well the bracket is Pair for left and right, however, I only received 1 Rizoma Veloce L Sport mirror today, so one more unit is still in back order status... oh well,
at least I can see how they looks like...







The SILVER Anodized Aluminum is a Perfect Match with the Rizoma Sport Ride by Wire Throttle Grip


Continue below...

 

[BMW Alpina]

I also already thinking of upgrading all the bolts on this Rizoma Veloce L Sport Mirror with ProTi and will order tonight, but I already have 1 extra bolts that fit perfectly for the joint of the Rizoma, so I upgrade it,
and below is before (Left picture) and after comparison (right picture). The Rizoma bolt on this position will be this Titanium Silver Color, but the Rizoma Bolts on the Black Anodized Rizoma Bracket will be Light Gold to give the "CONTRAST" as usual
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Ok... so many good news, but wait there are more

The Staublis are here:




Test fit them on the Rear Billet Brembo with ProTi Banjo (I just ordered LONGER ProTi Banjo Bolts), Yap, Definitely GORGEOUS :


Also test fit on the front stock caliper, although for sure it will be a DIFFERENT Caliper