This has been a lot of work, but I really don’t think the bike has run this well since I got it—I am really pleased with how well it is performing.
Almost the entire day was Ducati action. First I had to procure some oil, and bolts. My local hardware store was closed so it was off to the Home Depot where I found some 60mm M8 socket heads. Sadly they didn’t have stainless so I’ll have to replace these bolts before too long, and they were quite expensive too!
For oil I ended up getting the Lucas synthetic 20-50. From what I had read it is right up there with the Motul, and I could buy it just down the street.
Then it was the drain fest, and exchanging out the oil filter. Again I went with K&N. The oil cover is rather neat. Two M6 bolts hold it in place, but the cover is threaded with M8s, which are used like a puller because the two o-rings keep the cover from popping out.
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With the oil handled I could get back to the assembly. Starting out with the subframe, and the Home Depot bolts. I had look through the parts manual to figure out the length of these bolts, but it wasn’t listed. So I ended up measuring how deep the subframe was, and how far out the old bolts were on the old subframe. This came out to 60mm, and that’s how I knew what size to purchase.
After that was more cleaning (there’s always more to clean!), and figuring out how to assemble the tail section. For the most part it’s the same as with the 899 subframe. Thankfully the 1199 subframe came with a bunch of hardware. This made it nice since I would have plenty of bolts and such.
One difference was the connectors for the plate light. On the 1199 they employed a multipin connector, and on the 899 they used the single pin connectors. This meant that I had to fish out the 1199 harness, and replace it with the 899 harness. Once that was worked out I could properly secure the tank.
From there the tail section quickly went together. Quite a few pieces to that puzzle!
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Then more cleaning, and finally putting on the skirts.
Finally time for a test ride! I did the usual loop stopping to visit with Jeff for a bit since he was doing some late night wrenching. Then a stop at the Target to procure some weekly supplies. The bike is running fantastic. The throttle response is great. Acceleration is better than it has been since I got the bike. Really this was a lot of work, but totally worth the improvements.
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