My 999s

[Mr_Duke]

It was delivered to me a couple of days ago after having a complete service and belts, MOT and new battery.

The Termi's sound fantastic and the pops and bangs on overrun which certainly turns heads...

Few of my mates don't like it, they are into jap bikes, the comments so far are :

Engine sounds like a bag of spanners...
Hope you're in the AA or RAC !!......
Tank is too small......you'll not go far on that tank...
Bike is too thin like a toy....

and a few others.....

I love it, i saw a few bikes today whilst out and NONE of them were Ducati's, all Jap, that's what i told them, i got this bike because i've always wanted a Ducati and they are soooo stylish no matter what they say....

Plans are :

open clutch cover, nice anodized parts..
power commander...
few more carbon bits...
anodized clutch / brake reservoir covers...

and whatever else take my fancy....:)

Here it is after my little ride out today - still smiling :p

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/GEDC0284.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/GEDC0283.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/GEDC0282.jpg

ONLY DONE 3300 miles !!!

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/GEDC0279.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/GEDC0278.jpg

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http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/GEDC0274.jpg


Looking forward to getting some more time on it and getting used to chucking them about again, take it steady for a little while though.

cheers

And

[Loz]

Gah, that is shiny. Good looking bike there Andy. Puts me to shame but I prefer riding it to cleaning it :)

Sweet as ... enjoy!

[KeefyB]

You might want to add sort out the popping on the over run to the planned list.There is a very good chance that air is getting in to the system.At best its proably just a couple of gaskets,..at worse it could be a cracked rear manifold.
Great looking bike tho,....apart from the carbon 'wings',...still the best looking Ducati superbike imho.

[Mr_Duke]

You might want to add sort out the popping on the over run to the planned list.There is a very good chance that air is getting in to the system.At best its proably just a couple of gaskets,..at worse it could be a cracked rear manifold.
Great looking bike tho,....apart from the carbon 'wings',...still the best looking Ducati superbike imho.


It doesn't pop and bang all the time, only at low speed, maybe i was a bit "keen" with the description....;)

It's not as frequent as i may have suggested, BUT it does sound good.

cheers

andy

[Mr_Duke]

The bike already has a "Ducati Sporting Club" sticker on it, the previous owner was from Welshpool, maybe someone on here knows the previous owner ?

It had a load of stickers on it which i removed the 1st day as it's not my thing, here it was...

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/duke3-1.jpg

Anyone know any history of the bike ?

I managed to bag myself a bike lift, it was pretty tatty and needed a bit of work but i bought it anyway.... here it is when i got it....

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/bikelift2-1.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/bikelift3-1.jpg

So i repainted it Red, put a new bed on it and carpeted the top with some carpet i had left over from carpeting the garage floor...

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/BIKELIFTA.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/BIKELIFTE.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/BIKELIFTB.jpg

It uses a trolley jack to lift and then is secured in place with brace bars, pretty simple really, i've ordered front and rear paddock stands so the bike can be worked on safely.

cheers

Andy

[KeefyB]

Oh dear you have spoilt it with those 'orrible stickers,I fookin hate them.
Besides,Infostrada belongs on those shonky old 996's and the like.:rolleyes:





Did I mention that I hate stickers?;)

[Col996s]

But he's taken the stickers off Keith!

[Mr_Duke]

Oh dear you have spoilt it with those 'orrible stickers,I fookin hate them.
Besides,Infostrada belongs on those shonky old 996's and the like.:rolleyes:





Did I mention that I hate stickers?;)

Stickers have been removed, i just showed a pic what it was like with the stickers on, I hate them too....;)

[KeefyB]

Stickers have been removed, i just showed a pic what it was like with the stickers on, I hate them too....;)
Well thats alright then!
A kinda before and after,....but in reverse!:biaggi:

[smilo006]

dont u ever get the urge to put a seat on it that covers the top and sides of the exhaust? It sort of looks like people wearing trousers that are too short somehow. Great looking otherwise.

[Mr_Duke]

Decided to tidy up the garage some more today so i built myself some cupboards......

BEFORE :

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/BIKELIFTA.jpg

AFTER :

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/GEDC0319.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/GEDC0317.jpg

Happy with the results, everything is put away nice and tidy now....;)

cheers

Andy

[Mr_Duke]

I fitted a 6000k HID kit today with a slimline ballast, just fitted to the low beam as it's so bright then High beam isn't required.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/GEDC0527.jpg

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I mounted my ballast here....

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/GEDC0575.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/GEDC0573.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/GEDC0577.jpg

The wiring is a "plug and play" affair with no wiring modifications at all...

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/HIDWIRING.jpg

NOTE : MAKE SURE WHEN YOU FIT THE HID BULB THAT YOU TWIST IT FULLY ROUND WHEN FITTING OTHERWISE THE BEAM PATTERN WILL BE DISTORTED.



Also did a little mod to make the front headlight look red (will do the high beam later this week), the modification does not affect the colour of the light from the headlight at all.

It actually looks a lot better with the naked eye, the camera doesn't pick it up very well.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/GEDC0534.jpg



I decided to make my own tail tidy to clean up the rear end a little, the rear lights have now been lifted a little and moved back to put them a little more snug at the rear end, the number plate bracket was made by me and now it's much neater, i've just got to fit the led number plate lights now.

FROM THIS....

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/GEDC0278.jpg

TO THIS....

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/GEDC0538.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/GEDC0552.jpg

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http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/GEDC0542.jpg

I did this modification a couple of weeks ago and have ridden the bike for a few hundred hard miles, there is no heat problems and the lights are not affected at all, i've kept the original heat shields under the rear lights.

[Mr_Duke]

I also wired up a charger point for the optimate charger, i used a "female" 12v socket which is wired to the battery and i've modified my optimate charger so that it has a "male" 12v socket.

So there's no need to remove the fairing at all when charging the battery, a simple mod which saves hassle when needing to charge the battery.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/GEDC0556-1.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/GEDC0559-1.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/spam_junk/GEDC0560-1.jpg

cheers

Andy

[madracer1]

Very nice looking bike..

[TheDrunkenBakers]

Its a beaut