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No updates recently as my PC crashed and it's taken me a while to restore
all the data and get the web software running again. I forgot to show the
wheel speed sensor for the Stack mounted on the bike so I'll stick it in now
as you can see below in the picture.
You can see the pickup mounted off the bottom
of the fork leg, I managed to clamp the mount
in the bottom where the pinch bolt goes through.
I finally got hold of my new Ohlins forks although I had to change to the WSB
ones as they (Harris P) couldn't get hold of the O.E (cheaper road version) ones.
I had to get a bankloan ;-) to cover the forks otherwise the bike would have been
off the road too long while I saved up, I have also had to use my standard yokes
instead of the Triple Clamp ones, this is because they fouled the air intakes due
to their bolt design. Harris are going to redesign a set to fit Ducati in time so I
will wait until they are released, I had to have 5mm milled out of my yokes for them
to accept the Ohlins forks as they are a lot larger than the standard forks.
You can see the new forks on the bike in the picture below.
I do like the gold finish on the Ohlins. The speed-
sensor wire runs up the back hence the black tie-wraps
around the fork legs.
Unfortunatly my hugger wasn't a direct fit which I only found out when I got the
frontend back home, my brother modified mine to fit for now as one of the fork
adjustments fouls the hugger. I may get the Ohlins hugger as it's made to fit
the forks properly or maybe just get another of my ones and make it a better fit
than it is as it's only held on with two bolts at the mo!! :-o
I also managed to get my Stack modified so the rev range is 0-3 to 10.5 instead
of 0-4 to 10, which I wanted originally but they didn't sell 'off the shelf'.
Here you can see the new rev range on the Dash.
0-3 to 10.5rpm
Also here is a close up of the tank breather which is required because I'm not
using the original filler cap because of the alloy tank.
I checked the ol' bank account recently and saw it could suffer another purchase,
so I took a half-day from work and nipped down to Carrera Sports in West Sussex
to pick up a few bits.
I brought the carbon fibre headlamp surround as the original one sticks out among
all the carbon at the front. It's a tad expensive but it looks like a lot of work
has
gone into the moulding of it as you can see below.
You can see the amount of shaping the mould has gone through to get the desired
shape, it also removes the bracket and bolts straight to the frame.
The only thing I found was that it doesn't have all mounts inside for the plugs,
so I improvised and tie-wrapped the cables to hold them in place.
Here you can see the mount on the bike, i'm using
the standard frame brackets as the ones that came
with the bracket are a bit weedy, and cause the mirrors
to flex a bit too much.
I also brought the carbon cam covers as I couldn't resist them in the shop, even though
they can't be seen when the bodywork is on - I'll know they're there ;-)
These didn't need any trimming to fit unlike the headlamp bracket so they just bolted
straight on. You can see them below.
the picture on the left shows the individual parts themselves and the second picture
shows how they would be arrnaged once they are bolted onto the bike.
Here you can see the covers in place on the bike,
they are arranged as in picture two above.
The yellow rag is covering the inlets to stop dirt
entering the engine.
I brought some decent Renthal grips as well but I have not fitted them as yet, I'll
probably do it tomorrow.
The grips I'm was using were like solid nylon and killed
me hands after a while, I actually damaged the nerves
in two fingers after the long Mayday ride.
These ones are much softer and should absorb a lot more
of the vibrations etc.