Vinyl

Using BikePlast fairings means that the fairings are pretty good as is and I decided to save some money on paint and got a vinyl kit from Vulturbike.com. Good friend Jåke who is a professional on the matter helped out and gave me a 101 on how to work with vinyl, Looks quite good.

Handle bars

Handle bars from Bonamici. Took some fiddling to fit, as always. Looks like I’m bolting on things, but most things require some work well.

Brake adjuster on the left side for easy adjusting while riding

And of course with race switches that are much likely to survive a crash

Belly pan

The belly pan wasn´t that hard to put in place. Very tight, but only two holes needed drilling in the belly pan (forward mount of silencer)

Tank dummy and race saddle

One of the advantages of the 899 is that I finally can get a seating position that works better, and therefore I went for the saddle and the tank extension that will force me to sit further back and be able to hang off better 

R&G Racing Lockstop Savers

Saves the frame probably, but not bolt on. The race faring holder is much thinner than the OEM part so I had to bid an adapter (3mm thick)

fuel cap

Inspired by good friend Mackan, i went for the most expensive fuel cap ever. Easy t use wiht glove on and easy to know I tis secured. Yes, I did lose a fuelcap one. Not a nice experience…

fot pegs

Bonamici has really nice and high quality fot pegs

GPS mount

The original mount for the Ducati DDA couldn’t be re used, do I had to build something. Tried to have a safe place (crashing might happen) and for good satellite signal reception.

Stuff to remove

Lots of  black plastic is not needed any more

Race fairings

Race fairings in place. I got BikePlast from Bactor.se. Good price and nice finish. Not bolt on, but ok.

Also invested in  proper race seat for a better ride position

Customer service excellence

Asked Performance Friction via their home page why the pads are so thin and this is their reply:

Dear Lars,

Thank you for your recent enquiry. I apologise about any inconvenience which may have been caused.

We have recently looked into the design of the 7637 brake pad and have now had the 7637 back plate changed to a 3.5mm. If you could please let me know a delivery address I will have a new set sent out for you today.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Cordiali saluti / 敬具 / With best regards

Ursula Jordan

Motorcycle Sales Coordinator

Performance Friction Europe

Waiting for part before I start the big race re build.

Sharing 2 new items: First the 2 shims you need to be able to completely remove the side stand, and then the new more race ready front brake pads from Performance Friction. Same compound (#13) as I used on my old 1098. To my shock of the 8 mm thick pad only 3 mm is friction material and the rest (5 mm) is all metal. Not many track miles there. Decided to order SBS Dc and see if they have a thicker pad.

Hopefully I get more stuff to be able to start....

First track test

First track test at the Filip Backlund event, Gelleråsen. Street tires, breaking in engine (only revving to 9 000). Amazing confidence in the corners! Just 1.5 seconds from personal best. So easy to turn and the bike is so great while leaned over. Can’t wait to ride with slicks and using the full power. You need to rev the bike, it was frustrating to change gears when the engine started to pull hard. When trying to open the throttle a bit earlier and more, the rear started to slide, but otherwise great OEM tires on this bike

Slip on´s and mapping

The rules allows for Termignoni slip ons and a more free flowing air filter. Then you get access to the already installed better mapping. Should give (according to dyno run´s I´ve seen) 4-5 more horse power, smother response and better midrange..

I got the MWR filter, instead of the Ducati free flowing one. Incredible to be able to run in 6^th gear at 2 000 RPM riding smooth and also having a 11 000 read line.

Always riding with DB-killers in and the bike is quite quiet.

Small safety additions

To comply with regulation and save money when crashing:

Safety wires on front brakes. Street compound on brake pads not brilliant, will later be replaced with Performance Friction

GB Racing engine protection and safety wired oil filler cap  is a must

Radiator protection could be handy when hitting the kitty litter :-)

Suspension

Rear chock is apparently not that great so the first thing I changed was to replace the stock unit with a K Tech unit from FJJ Racing. With personal set up for me, of course