1198

My 1198 after I finished painting and adding decals.

Not a Troy Bayliss replica, but close enough to make me happy.

On Sept 10, 2011, traded my Monster Challenge winner (4122 miles):

for this (DucSea demo, 875 miles):

I wanted a bike with TC, and I wanted a "last of the 916/999/1198" line of Ducati Superbikes with dry clutch, trellis frame, and exhaust under the tail.

The fact that this bike won the world championship twice was surely a factor as well.

Added

- DP slipper clutch

- DP small hugger

- SpeedyMoto under fairing sliders

- SpeedyMoto black clip-ons

- Ergal open clutch cover (was on my M1100S and was on my 1098R, so I may trade bikes frequently but I do get good milage from my clutch cover!)

- Zero Gravity Corse windscreen

- DP exhaust guard cover (from Rock's bike)

Removed

- 6 decals/stickers

- front fender reflectors

- charcoal cannister

Added some white paint and decals then clear coat over all.

I made it an appoximation of what this bike looked like when Troy Bayliss won the WSBK championship in 2008

This bike also won the WSBK championship in 2011, riden by Carlos Checa.

2011 1198 comes stanard with:

DQS = allows the rider to change gears without having to use the clutch while keeping the throttle open. The DQS features a micro-switch inserted in the gear shift-rod unit.

When acting on the gear lever during up-shifts the DQS sends a signal to the engine control unit. The latter - following instant analysis of factors such as current gear, engine revs and throttle aperture - cuts both ignition and injection for a time lasting mere thousandths of a second.

DTC = a true competition-level traction control system. DTC uses the same software logic developed and used by Ducati Corse for their World Championship-winning MotoGP and World Superbike motorcycles and offers a choice of eight settings developed by their professional test riders and racers. The system offers a choice of eight profiles, each one programmed with a wheel-spin tolerance matched to progressive riding levels of skill graded from one to eight. While level eight administers a confidence-building, high level of interaction from the system by activating upon the slightest amount of wheel-spin, level one offers a much higher tolerance and, therefore, much less intervention for highly competent riders.

DDA Ducati Data Analyser, which includes PC software, a USB-ready data retrieval card and instructions, enables you to review and analyse your performance and that of the bike's, and to make comparisons between various channels of information. The system records numerous channels of data including throttle opening (A), vehicle speed (B), engine rpm (C), engine temperature (D), distance travelled (E), laps and lap times. It also automatically calculates engine rpm and vehicle speed data, enabling it to display gear selection (F) as an additional channel of information. An additional channel of information is now dedicated to recording the DTC index (G) which can then be viewed as a graphic trace and indicates the amount of DTC interaction during wheel-spin. At the end of a ride or track session, up to 4mb of data can be downloaded ready to compare, analyse and get an inside view of the performance of both you and the bike.

After my incident at Thunderhill in April, I took a slightly scratched side panel that I had got for free and re-did the paint. Here is a gif set of images showing the low speed low side (first frame takes a few seconds before the action starts:

http://ab4e4378-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/kurtatindymotogp2011/other-stuff/track-days-with-1198/thunderhill-april-22-23-2012/Thill-wreck.gif

After and Before

Well I found someone who likes my paint job! (as of Jan 4,2012)

Clicking on that image got you to:

Had a small fall over at a stop sign on wet leaves:

http://sites.google.com/site/fjrkurt/random-bike-pics/nov5-2012-leaves-incident?pli=1

Page updated

Google Sites

Report abuse