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Just ordered Pazzo levers for my 696. Any advise how to install and or what to look out for would be greatly appreciated.

Do you have the large hole coffin style masters?  Really not a big deal.  Nothing really to look out for either. 

Unscrew the nut on the bottom, slide out the bolt, remove old levers, reposition new levers, slide in bolt and screw on nut.

A 10-15 min mod.  Only thing to look out for is on both sides, there is a button.  One is the button where when there is no pressure on it, it signals the brake lights to come on.  The other is on clutch side where the button has to be engaged so that you can start the bike with the kick stand up (out of neutral).

watch for the nubby. dont loose it.

Oh and if you ask a question in the "how to " section, you have to do a write up on how to.... (get it?) ..... oh and with pictures. nice pretty ones.

Im serious btw.

+1 . I dropped the nubby, but luckily I saw where it landed. [cheeky]

Sorry been out of town for a while. Installl was a snap and I will post pics and write up soon. thanks

i did it on my s2r with coffins
only thing i had to do is adjust the set screw a bit on the clutch side (bike was staying in gear when lever was pulled all the way)

My levers are enroute.  ;D  What is the "nubby" that you guys are talking about?   

There is a dowel in the lever that operates the brake light switch.  If the dowel falls out and rolls away you will have a bad day.

Just attempted an install of Pazzo levers on my S2R1000.  In addition to the above, be aware that on the clutch side you must remove the actuator from the old lever to put on the new lever.  This actuator should be measured with calipers so that it can be reinstalled with the same OAL as before.  This actuator is supposed to be held in place by a very small 1.5 Allen set screw.   Mine had no set screw but was, and still is,  held in place by a huge gob of glue.  Yes, glue.  I've done some research on the net and this is not unusual.  Some levers are put together correctly with the set screw, others glue, and still others, JB weld. [bang]  Depends on how much Chianti was in the factory cafeteria that day I suppose.  Anyway, I guess I'll get a heat gun and see what I can do....Be aware that the actuator is not sold separately, so if you screw it up, you'll have to buy a whole 'nother stock lever just to get the actuator.

with those last two posts. would you guys recommend dealer install since these are two of the main controls of the bike?

I just installed my Pazzo's the other day.
It took me 25 minutes total to do both.
Very simple boys, just go slow and watch
what you are doing. I am pretty sure there
were 2 nuts to loosen, and then swap levers.
On a side note, I also just installed a set of
Rizoma grips, swapped my headlight bulbs,
and added front/rear & barend sliders, all
were equally as simple with basic tools. I
know I saved a few hundred by doing it
myself. My Duc dealer is pricy, and my local
generic shop doesn't charge any less per
hour than the dealer.

Raux, I doubt you need to pay the cost of dealer install.  I don't consider myself to be very mechanically inclined and I installed my Pazzo's in about 20 or so minutes and it was much easier than I anticipated.  That included 5 minutes of playing hunt the "nubby"   [roll] [roll][roll] [roll] :o ;D

well i think then i will eventually tackle it. i want to get the red shorties with black adjusters.

i got mine installed last night,  it took ten minutes on the 696. 

I got all ready, and my tools laid out preparing to spend some quality time with my bike.  Took me five minutes.  Felt kind of disappointed.  Love the levers tho.

Here are a couple of pix with the Pazzo levers and the Rizoma grips installed.
The weighted bar end sliders are from Motovationusa. If you look closely at
the mirrors you will notice about a 3/4" spacer I added to raise them up a smidge.
I recommend doing it, it gives you a better view for sure.

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3053/2966319259_bf8db2be15_b.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3142/2966319937_bb39e5cfc8_b.jpg)

Here are the front and rear Motovationusa sliders as well.

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3208/2966320601_d845f98eaa.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3056/2967168474_de877b566a.jpg)

How comfortable are those Rizoma grips? They look cool, but they look like they wouldn't be comfortable for longer trips.

They are way more comfortable than you would think.
Certainly much better than the stock ones.
The black part is softish rubber, and to me they feel
like they soak up some vibration as well. The other
plus is that they are slightly fatter, and I have big
hands. The stock grips felt as thick as my kitchen
sweeper. I haven't been on a ride longer than an
hour, but for the hour I never thought about em'
so I guess they are doing their job. They also as
you mentioned look cool to boot. The one caveat
is that you may have some spaces which will require
bar cutting, or finding some spacers to fill the gaps.

sounds good. I'm not so worried about the spacing. I can just adjust the controls, or the spacing will allow for my crg bar end mirrors. But I do like those grips!

I just installed mine, took about 5 minutes, and I lost my nubby ages ago and made a couple for myself.

Liked them so much, I had to take the bike out, even though it's 40 degrees here.

I love my Rizoma Grips and, as you said, the gap that is left is perfect for the CRG's.

Here are my Pazzos.  EXCEPT, originally ordered black levers with red adjusters at SO's prompting....then realized why he pushed me getting the black levers, so I would SWAP for his gold levers.  BTW, just FYI, but you can swap levers, keep adjusters.....

(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg55/heathergln/Pazzos004.jpg)

My originaly black levers now on SO's Speedie
(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg55/heathergln/Pazzos005.jpg)

Now, for Renthal red highbars (did put SO's stock Speedie bars on and GREAT difference, MUCH better, btw) and Rizoma red bar ends.

How well does the red on the pazzos go with the ducati red? Trying to decide on red levers w/ black adjusters or vice versa for my red 696.

Really easy, less than 20 minutes to do both.

I went with the black levers with the red adjusters.  I have a white 696.  I think it kind of unifies the controls... otherwise the kill switch is the only red thing.  well, it made sense at the time.

heres an idea of the colors....
black crg levers with red adjusters, red rizoma bar, crg mirrors, red rizoma lux grips...
works pretty well IMHO.... [thumbsup]

(http://i35.tinypic.com/70zynm.jpg)

Thanks for the pic lazarus. Think I'll go w/ the same levers you got.

I didn't know that the Rizoma grips covered the ridge on the end of the throttle tube.  Did you grind that down, or does it just snug in there somehow?

no, the rizoma setup completely replaces the original throttle tube....
what you have, is the grips, and a set of various cams....
you choose the correct cam for your particual setup,
which snaps onto the end of the throttle grip and attaches to the throttle cables...
the whole thing is then held in place by the halves of the throttle assembly...
so, the new rizoma grips rotate on the bare handlebar,
the throttle tube is completely gone...

here you'll see the 3 different cams in the middle of the packaging....
;)

(http://i37.tinypic.com/mku2vq.jpg)

That's pretty cool... I might have to get myself a pair.