2008 S2R1000 Project Ideas and Discussion

[He Man]

He Man speaks the truth. I run a custom PCIII, vented airbox and the boomtubes with no baffles. I have an 06 which has the O2 sensor, but no issues with the engine light staying on with it disconnected....

Have you tried riding it in cold weather yet? As flursdog pointed out, he had issues running the PCIII on his 06 S2R1k which ironically are symptoms that you hear about in applications of the PCIII in '07. Because when (at this point mostly if) my Rapid Bike III comes back into my possession, I might just give it up to get a PCIII instead since it has more positive results...

[army_intel]

So my best bet is to pray to the Ducati Gods that they come up with a PCIII for the 08 S2R1k before I get home next year, deal with a fuel management problem, or shell out some cash for a DP ECU.

Sounds like this might get more expensive than I wanted.

He-man do you have any sexy pictures of your Prototype Boomtubes for me?   I was planning on getting mine without baffles as well.

[He Man]

So my best bet is to pray to the Ducati Gods that they come up with a PCIII for the 08 S2R1k before I get home next year, deal with a fuel management problem, or shell out some cash for a DP ECU.

Sounds like this might get more expensive than I wanted.

He-man do you have any sexy pictures of your Prototype Boomtubes for me?   I was planning on getting mine without baffles as well.

Thats NAKID with the prototypes, not me...well..if NAKID gave them to me... id be glad to take some boomtube erotica!

Also,im not sure if you are aware of the sticky at the top of this forum. Its all about options for our closed loop bikes, including the famous RB unit.

[q monster]

Sounds kewl A-I but i think you're going to probably have to fit the DP ECU - i tried to get away with out it but it wasn't satisfactory. i've got the DP open filter and Spark midpipe/headers and it was too lean with the standard ECU - always giving me the shits in not performing properly. so, fitted the DP ECU and retuned it - perfection - better performance, better behaviour.

i've done a similar reworking of the 08 S2R1k and i love it.

[army_intel]

Where did you get your DP ECU???  I have a feeling I might be able to get a better deal if I get it from someone else besides my Ducati Dealer.

[q monster]

Where did you get your DP ECU???  I have a feeling I might be able to get a better deal if I get it from someone else besides my Ducati Dealer.

Got it from my friendly ducati dealer - but he's a mate so did a good deal. otherwise the price ducati charge you're f'ed.

 if you go for the DP ECU dont let your red key get near it. then you can change it over to your next ducati! 

[army_intel]

Since I am going with clip-ons, I was wondering which bars to use?  Also what levers and grips do you guys recommend?

[DucMouse the Mighty]

if u wanting to black out the bike...powder coat the swing arm my friend did that to his and its pretty spankin pimp...

as for levers i would go with pazzo i luv mine..i had them on my old bike, i just need to put them on my new one...

[He Man]

hey ducmouse got a pic of his bike?  Just wanna see if it was a gloss or matte PC finish.

[TAftonomos]

Straightpipes sound like butthole when you close the trottle.  How anyone can feel different is beyond me.  Sounds like a smaller version of a civic driver that takes the exhaust off and runs open headers "because it sounds cool".

It's too bad to, because the look is there, but the sound.  Yeah, it's distinctive.  Kinda like comparing horse shit to cow shit.  It's different. Ack.

Rest of the list, A+  

[He Man]

Straightpipes sound like butthole when you close the trottle.  How anyone can feel different is beyond me.  Sounds like a smaller version of a civic driver that takes the exhaust off and runs open headers "because it sounds cool".

It's too bad to, because the look is there, but the sound.  Yeah, it's distinctive.  Kinda like comparing horse shit to cow shit.  It's different. Ack.

From the video Nakid posted, i cant agree with you more. when you close the throttle its like hell let loose and things have gone mad. It just doenst sound right.  Kinda like a Mack truck on the highway.

[army_intel]

But I love the sound!!

I have already added a few things to the mod piece.  Instead of speedymoto triple I am going with the Rizoma triple with clipons, Rizoma grips, and possibly ASV levers.  I am also going to get the Front forks hard anodized black, remove the front tire plastic cover.  I am also going to get a couple of other things on the left side of the bike powdercoated.

It should be an interesting project when I get finished!

Anyone have any luck or feedback on the ECU upgrade that Monstermash (I think it was him) was doing?

[DucNrun]

People seem to be getting results with the Fat Duc 02 manipulator.  And it's a helluva lot cheaper than an ECU reflash--not to mention you don't risk your ECU getting lost in the mail or getting fried, etc.