Thanks for the pics and Vids ,Had a great day run it in.
I can see from the pics Craig has taken I wasn't very comfy on it ,In any case I was only 2 seconds away from my PB, it will take a few days to work out how to ride her hard and get my body position right
I did have some dramas half way in the day when it dumped its sump .I had Just started it up for the next session when.....WTF …….it started blowing smoke. so I ran over and kill the engine
moments later a stream of oil from the belly pan WTF x 10 .
Turns out, and this is a lesson for all of us. The Gringo in the Ducati factory
didn't lube the oil filter O ring before installing it and it split
Vaffunculo testa di merda mi hai rotto I coglioniIt dumped 2.5 ltr of oil into the belly pan and all over the exhaust. what could have happened if I'd gone out on the track
So the bike was great being 30kg’s lighter than the outgoing yam I found it much easier when turning in.
The traction control was making it hard to ride at first, as I turned it down level by level it became easier to deal with.I only managed down to lev 2 but it was still interfering with the power ,Il try lev one next week.
It just wouldn’t pull out of the turns, feels like you have hit the rev limiter mid turn staying that way until you straighten up which made you un settled due to the lack of power ,It sort of made you tip in to the turn even further forcing a steering or body positing adjustment mid turn, not the ideal scenario .It’s something to get used to .
Another problem was the air intake tubes , as a consequence of removing the head light assembly , the rubber air intake tubes which run through the assembly are un supported, causing them to squeeze shut under extreme acceleration starving the engine of air .This will be fixed when my track glass arrives in Jan 10 .
I’m going to change some things for the next track day on the 19th, so let’s see what happens .
