1199 Panigale 1199s Trackbike

Hi, first post in the forum and as this is the first time I've owned a Ducati, I'm doing my best to educate myself about these red beasties !

I picked up my 1199s trackbike 4 weeks ago, have done a couple of shakedown trackdays at Cadwell Park and I must say, I absolutley love the thing. It replaced my long standing 2007 Triumph 675 track bike and whilst that was a stripped down, well specc'd track bike itself, this thing I've bought here is all kinds of next level crazy compared to it ! The fricken engine is just mental compared to the 675, lifting the wheel up under power in 4th gear down the start/finish straight is not something I've experienced before !

So the first outing on it was interesting, unbeknowst to me, it popped the steering damper in the morning after tankslapping down the straight at some point. I noticed oil on the screen and couldn't work out where it came from. But I got through the day without it and had the damper serviced by Reactive suspension out near York. That's all sorted now and it was night and day better on my second day out.
I've also modified the clutch push rod with an additonal O-ring to stop oil weeping out and onto the exhaust below. That modification worked perfectly and the oil drip is no more, was bone dry last time out. A very easy mod, so if anybody needs any advice about this, I did make notes about what I did to it.

The only other thing I've done is fit a MotoCorse carbon front mudguard to replace the damaged original. So this leads onto my next issue with the bike........the front ABS system ! Honestly, only an Italian would think that routing the ABS cable under the front fender would be a good idea. Not only is it a pig to fit back to the new mudguard, but the two tabs which carry the cable that lead out the back of the mudguard were swiftly detached when I tried the tyre warmer on it for size at home. I sorted this out by drilling two small holes either side of the lug point and using a cable tie to pull the cable tight to the underside of the mudguard.
So my question is how do I go about removing the ABS system and fitting normal lines down to the front brakes. The brakes are superb as it is, I never ride on wet tracks as a rule, so really don't need the ABS system anymore.

The bike itself is pretty stock, has a full Termi system with the EVO map installed and that's about it.

Any advice is welcome about stuff I can do away with on the bike that's not required anymore and also setup advice. I'm reasonably quick around Cadwell and wobble around there in the fast group for 90% of my track riding. I love the thing so it's certainly a keeper for me.

 

I read through the forum thread about you rebuilding your bike, very impressive indeed ! But yeah, it's just brilliant on track and everything I hoped it would be. I'd never ridden a twin until I set off onto the track on this but if I'm honest, it wasn't that different to any other bike I've ridden before, just the velocity at which it propelled me down the straights had changed !

With regards the ABS and braking, I'm not having any issues as such as the brakes are superb. It's more of a pain in the arse routing the cable under the front mudguard, so I thought I'd just get rid of it as it's not required on the track.

I'll keep an eye out for some 1299 pegs.

 

Ah right, sounds easy enough. I'd seen some ABS delete/bypass kits on the internet but they are north of £300 and you don't even get the brake lines with that either.
If I can just remove the sensor cable from the front fork, junk the existing lines and stick normal ones on without getting error codes flashing up, I'll look into doing that. I've read that the pump itself is fairly heavy but a couple of kg here and there are the least of my issues with going quick nowadays.

 

Looks like my task for the weekend then.