999 749 / 999 Modifications - What Did You Do ?

Gilles adjusters and lifters, and a drillpress-and-file modded socket to deal with the axle nut.

 

@Jamie Clare - there’s some Gilles on a cast swing arm ^

 

There's going to be a pic of an Iconic on a cast swingarm by the end of this week hopefully!

 

Like this?

 

thats the one... phwoar, look at that unbelieveably rare swingarm!

 

they will be rare in the future. as everybody throws them away...

 

I like castings. They are a beautiful way to manufacture.

 

Are the hooks intended to
be left in situ or added when you want to use a paddock stand?
Imho they don’t help the aesthetics any

 

They are a separate part so can be removed if not required.

 

Depends if you have a lifter stand doesn't it really.
The lifter stands are better in that the bobbins are on the stand rather than the arm, but yes they were never designed with looks in mind - but if you're an endurance team, then they save valuable seconds - you just throw the stand under there and lift.

 

I leave them on for an easy option to use a rear stand with the cast swingarm.

The other options I’ve used are:

3/4 inch stainless steel rod through the axle, which is fine for chain maintenance but obviously not for removing the wheel.

Pit Bull supports specifically made for the cast swingarm. Honestly, this is a great option. It’s very stable but is a bit finicky to line up.

Since I park my bike on the rear stand in the garage to minimize using the beautiful but suspect side stand, the GP lifters on the Gilles adjusters are the easiest option.

 

I did two things to my beautiful but suspect side stand.
The first was to bond a stainless plate onto the surface that bears the weight at the top end of the stand when you deploy it.
This helps a bit by not allowing the stand to swivel forward quite so far.
The second was to mould a platform sole onto the bottom of the stand in marine epoxy filler, which is close enough in colour to the aluminium of the stand to not be too obvious.
This helps a lot by effectively lengthening the stand.

 

That sound like a good mod and something I’ll do in the near future! What did you use to bond the stainless plate to the aluminum?

 

Good question.
Epoxy I think but I also made it a tight enough fit that it had to be tapped into place

 

And now I find the email to tell me you quoted my post How are you you old devil?

 

I'm good ta.
Missing the 999 but the off had to be treated as a wake up call.
68 is getting on a bit for riding litre sports bikes...
All healed now, even the toenail I lost has grown back.
The operation scar is barely visible, although I do have a notch in my shoulder that wasn't there before.

 

Good to hear.

 

I thought about you selling the 999 the other day, glad to hear you are well.

 

Updated for 2020:

Chassis, brakes, controls:

· unnumbered 999R race frame with removable brace bars in RS style, repainted
· PVM 10Y forged aluminium wheels, Ti rear brake rotor flange bolts
· Öhlins FGRT 819 forks with billet bottoms and Ti bolts, blue decals replaced with black ones, 1098S spindle
· IMA black anodized adjustable offset billet triples with Ti bolts, set to 30mm/23.5°
· Öhlins DU510 rear shock with hi/lo speed compression adjustment and a hydraulic preload adjuster, blue decal replaced with a black one
· NCR billet ride height adjuster with Ti pinch bolts and adjuster section
· Öhlins steering damper with Ti bolts, blue decals replaced with a single black one, facelift adjuster knob
· Ducati Performance blue anodized steering damper bracket with Ti bolts
· Speedymoto black billet clip-on brackets with Ti bolts
· custom carbon fiber bars with Ti bolts
· DP black billet bar ends
· Ti front and rear axle nuts
· Gilles Tooling chain adjusters with Ti bolts
· ISR black anodized billet brake and clutch master cylinders with Ti bolts, 30mm longer levers
· Brembo P4 30/34 billet front brake calipers with Ti bolts
· 999RS04 front brake lines
· 999F06 Brembo 320x6mm narrowband full-floating rotors with 5mm spacers and Ti bolts
· Discacciati four-piston billet rear brake caliper with Ti bolts
· Discacciati underslung billet rear caliper bracket
· Discacciati 225mm narrowband rear brake rotor with custom Ti bolts (with magnet inserts)
· HEL Performance carbon look rear brake line with stainless steel banjo bolts
· Supersprox Stealth rear sprocket with Ti bolts
· Supersprox front sprocket with Poggipolini Ti nut
· RK GXW 520 gold X ring chain
· RCM Racing 999RS replica rearsets with Ti bolts
· 999RS carbon heel guards with Ti bolts
· 999R Xerox OEM black brake pedal with custom bolt


Engine & electrics:

· Akrapovic 749RS 57mm WSS full titanium/carbon exhaust with Ti mounting bolts
· 999F06 carbon oil breather tank with Ti bolts, custom made airbox and crankcase breather valve connections
· Pipercross air filters
· MS Production oversized carbon air runners
· Ducati Performance ECU
· Fulbat FLT12B LiFePO4 battery with custom carbon cover plate
· Digital Guard Dawg keyless RFID ignition, custom wiring, ignition switch removed and blanked with a carbon plate with Ti bolts
· garage door RF remote integrated into right hand switch unit with a 12V/3V DC/DC converter
· ExactStart additional starter and ground cables
· wiring harnesses rewrapped with Tesa 19mm fabric tape, all connectors treated with CRC contact protect
· 999F05 four-spring ramp type slipper clutch with Ti spring bolts and Surflex aluminium plates
· Oberon 29mm clutch slave cylinder with Ti bolts, upgraded pushrod with TPO Ti pin
· HEL Performance carbon look clutch line
· Samco silicone hose kit
· 749RS coolant union with Ti bolt
· Ducati Performance magnesium valve covers
· 999RS04 sandcast and vented clutch casing with Ti bolts
· stainless steel case saver with Ti bolts
· most of the external bolts replaced with Ti


Fairings & other stuff:

· Beater Japan 999RSstyle aluminium tank (22 litres) with aircraft-type keyless cap, repainted
· 749R 2004 carbon side fairings and winglets, repainted in OEM style with 999S texts
· Ducati Performance carbon facelift front fairing, painted in OEM style
· RS style tall windshield without parking light, Ti bolts
· 999RS carbon tail fairing, custom paint in OEM style, custom aluminium rear mount
· Ti Dzus fasteners
· Kellermann Micro 1000 DF taillights / indicators with a custom wiring harness and aluminium mounting bracket
· Clear Alternatives smoked front indicator lenses with LED bulbs
· 999RS carbon seat
· 749RS carbon seat/tank mount with Ti bolts
· custom made carbon heat shield for silencer
· Ducati Performance magnesium headlight housing
· Ducati Performance magnesium mirror stays
· Ducati Performance 1098 carbon front fender with Ti bolts and a new Corse decal
· Ducati Performance short carbon hugger with Ti bolts
· Ducati Performance carbon mirror covers
· Ducati Performance carbon oil cooler fairing with Ti bolts
· Ducati Performance carbon belt covers with Ti bolts
· 999RS carbon belt cover for vertical head, with Ti bolts
· 999RS carbon clutch cover with Ti bolts
· carbon seat pad cover
· carbon swingarm covers
· carbon rear brake master cylinder cover with Ti bolts
· more Ti bolts (around 200 in total)
· Motion Pro coolant catch tank
· Acerbis fuel breather catch tank
· horn relocated under the headlight housing
· black mesh on tail and front fairing vents
· custom made license plate with carbon backplate and lasercut holder


And a couple of shitty cell phone pics:

 

Beater tanks are amazing. Well done