The throttle cables removal is the hardest part. I found them very fiddly getting them disconnected and even more fiddly reconecting them.
Before removing and stripping them, I'd try adjusting the idle jets first, just a quarter turn at a time before testing/riding again, clockwise to lean your front cylinder a bit and quarter turn anti-clockwise to richen your top one slightly.
See the diagram at the bottom of this linked page
http://ducatisuite.net/carbsynch.html