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Old 25-03-2017, 09:16 PM   #1
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1200R - SteveG, the right colour!

Have fitted few trinkets to the 12R over the winter, second ride out of the year today saw some sunshine so here some gratuitous pics of it fitted with an Evotech tail (rad and oil guards also fitted but ya can't really see them!) and an Arrow can, sounds much better!







SteveG, good to see you at MR today, how you finding the post first service new rev limit? Fun huh!!

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Old 25-03-2017, 09:55 PM   #2
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Looks like you just happened on a dogging site - frequent visitor?
Bike looks the dogs danglies. Is it just the black ones which have black Ohlins forks?
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Old 25-03-2017, 10:16 PM   #3
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Looks like you just happened on a dogging site - frequent visitor?
Bike looks the dogs danglies. Is it just the black ones which have black Ohlins forks?
Middle of Salisbury Plain training area, more likely to get hit with a stray shell... are you looking for dodgy sites to visit?

R only has black forks, different spec / model to the S
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Old 25-03-2017, 11:22 PM   #4
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Ha... Ducati's are red... Good to see ya today Pedro. Catch up again soon. Certainly gets madder over 7k rpm...

Must do some more shots now I have the SC Carbon can on & the tail-tidy...


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Old 26-03-2017, 11:44 AM   #5
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I thought for a moment you'd got a bit drastic with the mod's Pedro: new body panels and frame, as well as silencers.



But changing the number plate too is going a bit far......
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Old 26-03-2017, 12:48 AM   #6
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Each to their own, but I do like a monster in black.
And the mods look tidy.

Staring at the side view, I got to thinking .. two things.

First, interesting discs with their "slant cut" bobbin holes.
Makes sense to put the meat where the forces go.
Presumably that means that fewer bobbins can take the load, so they'll be lighter .. and they look it.
Its spinning, unsprung weight too .. which is as valuable as a pair of carbon wheels.
I assume from the yellow paint dots on the bolts that they're original fitment.

Second, the frame mount points, now that they go to the cylinder heads, are nice and widely spaced, giving a stiffer structure .. as long as the cylinders can take the load.
I guess a shorter stroke, as seems to be the tendency (I think .. certainly is with the Panigale) gives a greater chance of rigid cylinders which are able to be stressed frame components in this way.
Then look at the motor and how it forms a structural triangle which tapers back to the swingarm pivot .. its perfect.
I love this kind of engineering, where components are made to serve more than one major purpose .. because then you only need the weight of one lump instead of two (to a certain extent) .
Ok, techy stuff is impressive too but there is something pure and beautiful about getting the basics right at a deep level.
And of course, you can't have big cylinders in a short stroke screamer without losing control of the heavy valve gear ... unless its a desmo.
And a big, torquey twin will vibrate its nuts off, unless its at 90 deg.
Oh I do love Ducatis.

Shame they then stuck a single sided swinger on it, but I guess the market gets what the market wants if you're to stay in business.

I'm wedded to my M750 but if such tech was applied to an aircooled, sub 900cc bike with a double sided swinger and with minimal, injection-only electronics and no rider aids I might find myself tempted to take a mistress.
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Old 26-03-2017, 09:37 AM   #7
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Each to their own, but I do like a monster in black.
And the mods look tidy.
You are completely correct utopia..
I really liked the white 1200S ....& if there had been a white R option available and sat in MotoRapido stock last November that would have been the one.. .. I could still have the banter with Pedro. ..

Pedro's does look very tidy in the flesh.. the pillion rest removal really sharpens it up too & even the small details like Il Tricolore reflector mount on the plate are classy. Nice!
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Old 26-03-2017, 01:23 PM   #8
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Looks like I got one of the rare Red ones, should make it a collectable
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Old 26-03-2017, 01:59 PM   #9
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Black looks way cooler, but you gotta lose all that black plastic next!
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