V4s from street to track

[Duc_tmmc]

This year i've made a crazy change, sold my beloved 749s because the V4 bite me

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I only ride at track for fun and pleasure. Long time i quit riding at street.

Present some pictures of what i've done so far on V4, nothing major, mostly just aesthetic.


The folowing 4 pictures resumes the major aesthetic change done..

The track fairings are inspired on 916 anniversary




Have to say i'm very impressed with quality of these track fairings from Flamingo Corse!

Here are some pictures of the painting done.



Nice little detail of the painting process, the gun used was a Pininfarina





Added some protections on bike, like side engine covers and radiator guard:



Progrip 717 Grips and ducati performance bar ends that i kept from my 749s were added and also TWM quick release fuel cap



Installed Brembo Rc pads, brembo 660 brake fluid and some nice Pirelli Superbikle tires.

 

[BMW Alpina]

Hi Duc_tmmc,

That is a trully MAJOR aesthetic change and a GORGEOUS one too !!!

I also love those Race Track Circuit layout that you painted on the wall of your office, very artistic

By the way, do you paint the fairings your self in your shop?

 

[Duc_tmmc]

Hi Duc_tmmc,

That is a trully MAJOR aesthetic change and a GORGEOUS one too !!!

I also love those Race Track Circuit layout that you painted on the wall of your office, very artistic

By the way, do you paint the fairings your self in your shop?

Thank you

Painting was done at friends shop, it was amazing experience from start to finish.
Being able to help in the process and being part of the project was very cool.

 

[Duc_tmmc]

Some pictures of the final result of what i've done so far:

 

[HKMP7]

Heck yeah love the paint scheme.

 

[Duc_tmmc]

After all this work i was ready to enjoy the beast at the track

Had a blast!! Im not a pro rider, just enjoy my time at track and this bike makes everything easy! Its Amazing

 

[Duc_tmmc]

Next in the list will be sprint air filter and akrapovic slip on, as much i love idea of full, cant justify the price

Nice Gilles tooling rearset MU2 on the way

Some bling bling from AEM Factory rear wheel hardware and gold chain is on the way too



To be continued...

 

[Duc_tmmc]

Heck yeah love the paint scheme.

Thank you

 

[BMW Alpina]

I love your smily face knee pads
Wow, you are really serious about track use, with the tire warmer !
And I assume this is in Estoril Circuit in Portugal, right?
That's is a legendary race track

 

[Duc_tmmc]

I love your smily face knee pads
Wow, you are really serious about track use, with the tire warmer !
And I assume this is in Estoril Circuit in Portugal, right?
That's is a legendary race track

Tire warmer with slicks its a must!! It boosts also your confidence
This pictures are indeed from Estoril Circuit, awesome track, that its back to world superbike calendar this year due the actual panorama.
Here in Portugal we have 2 very good track, this one, Estoril and the rollercoaster Portimão that it will debut F1 and Moto GP

 

[BMW Alpina]

Next in the list will be sprint air filter and akrapovic slip on, as much i love idea of full, cant justify the price
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Nice Gilles tooling rearset MU2 on the way
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Some bling bling from AEM Factory rear wheel hardware and gold chain is on the way too
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To be continued...

Hi Duc,
I noticed your AEM rear sprocket is a 520, but your DID chain is a 525, do you plan to use a 520 or 525?
Also that Gilles Tooling rear set looks spectacular !

Since you plan to use this on the track only, I found out, the Front Cylinder Manifold of the V4R is the same as the V4S, however the stock Rear Cylinder Manifold of the V4R is different and much shorter.
I think this shorter rear cylinder manifold of the V4R would benefit the HIGH RPM use at track like in your application.

So, if you decide to use the slip on Akrapovic, maybe you can find some used stock V4R Rear Cylinder Manifold on eBay and use it with your slip on, (without having to purchase the full Akrapovic system).

The V4R Rear Cylinder Manifold cover also look simpler compare to our stock one. I was thinking of doing this,
but I already bought a rear carbon cover for the V4S stock rear cylinder manifold (before I found out about this) so I decided to stick with my current one for now...

 

[Andy7]

Quite a leap from the 749! That’s a beautiful v4, is your primary decision for getting Akra so you have the upmap?

 

[Lucati]

Super nice, looks so much more aggressive and better than the oem fairings.

 

[Duc_tmmc]

Hi Duc,
I noticed your AEM rear sprocket is a 520, but your DID chain is a 525, do you plan to use a 520 or 525?
Also that Gilles Tooling rear set looks spectacular !

Since you plan to use this on the track only, I found out, the Front Cylinder Manifold of the V4R is the same as the V4S, however the stock Rear Cylinder Manifold of the V4R is different and much shorter.
I think this shorter rear cylinder manifold of the V4R would benefit the HIGH RPM use at track like in your application.

So, if you decide to use the slip on Akrapovic, maybe you can find some used stock V4R Rear Cylinder Manifold on eBay and use it with your slip on, (without having to purchase the full Akrapovic system).

The V4R Rear Cylinder Manifold cover also look simpler compare to our stock one. I was thinking of doing this,
but I already bought a rear carbon cover for the V4S stock rear cylinder manifold (before I found out about this) so I decided to stick with my current one for now...

Regarding the rear sprocket in fact the picture shows 520 but i ordered 525. Before i order I asked them if it was possible to take a picture of two configurations that i couldnt decide and that moment they only had 520 pitch. The 525 sprocket is in process of hard anodizing treatment.

The 2 configurations were this:




Decided with the second one because the bike is mainly red and it would be too much red all around.. Personal taste

Slip on Akrapovic is also on the way and never thought and didnt know that they were differences between v4r and v4s exhausts manifolds.. Will have a look at that.
Thanks for the info

Regards,
Tiago

 

[Duc_tmmc]

Quite a leap from the 749! That’s a beautiful v4, is your primary decision for getting Akra so you have the upmap?

Thank you
I had the 749s for 7 years, was a fantastic bike but then i made huge mistake of trying V4

Share 2 pictures of my track bike


Tha Akrapovic slip on i purchased at Ducati facility and the dealer will upload the official map to the bike.

 

[Duc_tmmc]

Super nice, looks so much more aggressive and better than the oem fairings.

Thank you

 

[HKMP7]

As much crap the 749/999 bodystyle gets Its still one of my favorite Ducati's. Well done.
Reminds of the Neil #100 and Baylistic #21 days.

 

[craig bush]

Bike looks awesome!

i'm interested to hear your impression of the rearsets as i've considered the Gilles vs the Lightech.

 

[Duc_tmmc]

As much crap the 749/999 bodystyle gets Its still one of my favorite Ducati's. Well done.
Reminds of the Neil #100 and Baylistic #21 days.

Thank you!
Love 749/999 bodystyle, controversy design for most people but i think time passed the design has grown to most people nowadays!

 

[Duc_tmmc]

Today i've received the Gilles rearsets!

First impression out of the box, the quality is outstanding
Share some photos






Very excited to see them on place and config to my riding style!