V2 Baylis build (Valentina)

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Hello all my name is Hunter, getting into track riding, and have bought my first panigale v2 Baylis after a few years of being on the fence. Have had a few other ducatis but Wow what a machine, so glad I did, wish I did it sooner. Following many others I will try and document a light weight / weight savings build to help others. I am an engineer and am wildly overboard with measuring differences, etc. this forum has been a blast to read the builds and has provided many MANY HOURS of entertainment. and guided many decisions. I would like to thank you all and hope I can give something back,

Since I got Valentina, (yes her name is Valentina, always named my ducatis) she has had some fun things tossed on her, photos and measurements to follow, PFA

 

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this was late Dec. in New England, had a day at 60° so had to take her out, needed to get her to 600 mile for break in,

 

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Once we got her to 600 miles, i was able to toss on a full Akra I had sitting around from a old 1299, hardest thing was getting the wife’s approval to toss Valentina in the house, didn’t wanna make the long Trex Jo in the snow to the garage,

 

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I don’t know why this me happy but you can see the “craftsmanship” the ducati workers have when adding Baylis decals, idk why but gives Valentina a real “hand made feel” haha even though this legit the cheapest scotch tape I think money can buy….

 

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Looks weight without fairings and exhaust on her,

 

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Welcome to the forum Hunter, We all will love, learn, and enjoy from your modification journey.

 

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Welcome to the forum Hunter, We all will love, learn, and enjoy from your modification journey.
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Welcome to the forum Hunter, We all will love, learn, and enjoy from your modification journey.

yessir glad to be here, hoping to help

 

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While I stripped everything off I weighted it all, the end goal for this winter project is to have full Akra, charcoal delete, and some other small bits and pieces done, hopefully totaling in the ballpark of 20+lbs of easy weight savings. first place I started was at the battery, as I’m sure all of you know the Baylis comes with a lithium ion battery from factory, I think a few others might come with the same one as well, battery weighted in at 799grams or 1.76lbs, I’m sure this can be lowered but for starting I will place my efforts elsewhere. BTW I’ll weigh everything in grams OR Kg then convert to LBS, I’m doing this so that I don’t unintentionally round up or down, and for my quick math it is easier to add up,

 

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Stock muffler/ silencer with the servo motor weighted in at 10kg, connecting pipes at 1.543kg for rear, 1.930kg for front/side/ collector, and the stock heat shield at 1.168kg,
Old total = 14.641kg or 32.277lbs

 

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Story time on the exhaust, I actually bought it before the bike, got it from a friend for the cheap, He had it on his 1299 that he crashed, pulled it off and cleaned it up. He was going to put it on his 959 but traded the 959 in for a new v4, so it was a good deal for everyone. He had cleaned it up very nice, the only downside was I had to do some very minor touch up work on the carbon fiber, order springs and hardware, and one of the silencers had the Akra logo polished out.

for me and for the price I don’t really care, it is nice to have but it was a great deal. I have a MASSIVE LASER ETCHER at work and WAS planning on zapping a super large Akra logo in the silencer and on the side pipe, but for the time being I ordered a heat resistant Akra sticker off of Etsy that’s yellow black and gold and tbh it goes so well with Valentina I haven’t wanted to fix it and might just get one for the other size and cover the laser etched logo.

what is everyone’s thoughts??? Hard to beat the super nice laser etched logo, but the sticker is basic, color scheme works, idk I’m torn tbh

 

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(Playing catch up to where Valentina actually is)

have the exhaust on and wow she is a loud Gal. No baffles, quite vocal, just like every Ducati video or reel with a aftermarket exhaust it does not do it justice. Got a good pair of ear plugs for when I ride.

 

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After some time and realizing that a termi UpMap only works with ONE bike per module, I debated on actual gains and what would help with
A) power gains, happy engine etc.
B) decent reliability, good / happy customers

So went with Deussen tunes, love it, they were able to customize it a little bit for me. specifically I wanted the rad fan to kick in at a lower temp, and yes I know that at the track and while moving this is not needed, for city riding and when I get stuck in traffic it is quite nice to have that edge on potential overheating issues, (my engineering degree had a VERY heavy focus on Thermodynamics) and I understand there are better ways to solve this problem, and I have a project in the works to address it a-little more.
But overall first impressions totally different bike, feels better in mid range, before it felt asleep in mid rpm’s, this is now not the case. So I am very happy

 

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next thing was a taller wind screen, I didn’t hear the best things about the OEM Ducati tall windscreen so i went aftermarket, I went with this guy in the UK trackday-tyres, was a good price and they are made in the UK, naught thru eBay, shipping was quick. Windscreen noticeably lighter. (I need to take off again to weigh) but tossed it on along with some futurismo mirror delete/ blinkers, love the look,

 

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when I did exhaust I also did a charcoal canister removal. Bike is brand new and it is not giving me any issues, but any chance to get rid of weight and make some available space for 40$ I’m down, easy, straight forward install, instructions sucked, there was a good YouTube of a dude doing it to his 899 that I followed,

ONLY issue was that the tank breather according to the instructions gets capped, most “T” the breather and overflow together and run the hose to the pre-existing overflow hose, easy install. tbh if it was a part that was a common install I’d do a quick install vid but super straight forward.

Total weight savings 420 grams, or 0.925lbs

not bad for 30 min tops and 40$

 

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Forgot to count the CHARCOAL CANISTER BRACKET and the lil bolt that held her in,

bracket weight = 0.104kg
Bolt = 0.011kg
So actual Total INCLUDING canister = 0.535kg or 1.179lbs,

 

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circling back to the exhaust weight savings, biggest areas of savings was the muffler and servo motor, and the rear cylinder exhaust heat shield. if I were to get another v2 and couldn’t find a good deal on a full exhaust, just the muffler and heat shield are a good option. TBH I’d go with a vandemon, idk how good they are but they are cheap and a full exhaust so

old heat shield = 1.168kg
New heat shield= 0.209kg
Savings = 0.959

 

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The OEM muffler weighted 10.27kg, servo motor included all that malarkey that gets thrown in the trash with it. when I put it on the scale I didn’t believe it, took it off and weighted it again in LBS because I didn’t think it was that heavy in comparison to the Akra which I had been handling prior, in attached photo you can JUST barely see the 22.66lbs on the scale, new AKRA underbelly one is 3.746kg also size comparison, so much easier handling the smaller Akra,

OEM = 10.278kg or 22.66lbs
AKRA = 3.746kg or 8.258lbs
Savings = 6.532kg or 14.405lbs

 

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For just the exhaust, in TOTAL we pulled off 8.904 kg, or 19.629lbs. For the price I am stoked, would I pay 7k for it? Probably at some point, I would recommend going with a vandemon for the price, and if you could find a Akra for around 5k I’d go with that, either way good savings, below are photos of the actual pipes and their weight,

*please note the photo I have of the new front/ side pipe the weight shown is not correct due to the heat shield being installed, (I weighted it prior to putting on heat shield because the heat shield is staying on, so no need to weigh it and account for it) wrote down weight without (0.931kg) and then spent 30 minutes man-handling the heat shield. once it was on I didn’t want to take it off just for a photo. so there ya go, all that’s to say the weight of the heat shield on front pipe added 0.22lbs or 100grams flat.

 

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Following some of the other builds on here I have been truly inspired. The drive for weight reduction is an addiction and I can feel my wallet getting lighter.

@HKMP7 I’ve read your whole 47+ page thread multiple times, cannot thank you enough for your inspiration and information. I am trying to get there myself With Valentina, if she was down in the 390s I’d be a happy man

Now that the exhaust is on and done, onto the fun stuff, titanium fasteners and some carbon fiber bits. @HKMP7 I love the coloring you do with your titanium fasteners but I will be leaving mine bare titanium, sorry

parts that I have on currently that I will do write up for on this thread
aftermarket gas cap
heel guards
caliper bolts front and rear
rear axle pinch bolts
Shock guard
oil drain plug (not installed yet)


next items I need to order/ do more homework on,
rotational mass weight reduction, rear caliper, axle nuts, wheels, front rotors (Carbon fiber)
more carbon fiber
more titanium
aluminum tank
rear subframe
address cooling shortcomings
track parts

 

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For the titanium bits, I went with the 55mm bolts so I can remove the spacer on top of the stock caliper up front, I’ll be going thru some of the other treads to find suppliers for the next round of titanium bits to order. and where to order from, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

OEM GAS CAP = 0.265kg
NEW GAS CAP = 0.117kg
Savings = 0.148kg

OEM front caliper bolt w/aftermarket spacer (all 4 bolts)= 0.2kg
New titanium without spacer (all 4) = 0.084kg
Savings = 0.116kg, 0.255lbs

Rear caliper bolts = 21 grams
New = 11 grams
Savings = 10 grams, 0.022lbs (small gains haha)

Swing arm pinch bolts = 73grams
New = 42 grams
Savings = 0.031kg, 31 grams, 0.068lbs

total weight savings for gas cap and titanium
= 0.305kg, 0.672lbs