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Modifications

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1st Mod: Termignoni Exhaust and Ducati Performance Air Filter and Filter Box mod

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2rd Mod: AFAM 42T 525 Rear Sprocket and new 15T Front Sprocket

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3th Mod: Yuasa Battery

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4th Mod: Heavy Duty (4 gauge) battery and starter cables

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5th Mod: Headlight Gizmo

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6th Mod: Battery Tender Battery Charger with Battery Pigtail

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7th Mod: K+N Crankcase Breather Filter

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8th Mod: Carbon Fiber Fairing Vent Panels

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9th Mod: Carbon Fiber Clutch Cover

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10th Mod: Carbon Fiber Sprocket Cover

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11th Mod: Evoluzione License Plate Relocator

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12th Mod: Desmo Times Muzzy improved Cooling Fan

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13th Mod: Manual Fan Switch-part 2

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14th Mod: Rizoma Timing Belt Cover

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15th Mod: CF Instrument Surround

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16th Mod: Phone Mount - RAM Mounts

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17th Mod: Second Cooling Fan and Electrical Bus added, 30A switched power

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18th Mod: Tapered Bearings in steering head

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19th Mod: Spacer for behind the front sprocket

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20th Mod: Install MOSFET Shindengen FH020AA Voltage Rectifier Regulator

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21st Mod: Install Voltmeter Lascar-EVM-1200

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22nd Mod: Heated Grips - Oxford Heaterz

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23rd Mod: Not really a Mod but, I designed and fabricated a Ducati engine stand

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24th Mod: BrakeTech Axis Cobra Stainless Steel full floating front brake rotors

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25th Mod: SB50 Anderson Powerpole 50A Electrical jump plug

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26th Mod: EVR 48T Clutch and Pressure Plate

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27th Mod: Speedymoto Water Pump Housing Cover

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28th Mod: STM Clutch Slave

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29th Mod: Knobs to Attach Mirrors and Instrument Surround Panels

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30th Mod: Ducati Performance Givi Top Box

1st Mod, Ducati Performance Termignoni Exhaust (Carbon Fiber) and Ducati Performance Air Filter and Filter Box Mod

    [DP part# 96425902B (2003 Catalog)]

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2nd Mod, 42T Rear Sprocket

    [Drive Systems (US version of AFAM) Part# 50609R]

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3rd Mod, Yuasa Battery

   

[Yuasa Part# YT12B-BS]

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4th Mod, Powerlet Heavy Duty Cable kit

    [WKT-001 - Ducati ST2/ST4/ST4S]

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5th Mod, Headlight Gizmo

[Headlight Gizmo -- Web site no longer active :( ]

 

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6th Mod, Battery Tender Plus 12V 1.5 Amp Battery Charger with Battery Pigtail

    [PN: 021-0128]

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7th Mod, K+N Crankcase Breather Filter

    [K+N Part Number: 62-1360]

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8th Mod, Carbon Fiber Fairing Vent Panels

   

[DP part# 18100 (2003 Catalog)]  


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9th Mod: Carbon Fiber Clutch Cover
 

    [DP part# 03046 (2003 Catalog)]

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10th Mod: Carbon Fiber Counter Sprocket Cover
 

    [DP part# 04134 (2003 Catalog)]

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11th Mod: Evoluzione License Plate Relocator

     

Saddle Bags (Panniers) Off Saddle Bags (Panniers) On [Pushes the Turn signals up and in a bit]

 

[Evoluzione PN: 90023]

Additional modification by adding Desmo Times short stalks

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12th Mod: Desmo Times High Velocity Fan - 907ie, All 748-996, ST2/3/4/4S

How to Install - by Vinnie

[Desmo Times High Velocity Fan]

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13th Mod: Manual Fan Switch

How to Install the manual fan switch - by Vinnie

 

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14th Mod: Rizoma Timing Belt Cover

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15th Mod: Carbon Fiber Instrument Surround

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16th Mod: RAM Mount for Phone and Ducati Performance Givi Top Box

Bore hole in steering stem nut, I used 8mm socket head bolt to bolt the ram mount through the steering stem nut to a washer and lock nut.  The hollow triple will let you get a socket with extension on the lock nut.  For my 998s FE, I tacked a nut to a washer that I drilled out to match the steering stem nut so that it can be held in place while torque applied to the socket bolt.  Works like a champ!!!

 

Power is tied in via USB power converter tapped to switched 5A available circuit at fuse panel.

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17th Mod: Second Cooling Fan Install - Right Side and Electrical Busbar Installed

Located on right side of radiator, power is controlled by the covered fan switch (Mod 13) and fed through new switched power busbar, 30A relay feeds ignition switched power.

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18th Mod: Tapered Bearings Steering Head

All Balls Racing Tapered Steering Stem Bearings (22-1039 aka 41-6235) installed.  As noted By LT of Desmo Times, the seals included in the All Balls kit if not installed according to his instructions, will fail.   The reason is that the seals are not designed specifically for this Ducati application and the rubber portion extends inward on radius to interfere with spacer which has an exterior diameter of 48mm. While the inner portion of the rubber on the seal is 46mm in diameter and causes the rubber seal to tear when the steering head is rotated.  See the photos below with measurements.  My preference was to install the bearings with fresh Ducati OEM seals and spacers.  The originals get damaged when removing the lower race from the steering stem.

 

-- All Balls kit

Once the stem is removed, use a cold chisel to slowly free the inner race from the steering stem.  You will note the black rubber seal and metal does get bent, sacrifice...

Photos of the tool in action used to remove the outer races from the head stock

Seals included in the All Balls Kit 

(LT of Desmo Times recommends installing the lower one upside down)  I recommend not using the included seals but instead buying Ducati OEM seals and using those.  Note the differences in measurements below:

Differences in the seals:
All Balls Seal on Left Ducati OEM seal on right Backside view, All Balls Seal on Left Ducati OEM seal on right
All Balls interior dia Ducati OEM interior dia
All Balls rubber interior diameter (~46mm) Ducati OEM rubber interior dia (~51mm)
Spacer exterior diameter is 48mm and interior diameter is 35.2mm

Spacer is wider than the rubber on the All Balls seals so there is interference and it will rip the rubber seal if in contact with the spacer.

 

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19th Mod: Spacer for behind the front sprocket:

A somewhat common issue in the ST is Output Shaft wear in the channel caused by front sprocket retention plate, I am convinced it is due to misaligned chain!  It has been said time and time again, do not trust the swing arm alignment marks!  I also noted this in the "Maintenance and Issues" section but this is pretty important and can potentially cause a significant cost to repair.   This idea is taken from US Desmo article, from the Spring 2011 issue of "Desmo Leanings" found here, or local pdf copy you can download.  Recommend grinding the teeth off of the donor sprocket before machining it to size.

Output Shaft with wear on the inboard side of the channel; Spacer fitted and shown as installed without chain, and photo of the donor sprocket:

   

 

Chain installed and aligned... note the swing arm alignment mark differences!!!  (click on photo for higher res view)

 

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20th Mod: MOSFET Shindengen FH020AA Voltage Rectifier Regulator

Purchased from http://www.roadstercycle.com/index.htm

 

It is taller than the OEM, so to install it in the intake portion of the nose, I did grind the cooling fins down a bit, to about same height as OEM. The fins are aluminum, it didn't seem to mind.

 

Installed in the intake below headlight.  I also did enlarge the hole that the cable passes through, so that the large connectors will pass through.  The OEM bolt holes will not align; instead of the bolt, I just used a zip tie to retain the VRR in position.

You can see the bare aluminum in the photo below where I did grind the fins to allow it to fit in the intake, approximate stock position.  I took about 5mm of material off the height of the cooling fins.

 

Spliced the yellow wires into the Ducati wire harness, shrink wrapped then covered in 3/8" black PVC sleeve. 

 

I cut back the 4 wire (2 x red and 2x Black) and then terminated with shrink wrap, secured back in OEM PVC sleeve.  This is the removed OEM VRR, with the connectors, you can see how much wire I cut from the stock loom

 

 

Below is the two wire VRR cable, Red with 50A fuse block and and black wire fixed to the Battery terminals.

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21st Mod: Voltmeter Lascar-EVM-1200

Lascar-EMV-1200-Powered-Voltmeter (purchased from Amazon)

 

Made a bracket from aluminum by cutting a sheet metal ring that goes around the LCD display and has a wing to the right, for the volt meter to bolt through, photos below.

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22nd Mod: Heated Grips - Oxford Heaterz

Installed Oxford Heaterz, heated sports bike grips, electrically connected to ignition switched power at the fuse panel, left of instrument cluster.

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23rd Mod: Vinnie's Ducati Engine Stand

I designed and fabricated this stand to hold Ducati Engines out of the bike.  I used 1-1/4" - 1/8" angle and 1/4" thick steel plate.  All mild steel A36.  All angle joints coped and assembly is MIG welded.

 

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24th Mod: BrakeTech Axis Cobra Stainless Steel full floating front brake rotors

BrakeTech AXIS Cobra Stainless Steel Series: 748-998, 851-888, SS, ST, Sport Classic, Monster (PN: BTD-10.S) with FERODO ST Front Sintered Brake Pads: Brembo Dual Pin (PN: FDB2042ST - X-3)

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25th Mod: SB50 Anderson Powerpole 50A Electrical Jump Plug

Fitted on underside of Battery Tray for jump start capability without removing any body panels

SB50 SB Series 50 Amp Anderson Powerpole Kit (Color: Black, Gauge: 8) SB50-08-BLK

SB50 Environmental Boot with Cover, Source Side 3-6055P2


 

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26th Mod: EVR 48T Clutch, Pressure Plate, and Cover

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27th Mod: SpeedyMoto Water Pump Housing Cover

Purchased a used one from Ebay, I cleaned it up, sanded off the abrasions and scratches, painted it with High Temp Engine enamel and baked it on.

Above: Installed on my ST4s

Comparison images of the SpeedMoto cover with the OEM cover above and below:

 

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28th Mod: STM Clutch Slave Cylinder

 

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29th Mod: Knobs to Attach Mirrors and Instrument Surround Panels

Purchased:

For the mirror knobs:

4 ea Black Phenolic Plastic Four Arm Knob with M6 x 1mm Threaded Hole  McMaster Carr PN - 6390K22

- Cut approximately 3/16" off each plastic arm, so the knob does not interfere with the mirror/upper fairing support

4 ea 18-8 Stainless Steel Threaded Rods M6 x 1 mm Thread Size, 30 mm Long McMaster Carr PN - 93805A323

 

For the panel knobs:

3 ea Plastic-Head Thumb Screws Knurled, M4 x 0.7 mm Thread, 16 mm Long McMaster Carr PN - 96016A562

1 ea Aluminum Male-Female Threaded Hex Standoff 6mm Hex, 31mm Long, M4 x 0.70 mm Thread McMaster Carr PN - 98952A077

Package of Weather-Resistant EPDM Rubber Sealing Washers for Number 8 Screw Size, 0.15" ID, 0.312" OD, Black McMaster Carr PN - 90130A009

- also used a M4 x 0.7 jamb nut with the stand off

 

Order List from McMaster Carr -- pdf

Mirror Knobs:

  

 

Panel Knobs and Stand off

Installed:

 

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30th Mod: Ducati Performance Givi Monokey Top Box

 

 

 

Ducati Performance Top Case Brackets work with Ducati Panniers Installed (Original Panniers - Nonfango)

 

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