Naked Italian Classic.

Here are some pics of the 996 without it's designer gear on.

Taking the bodywork off is amazingly easy. 6 Dzus clips and the right hand fairing is gone. 4 for the left panel. The mirrors have 1 bolt each then it's just 2 more bolts for the nosecone. V panel (to allow access to front spark plug) has two bolts. Hinge the seat unit up, remove the two hinge pins,disconnect the rear light connector and that's off. One bolt holds tank. Slide back and lift to allow access to the electrical lead and quick release fuel lines. Maybe 15 mins max for all of that.

Battery and reg rec



Air box. Tank forms the lid.



Rear plug and fuel pipes



Italian Electrics



Classic view

Are you going to cut a couple of inches off the cans while you're there?

Looks nice mate.

Now i'm guessing here but, could you be taking all the plastics off to give it a go with the Autosol??

[Rich]

Didn't take long for it to fall to pieces then . Whats the purpose of this then, just finding your way around the bike?

Originally Posted by Sean_C

Are you going to cut a couple of inches off the cans while you're there?

Looks nice mate.

Ta, Sean. It's loud enough as it is, although we can't hear it when on the bike.

Originally Posted by Girth

Now i'm guessing here but, could you be taking all the plastics off to give it a go with the Autosol??

Not much to polish under the plastics TBH Girth. Silicone spray would work best I reckon.

Originally Posted by Uber

Didn't take long for it to fall to pieces then . Whats the purpose of this then, just finding your way around the bike?

Lol. Put new plugs in and cleaned the foam air filter. Also to familiarise myself with the layout of the important bits. We did a ride up to the Kill Spills at the Ace with a guy who'd owned a 748 for 2 years. It overheated in the traffic and boiled over. He didn't know how to get the tank off to allow access to the coolant top up.

give her a good clean Pete then get her clothes back on! she's not pretty in the nude is she

[Stu]

Originally Posted by petevtwin650

Taking the bodywork off is amazingly easy.

Is that proper racing heritage then?

[Lissa]

Originally Posted by Addicted

Is that proper racing heritage then?

I think it's more either,

A....It makes your fairings really, really easy for people to steal so you have to buy really, really expensive replacements from Ducati.

Or

B....your average Ducati owner knows about as much about bike mechanics as a hamster, so they make it really, really easy for them.

Originally Posted by Lissa

B....your average Ducati owner knows about as much about bike mechanics as a hamster, so they make it really, really easy for them.

Quite the opposite...

[Lissa]

Originally Posted by Woz

Quite the opposite...