Motowheels 1098 Project

We ended up getting a yellow one. We will be going to a full carbon body
soon, so it really did not matter. The mat titanium finish would go good with
the new paint scheme we have in mind.







Spoiled with the easy pull of the Surflex slipper clutch, the first thing we had
to do was change the slave cylinder with a 30mm STM ( the easiest pull on the
market). We will be putting in a Surflex slipper clutch on the bike as soon as we can get the right clutch nut....
In the meantime we will probably run a Speedymoto pressure plate and 10 spoke
clutch cover to match the wheels ( until the BST wheels go on..





Note the shift linkage is swapped over 180 degrees for reverse shift. A
Speedymoto water pump cover will go on next week. we want to run the bike this
week some more to see if we get any temperature differences with the Speedymoto
water pump cover and Engine Ice. It should be in the mid 90's all week here in
the Valley.

We are taking our time with this bike because I want to try out all the mods as we build the bike.
We are going to try a few different exhaust systems to see what we like the best. We started with a Quat-D slip-on since it did not need a PC3. We tried it with and with out the DB killers (click on picture for
sound file):








With the db killer in place, we could probably run it at Laguna Seca with no
additional tuning. The magnesium end pieces come off in minutes to remove the DB
killers. This exhaust also comes with two removable cats...








The next thing was an easy to remove and lightweight billet fuel cap. We chose
the quick release 1098 cap:







The Carbon fender was good for about a pound weight loss...





For a little added insurance we added Speedymoto underbody frame sliders to protect the
battery, water pump and radiator on the left:





and the radiator and clutch on the right:



notice the missing carbon canister...

We replaced the bar ends with some weighted Rhinomoto bar ends since we want to
run bar end mirrors instead of the OEM mirrors:





We may end up sliding the controls up on the bar and run these bar end turn
signals instead--since we will lose the turn signals by removing the mirrors:




Pulled a 'Ducati RH "Euro" Light/Starter Switch" off the shelf to fit up on
the 1098. It bolts right on. The switch is great for track days and to give it a
little more power to start on those cold mornings...





Found some carbon heel guards on the shelf. I thought it would be a good idea to
"test fit" them on the 1098...




These will have to do until we get some billet rear sets in.


We dressed up the clutch with a black 'SpeedyMoto Clutch Cover: "10 Spoke", a black 'SpeedyMoto Clutch Pressure Plate: "Shinobi Pro" ', red 'Billet Clutch Spring Keepers ' and 'NCR Titanium Clutch Cover Bolt Kit'. We swapped out th
clutch spring bolts to Titanium as well.