Despite a slight problem with the voting system (my fault I admit) there was still a great deal of interest in the second annual Ducati Forum Darren 470 Four Bike of the year contest. Last year Desmohog was victorious, but this year the honour fell to Kope with his magnificent 1199r Raymond Roche Trackday Project with over 17% of the votes. His prise is the Darren 470 Four Trophy and a pair of MotoGP tickets of his choosing. This is what has been done/bought to go with the bike 2013 - 1199R Raymond Roche 001/001 – project items 2013 – Ducati Panigale 1199R – Bologna Motors / Ducati Herzele Termignoni EVO Titanium mufflers Termignoni PRO manifold + mapping – DP MWR race airfilter Roby moto 52/58 triples Ohlins FGR100 (new) SBK spec - front forks Made to order front axel Made to order front mudguard holders Made to order speedsensor holder Valtermoto clip on holders Carbon clip ons Brembo 320MM SBK 6 mm rotors Brembo 108 mm P4 – 32/36 endurance monobloc callipers Brembo GP spec master clutch cylinder 18x19 mm Brembo GP spec master brake cylinder 19x18 mm Brembo P2 – 34 2 piece billet rear brake caliper Brembo Z4 brake pads Trax racing brakelines front Made to order fluidreservoir holders OZ Cattiva Magnesium 16,5 inch wheels DP – TCS spinunit at wheel Pirelli 16,5 slicks Diablo Superbike 120/75 and 190/65 - SC2 compound Sprocket carrier + 42 & 43 T sprockets Removal of the DES on the TTX rear shock EMC² setup and geometry analysis DP race rearsets in classic shift pattern ( 1 down – 5 up) BBS – TCS/ABS settings ecu with 16,5” Pirelli SC2 settings – Moto Puro , Holland - Ducati Corse Bolts and bits – Titanium – Pro Bolt Carbon Fuel tank – Carbonvani Carbon race fairing - head, left side , right side, belly pan - Ilmberger Carbon race seatunit – Ilmberger Carbon inner radiator fairing – Carbonvani Carbon inner side pannels – Carbonvani Carbon sprocket cover Carbon headfairing + dashcover - SIGL Carbon subframe covers – Conquest Carbon Carbon front mudguard – Carbon King Carbon chainguard - Carbonworld Carbon clutch cover full right size ( 13,8 components) Carbon case cover left side Samco hoses RS style filler cap STM race starter switch buttons (R – 2) STM dash control switch buttons (L – 4) Progrip Stompgrip DP racing seat Racing screen Raymond Roche theme design - Stephen Toal Raymond Roche strickering system Full paintwork – Paintatelier – Alstare painter Full strip and build up – friends and mates Dyno runs and mapping and general maintenance – Ducati Gent DP rearstand DP frontstand – milled pins to accommodate FGR’s Tyrewarmers ( 2 sets) Pitkit – Beta + miscellaneous Schubert SR1 Daytona EVO3 – GP boots Held Titan gloves Damen Race suit tailored Over the last few weeks the following has also been completed 61. Moto Rapido engine blueprint 62. Corse SBK 2013 V2 +300MM manifold 63. Race radiator ( CORE 35MM) 64. AIM telemetry sensor set. 65. Pro shift PS3 closed loop blipper system 66. Race Seat personalised race seat ( 2CM higher over DP race seat) [h=2]2nd & 3rd[/h]Pablo Pirate (14%) and Nutty Nick (11%) came second and third respectively A big thank you go to all those who voted and lets hope that the 2014 Bike of the year is just as good
thanks again to all ! As i said before, being here is a great contributor to the joy i derive from the project! . i'd like to buy you all a beer when we will be over the weekend of the 13th til 16th this month : So in Derby we will be at the Risley Hall Hotel Derby Road in Risley on the 13th and Friday it will Be the Cricketers inn in Easton Hampshire on the 14th .. if anyone wants to joins us or has a better idea, we're open to it. a location for saturday 15th can still be decided , preferably on the way home through the south ... but don't feel obliged..
good question ..something's brewing.. would very much like to see a 1989/90 Raymond Roche rep 851 next to this one... or a ultra-leightweight (140kg) 996RS -999R-1098R engined pierobon in the same colours... picked up some bits and bobs for the front last week...
OMG next years winner as well then , get it three years in a row and you must surely keep the trophy . :tongue: Congrats though with the 1199 .
851, now there's a lovely image/sound. You should try getting that one into a modern art gallery. Probably not the first time a Ducati has been in one mind. :biggrin:
Not only a worthy winner, but true to his word of buying a few beers too. Catch up in the Summer, oh don't have too much fun will you? :tongue:
