No, if I recall, he just wanted it to look like that. Post #9 https://www.ducatiforum.co.uk/threads/homemade-carbon-airbox.34627/#post-598192
Yeah I know that previous owner. He was just a modding fanatic like me. Cracking bike although he says it still has the same tyres he put in all those years ago when he sold it. So it’s not been doing much.