I am (very slowly) recovering from a torn tendon in my arm and haven't ridden my s1000rr race bike since April :-( A few people have suggested going supersport to reduce the stress on my arm and I don't fancy a yam 600 so was thinking v2. I'm thinking about a winter v2 build up and just wondering how the noise limits are in the UK for V2's with aftermarket exhausts. Also what are the must haves outside of the obvious (crash protection, rear sets, race fairings etc) Thx
Rear shock is a weakness once going at pace. Forks are ok up to low fast group pace. DP fairings are great. Track focussed pads. 5mm thick discs if you are a real heavy braker. That’s about your lot with crash protection and rearsets. I kept standard exhaust on mine due to worries about noise as I’d been caught too many times before on my 959. Others seem to be more lucky.
Pretty much as above. Fork kit and shock, different pads, GB racing engine protection, DP track fairings, and delete the ABS (the 959 wasn't great with the ABS, the V2 may be better). I did do a thread on all the mods I did to my 959 where the aim was to knock off as much weight as possible, however you do not need to go that far. https://www.ducatiforum.co.uk/threads/panigale-track-diet.67313/ For exhaust noise levels I am sure there is a sticky thread in the Panigale section title Trackday Noise levels or something similar. https://www.ducatiforum.co.uk/threads/ducati-panigale-track-noise-levels-thread.43784/
As above I'll check it out thanks. Giving the arm and the s1000rr a try out at Monteblanco in Nov and we'll see where we go from there.
Interested to hear how you will get on with going down to a V2 from the S1000RR. I sometimes contemplate going to a V2. I have had big bikes for years, love them but there is part of me that wonders would a smaller bike be more fun, especially for days when you are not 100% on your game. For exhausts, check Spark. I would go for this 98DB without DB, so you are safe for pretty much all uk tracks. killers https://www.sparkexhaust.com/en/exhaust/ducati/panigale-v2-21-23-it/gdu8837
I remember Michael Neeves saying you'd be quicker on one lap on a v4 but quicker on average on a v2 over a longer session......... I'd like to keep the s1000rr and have a v2 as well and ride them back to back.
Haha that is what triggered me when i heard Neevesy say this! I am literally a 1 lap wonder. 6-7 sessions, 1 fast lap
@Gav101 I went 959 > 1299> 959 > S1000RR > V4 and it took me to the V4 to go as quickly as I had on the 959, however I think that was more a state of mind problem learning what was required to make a big bike fast round a track (those “V” shapes into slower corners). The 959 was brilliant fun, however it definitely lacked on the straights and nothing brings a smile to your face like the power of the S1000RR and V4. On the fitness/tiredness front I would say the 2022+ V4 is as easy as the 959/S1000RR to ride.
I have had my s1000rr on track (once and it was a brisk 4 degrees first session). They are brilliant but when you crack the throttle wide open things happen pretty quickly. The v2 doesn’t feel fast but they are highly deceptive. Very few litre bikes ever came past me in inters and it more than held its own in the fast group outing I gave it. They are a lot of fun - a lot. Less serious than the big hp bikes and I personally think that riding a “middleweight” makes you a better rider.
@Fastmonkey before your thread gets hijacked by all of us wanting V2s (with our V4s in my case) this thread is good, lots of work when into make his V2 lighter https://ducatimodified.com/threads/one-mans-21-ducati-panigale-v2.110/ @Jolley definitely agree with the V4 being as easy to ride as the S1000RR (i had an early Gen 4) and it's definitely not as vague feel as the RR. But as Expat says, very deceptive the V2s. I was with a guy at Mugello last month doing a training day. He was doing 2:06s on his V2 Bayliss (and wasn't eating tyres).
The V2/959 are fast round a lap however it is a completely different kind of lap. It is a bit like the Ducati vs Yamaha race bike descriptions the race comentators love giving, and for the same reason you will often find yourself stuck behind a slower rider on a faster bike, which can get frustrating. My V4 doesn't eat tyres, it eats fuel and brake pads!
This old video of mine best represents what I have said above. I was really struggling to stay ahead of the V4, being held to 1m49/1m50 laps, then once past I could go 1m47/1m46. On the V4 (owned since Feb) I am only down to 1m42, so not a massive amount in it, however I can do that almost every lap because I never get stuck behind anyone on the V4 like I would on the 959....
Tbh. I’d keep a stock exhaust if it were me, or I’d fit a US spec 959 stock exhaust which will breath a little easier but keep noise limits sensible and the tailpipes under the bike. ref how easy it is to ride, I’ll be honest, no Ducati is ‘easy’ to ride, those saying easy to ride compared to a V4, but yeah, that’s like saying you’d rather fight a tiger than a lion… I was riding a Daytona 675r in 40 degree heat a few years back at Jerez and doing 20 min sessions, went out on a 959 and it was quicker, maybe a few seconds a lap without pushing as hard as it wasn’t my bike, but after 10 mins I was absolutely hanging…. No support from the tank being just one of the main reasons.
