........Air-Intake      

Well, I'm not a friend of Solutions we found nice and innovative yesterday.        

At the 999 front end (fairing/instruments-Bracket and Airintakes ) Ducati has made a lot of mistakes,mostly regarding weight and generally concept.You've got the Airtubes which have no more  Function than being Airtube......., they hold nothing,opposite-they have to be held..and so on.The headlight housing is so far away from being worth to be mentioned , that not even a Ducati-Performance Magnesium substitute is in range of  loosing a word about it .A lighter mistake is still a mistake.

The most Important Q at present is where to place the Intake.I don't want to for a centered inatake-mouth again,not again...done this so often in the past. so at present it looks like one intake rightside below fairing front/upper section.the right side then would be able to duct Air somewhere else where I need it too...........
 

So what do we do ?                That's the result :            

I use the gap between the fork legs and the Frame to pass the Air through,mm-wise I'll use the space.And if I haven't miscalculated,then even one side of my Air-Intake is at the same cross-Section,as both Ducati-Ducts (OEM).Addittional it'll be fairing-Stay . I estimate my  whole new Airduct at 380gr,including those 2 small Airbox-connecting Ducts inside Frame. I think I'll be able to shave 8-9 lbs only at that Section

Feb.20.04 :Making a long story short .The Airduct-Model is done,means we're doing the mould at present. Wednesday we've hopefully done the first one in Carbon,So I'll post the Pics here End of next week.This is a 5-6000$ Snorkel,if I consider I'd just have have worked this Time at all those orders I still have.
But that's part of my person,I 90% do what I want to do,others reverse ,they want to earn money,so they don't do what they want to.However,from what I know,when I have a closer look,which pic of this Web has been enlarged,and which not, I've noticed (already since I started with my RC30 web 2000) .............most people are only interested in finished Products,so shiny Gloss carbon Pics,not those with all the dust and dirt around. But  I assure you: you don't have to clean your Computer if you enlarge following Pics.And it's a great lesson to be able to re-enact why something sometimes is so expensive. Ok,don't open.Give a post next year maybe at speedzilla or somewhere alse that the Bits from Thorsten are much too expensive.Buy some nice gloss inexpensive Carbon stuff from the copyshop,from those guys who want to earn money.

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