Woohoo - got my new Tuono racing bike

[Corse1]

Got back at 1am this morning with the Tuono in the back of the van. Had to work this morning but still spent half an hour checking all the nice shiny bits out:yes:

Spending the afternoon getting to know it in the shed coz its BLOODY RAINING outside:angry:

[blackdog]

pics please

[mokomoa]

You can ride them in the rain m8, they don,t melt.

[Toaster]

Congrats on the new bike... pics are compulsory!

[blueblade]

never rode the earlier model, but I had an '06 and did 25,000 kms in just under 12 months on it. Brilliant bike and excellent all-rounder - track, touring and Coro loop. Hope you enjoy yours as much as I did mine.

PS They are a great wet weather bike with the way they put the power to the ground and also the V twin engine braking. Much more confidence inspiring than in line fours.

[Corse1]

You can ride them in the rain m8, they don,t melt.

Ok then I am looking after my daughter today:innocent:

[Corse1]

Congrats on the new bike... pics are compulsory!

Parts are all new but hopefully not for :yes: long

Wish the Car was mine too

[helenoftroy]

Awesome!mint looking!you will be rapt:woohoo:

looks just like mine lol!

Well...the right hand side of mine is not looking that mint after the earthquake,but it will again soon

Ive got the race bellypan on

[brumax]

Hi helen, enjoy new bike ,take it easy, dont want you being like katiepie,
keep one wheel down :-)


Awesome!mint looking!you will be rapt:woohoo:

looks just like mine lol!

Well...the right hand side of mine is not looking that mint after the earthquake,but it will again soon

Ive got the race bellypan on

[EJK]

Quattroporte..... aww shuck.

Nice bike! Love them Italians.

[LBD]

Oh Ahhhh:drool:

[Corse1]

Awesome!mint looking!you will be rapt:woohoo:

looks just like mine lol!

Well...the right hand side of mine is not looking that mint after the earthquake,but it will again soon

Ive got the race bellypan on

Hi Helen,

Someone must have modified the Belly pan for the side stand. Got any pics for an idea?

[YellowDog]

Nice bit of kit. Just in time for the winter season :)

Congrats to you.

[mokomoa]

Beut bike for sure.
Be carefull with the stand m8, they are a little dicey to say the least.
Is it for the road or track?

[helenoftroy]

Hi Helen,

Someone must have modified the Belly pan for the side stand. Got any pics for an idea?

Sorry Nick,ran out of time today

Its been neatly cut out for the side stand - will put up a shot soon....reckon the side stand on the Tuono is a million times better than the Ducati - it was scary!:shit:

[Corse1]

You can ride them in the rain m8, they don,t melt.

Indeed they don't. Got yesterday arvo for a quick blat out to the lakes. Finished in the rain. I was having so much fun.
Of course it had to have a wipe down once home:scooter:

[helenoftroy]

Hi Helen,

Someone must have modified the Belly pan for the side stand. Got any pics for an idea?
Sorry it took so long Nick, hope this helps!
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[Corse1]

Sorry it took so long Nick, hope this helps!
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Cheers for that. Should be able to get something cut out. I bet you love cleaning those white wheels:facepalm:

Almost don't want to modify the belly pan seeing as its sitting there mint but hey I think it gives it a better look.
What sort of pipe are you running with that factory pro chip? I have a Gbro twin map chip coming from Italy this week.....hope its arrival coincides with some sunshine.

I priced up the carbon fibre parts for the bike in standard setup this week..7K:blink:

[helenoftroy]

Factorypro EPROM with a collector pipe mod(involved adding 2 balance pipes between the two cylinder pipes,so Im told!)

Smooths the notorious dip in the torque curve at 5k nicely :yes:

[Corse1]

Yes the link pipe mod. I am going to get that done when the next service is due. Supposed to work a treat

[Urano]

great bike.
one of the most horrible thing ever built in italy after fiat multipla, but still a great bike.
:D

[Sensei]

Pics of the dual link setup which you are looking at doing , have done 4 so far for other customers Milles/Tuono's

[LMFAO]

Nice bike are you gonna race it?

[Corse1]

Pics of the dual link setup which you are looking at doing , have done 4 so far for other customers Milles/Tuono's

How much to have it done? Seen plenty of pics on the AF1 site. Seems like the go.


LMFAO
Nice bike are you gonna race it?

Track days next summer hopefully.

[Sensei]

[QUOTE=Corse1;1130058027]How much to have it done? Seen plenty of pics on the AF1 site. Seems like the go.

Most skilled stainless Dairy tube welders can do this mod its not that hard if you know what you are doing . Last one was $140 .... Have a Mangers roll at my work running the shop I was the head welder in so don't get to get out on the floor to do homers as easly as before but still can do in my time off . Lets know if you hava welder close by that you can show collector to , have more pics of the link pipes if needed ..... Have spare collector left so would be an exchange deal .. if ya can't sort a local welder out

[Corse1]

[QUOTE=Corse1;1130058027]How much to have it done? Seen plenty of pics on the AF1 site. Seems like the go.

Most skilled stainless Dairy tube welders can do this mod its not that hard if you know what you are doing . Last one was $140 .... Have a Mangers roll at my work running the shop I was the head welder in so don't get to get out on the floor to do homers as easly as before but still can do in my time off . Lets know if you hava welder close by that you can show collector to , have more pics of the link pipes if needed ..... Have spare collector left so would be an exchange deal .. if ya can't sort a local welder out

Yeah have a welder here who is great with Stainless but he handed his notice in on Monday so will not have him available. Might PM you when the time comes to see if the swap is still available....

Can you give me the diametersrs of the pipes used. Your photo shows that the first link pipe mod must have been completed earlier (in front of the picture)

[Sensei]

Yea I ran the front link for the last 3ys & didn't really feel the need to do the other one ... but due to the fact that I was developing a new tune with 57mm throttle bodys etc I thought while the bike is apart I may as well do it to see how it worked over the single front mod .. Once all the parts where back in place I found I had abit of a job to sort out my state of tune to my fussy perfection which didn't happen over nite used all 12 of my eproms & 8 PCIII mapps with alot of injector trimpot adjusting & TPS changes etc to where the bike is now but must say the extra bottom/mid range boost was all sweet .. This may be alot less if a dyno was avaliable but I tune my bike myself with back to back runs on my test road & from the information I have learnt over the last 4ys of my development work .. Pipe diameter depends on how much flow you are after which effects the tune as well ... I used 1-1/4 " on some & 1-1/2" others 304 grade S/Steel

[Corse1]

Yea I ran the front link for the last 3ys & didn't really feel the need to do the other one ... but due to the fact that I was developing a new tune with 57mm throttle bodys etc I thought while the bike is apart I may as well do it to see how it worked over the single front mod .. Once all the parts where back in place I found I had abit of a job to sort out my state of tune to my fussy perfection which didn't happen over nite used all 12 of my eproms & 8 PCIII mapps with alot of injector trimpot adjusting & TPS changes etc to where the bike is now but must say the extra bottom/mid range boost was all sweet .. This may be alot less if a dyno was avaliable but I tune my bike myself with back to back runs on my test road & from the information I have learnt over the last 4ys of my development work .. Pipe diameter depends on how much flow you are after which effects the tune as well ... I used 1-1/4 " on some & 1-1/2" others 304 grade S/Steel

Yeah have received a Gabro chip from Italy with twin maps. One aggressive and one not so. A V2 and V5 map. Put a switch in the restriction wire and away i go but he tells me not to do the collector pipe mod with these maps as I need less fuel at low revs and a shitload more fuel in mid range.

Apparently the chip will improve things a lot without the mod??

[Sensei]

Yes a good ignition timing & fueling eprom will do wonder's on its own ... Garbo does a special chip for dual link pipe systems as well ..

[Corse1]

Yes a good ignition timing & fueling eprom will do wonder's on its own ... Garbo does a special chip for dual link pipe systems as well ..

Yeah but I already have this one. Maybe next summer when I am used to the improvement the chip makes on its own............