"Ducati Airbox Mod"
Tech Article and pictures by Greg Banfield

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I decided to go ahead and open up my airbox to get more flow.  The factory intake hole is 1.5x1" ..... completely inadequate for a high performance Ducati engine.  I read through all the post I could find on Ducati.Ms (Hypermotard section) and decided to tackle it....

Tools needed:

  • Hole saw 3/4"

  • Drill

  • Dremel

  • Metric allen wrenches

  • Center punch

  • Locktight

  • Micrometer or tape measure

  • Marker
Here in the valley we have one of the few (Ducati Hypermotard) certified mechanics... his name is Eric at DP Motorsports. A couple years back he was on the Hypermotard Pikes Peak team. He learned all kinds of tricks for these bikes. I asked him a few questions about my bike after I got back from San Diego. While in traffic I took off from a light and my clutch squeaked..... I was concerned so asked him if that was normal. He said that's common when the Hyper's clutch gets hot. He suggested that I cleaned out the clutch dust from inside the clutch cover and open it up with a few holes to keep it cooler and easier to clean out..... here's what we did......

Factory clutch cover



Removal was easy with our T handle hex wrenches


 



Shot of the stock clutch



Shelby and I then cleaned out the stock clutch with high pressure air and a vacuum.



We also cleaned out the inside of the clutch cover

 
We used some Goo Gone to get rid of the sticky stuff on the inside....



Next was taking careful measurements to locate the holes



I center punched the holes then drilled a pilot hole....





Next we used a 3/4" hole saw to make the bigger hole... our 1' hole saw was trashed or I would have used it....



 

Next we measured out where the second hole needed to go....





We measure and drilled the third hole...



We made sure to lubricate the hole saw while drilling



We cleaned up all the holes with a grinding bit on the Dremel



We realized that water could get in but have nowhere to go so we drilled a drain hole in the bottom.

 



Re-installation was easy! Looks great, sounds good and hopefully runs cooler!





The original information was sourced from multiple threads on Ducati.ms

All the pictures from the installation can be found here!

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