Braintrash

OK guys, I think my Panigale is the best choice of a superbike, and I am in love with it.

But, I think it still lacks some things from other litters.

Is that fixable? I would say yes, for sure, either with an existing solution or with a third party taking the challenge to produce the stuff.

Here are my missing stuff, borrowed from other litters:

BMW S1000RR

- Fork stem cap: there is this ugly hole in my fork stem, and I don't like it. BMW has a removable cap on it with BMW logo. I would gladly have a Ducati (Corse or not, good to have the choice) cap for the fork stem of my Panigale.

- Heated grips: while I know most US people only ride three months a year, in Europa, we ride all year, and I still remember my blue hands after a night at -10°C doing 180kp/h in order to come home faster with my aluminum grips. Multistrada has got such heated grips, and the Panigale could have some removable too for winter season, since the best gloves can't do it all.

MV Agusta F4RR

- Teacher handbag: one of my income is teaching, and it would make my life easier to be able to use the proper bag to school. Something you could attach on the tank, like this clever one: MV Agusta, Borsa 24h tracolla da serbatoio Brutale/F4

Ducati performance alarm wire

- I really want to like the Scorpio rLink, and while on one hand I am unsure if it could be useful in France, I am on the other sure that their Panigale connector is a joke: 2012 PANIGALE
I mean, Ducati has produced the proper wire for their own alarm, and it would just be the matter to reverse engineer some wires to produce their own for the Scorpio rLink, with light flashing and all. There's no technical difficulty about it, just pure greed and laziness, which is unacceptable from an alarm manufacturer. Because if they didn't do the proper job for such a basic stuff like that, I can't imagine how badly designed the more complex parts of their product are, and thus can't rely on such a lazy manufacturer, especially for a such expensive product. And yet, people still say Ducati Performance is expensive...

iPhone

- When it comes to GPS and radar detector, you can't beat the iPhone which does it all. But that asks for energy, and thus need to be connected to the bike battery. What about a cable connected to the back connector under the passenger seat, using stock connector, to produce such an iPhone power cable? With bluetooth earbuds or bluetooth intercom, you'll never get lost or caught by police. Or we could find a way to mod the fuse box, which has got a free slot, in order to connect an iPhone cable there.

I see many third parties building useless parts for the Panigale, so maybe could they also try and produce some of my ideas, if not all, that could easily become best sellers among Panigale owners.

Especially since they aren't really complex stuff to make...

Anyone up to the challenge?

Phil

- dash as touchscreen
- GPS navigation optional
- digital oil level sensor

gman74

+1 on a touch screen with GPS. It is the perfect size too. I get lost all the time without my iphone in my view, lol.

George Villar

What's missing is a hole in the fairing to see the oil level sight glass !!!!!!!!
No one mentioned that.

zaster

Fuel gauge?

Braintrash

Warnings when lane splitting.

littlejohn

Crikey bejeezus.. you guys are a hard lot to please eh?
I'm missing my entire Panigale... :O

Delta One

Some good ideas here. Particularly the whole Iphone/Gps/touchscreen ideas. Really hoping the DDA+ with GPS might clear/solve some of that but ..... some aftermarket stuff would be great.

gman74

I suppose this should have been the number one on the list. But on the other hand, should we really have to ask for a sight hole. That really was a fail on the 'ol Italians!!!

akalapovic

Some frame slider equivalent.

elitesoldier357

Invisible camouflage like in James Bond: Die Another Day on the Aston Martin... so that when the cops light up behind you, just hit a button and they can't see you anymore...

Braintrash

I still have home some manufacturer will take on some ideas there and turn them into a commercial project...

zvez

BY the description of some of the add-ons you guys bought the wrong bike, maybe a multistrada would work better?

mat1529

Yep considering this bike was bred from/for the race track, some weird ideas and requests really... Although the heated grips is one good idea, and when you could appreciate them in winter testing/riding... Would be such a nice luxury.

The iPhone power connector... Well not sure there is actually a sports bike out there with one of those...!? There are plenty of aftermarket options to hardwire a power source for your iPhone, iPad satnav etc...

As for the man bag, is the Ducati Performance tank bag no good? I find it spot on for what is required, and if I ever venture further afield I stick the Ducati tailpack on too...

Yes I kinda agree about the oil level glass bit, although it makes for a nice minimalistic look, and I'm kinda enjoying the old led on my iPhone to pear through the small gap to see if I've got enough oil in.

I don't quite understand what the problem is with the alarm... Or is that because I'm. It an electrician?

What really is missing is:

Grippy foot pegs.
Fuel gauge.

And that is about it....!

O I have also stuck some stomp grips on, and to be honest am slightly disappointed in them on the road, track may be different, but didn't notice a difference like I was hoping, but then the racing seat probably negates the need for them anyway as that is grippy as you like...!

Braintrash

We are all different, and thus have different needs and desires.
Just because you don't see the point doesn't mean there's is no point.

Anyway, I think I'll just do my stuff for me and keep it for me.

mat1529

No I didn't post to be objective, more just seeing why it hasn't been put on/done by Ducati, and just seeing from their point of view.

But then if they did put it on the all the other aftermarket businesses would be a bit bored...

Braintrash

Aftermarket business are not especially exciting, to say the least, especially with the Panigale.

And this is the whole point of this thread, to give stuff to chew on and bring us more stuff.

By the way, as a paying client, I don't care about Ducati's feeling and opinions and other non-sense, although I can understand that some stuff I ask for would be paid Ducati Performance options. And I would gladly pay for them, if they would just sell them.

Same goes for aftermarket business. I see a whole bunch of crap stuff coming, but nothing for real everyday life. :-(

zvez

it was tongue in cheek actually. It doesn't matter to me what people put/do to their bike, they bought it, free country etc.

zvez

The stomp works great on the track, at least on the bmw s1krr so guess/hope it works on the pani as I"m going to get for next track day

Braintrash

Yeah, I forgot I want to replace the stock mirrors by mirrors inside furry kitty ears. ^^