The first day the bike arrived in my garage - it was a stock 2010 Ducati 848 with cosmetic damage.
... It is the first week in January, 2010. The motor was pulled and the crank sent to Ben Fox for balancing as a single.

Coco Chanel is trying to figure out what I am doing.

The contrast with the 1198, you have to start somewhere.

The body work from Catalyst Racing Composites is getting prepped. Mike Verdugo the owner of CRC is local to me and a great guy to work with.

Removed the broken stock fairing mount and bolted on the Yoyodyne front fairing stay.

The stock forks will get internal changes soon.

This chain was looking rough - new Gold Chain is in the box.

A piece of large diameter shrink tubing hides the rest of the headlight and turn signal wiring. I might have to put it on the street for the fun of it and the wiring harness is still street capable.

A very clean arrangement - light and funtional

This clip-on and control lever is bent and being replaced.

Documenting the cable and brake line routing in case I forget how to put it back together.

Those stock triple clamps will get replaced by 30mm offset triple clams from - http://kyleusa.com - I found the front axle to be out of round and impossible to push in and out by hand, turned it in the lathe and it is smooth as silk now.

The replacement dual brake line routing will differ from stock - no drilling on the DK triple clamps!

More angles.

As a single cylinder motorcycle, one of the throttle bodies needs to go. The rear cylinder is coming off and that makes the rear throttle body unnecessary. We need to retain the stepper motor in the middle on the trellis mount that controls the choke circuit.

We pop the coupling linkage off the ball on the TPS (throttle position sensor) on the front carburetor.

A small sheet of scrap 1/4 inch Delrin from a local plastic company - they only charged me $1.00. We need to blank off the airbox in a recess that matches the intake bolt pattern as shown.

That is the hole we need to fill to maintain positive pressure in the airbox.

The blanking plug is cut to shape with a little mounting bolt flange milling so it looks cool and one anchor bolt for the mount.

Finished airbox only needs a big rubber plug where the choke circuit hose was.

It is so much easier to remove the rear shock with the motor out of the chassis. A redesigned (monoposto) link from Dan Kyle . . . - http://kyleusa.com . . . gives better control to the shock.

Looking forward to setting up the new suspension.

The TTX shock length is altered slightly to work with the Sato height adjuster.

My track weight requires a heavier rear spring.

The forks were shipped up north for internal changes, in the mean time we mount those 30mm offset triple clamps.

These triple clamps for the Showa forks are very strong in appearance and exceptionally well made.

The forks have returned safe and sound. Grant from GP Motorcycles suggested a gun case for the UPS ride to get the Ohlin's cartridges installed. I borrowed one from a friend and there was no damage during the trip for a one week turn around.

Drilling the seat mounting holes - they all lined up great.

Fitting the tank and plastic cladding and seat pad - good so far.

Still considering several routing options for the exhaust.

I still like the idea of a short GP style exhaust canister on the right side.

The new clip-on bars are milled with an eccentric to allow for adjustment through rotation - after I got them where I liked them, I drilled the hole for the throttle housing pin. Now they are fixed for the most part.

Final fitting before paint.

Most of the controls are sorted - the front braided brake line replacement (Spiegler Performance Parts) is next.

Adding a steering damper.

The ride height adjuster plugged into the two frame locations.

It is recommended to use 235mm as a starting point with the Kyle Racing tool.

I will have to fire the photographer for this "out of focus" shot.

I turned this aluminum plug on the lathe with a 3 mm hole to except a thumb screw for anchoring the ruler for hands free operation.