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I also got mine today and same no instructions. (n)
 
The 6992A011B / 6992A011A rider thermal comfort kit came in. As is tradition, there were no instructions. Normally I just hold things up and reason them out. In this case I have a few pieces that I am not 100% on the fitting. I’ll take a closer look this weekend and do a little testing. In the meantime…pictures
Thanks for the pictures; they‘ve already saved me some head-scratching about what parts need to come off when the kit gets here next Tuesday.
 
Discussion starter · #165 ·
After some chin scratching here are my rough instructions. Remove vertical cylinder upper belt cover. Remove seat and under-seat tray and front seat latch plate. Awkwardly position new plastic piece to get an idea of placement. Lightly mount deflector and place clip nut on tab of new plastic piece. Mark underseat tray for drilling (dab of paint, grease, etc). Drill hole for small allen screw into under-seat tray. Replace underseat tray etc. With vertical belt cover off push/feed/squeeze/thread the floppy rubber into position. You can see in the photo where the protrusion fits in the gap from engine to subframe. The rest is a very tight fit between the fuel tank trim and vertical cylinder valve-cover. Zip tie remaining tab to existing hoses/cables behind the subframe in the hardest to reach least visible pit of darkness. Voila!
 
After some chin scratching here are my rough instructions. Remove vertical cylinder upper belt cover. Remove seat and under-seat tray and front seat latch plate. Awkwardly position new plastic piece to get an idea of placement. Lightly mount deflector and place clip nut on tab of new plastic piece. Mark underseat tray for drilling (dab of paint, grease, etc). Drill hole for small allen screw into under-seat tray. Replace underseat tray etc. With vertical belt cover off push/feed/squeeze/thread the floppy rubber into position. You can see in the photo where the protrusion fits in the gap from engine to subframe. The rest is a very tight fit between the fuel tank trim and vertical cylinder valve-cover. Zip tie remaining tab to existing hoses/cables behind the subframe in the hardest to reach least visible pit of darkness. Voila!
Once again, Ducati is using zip ties to hold body panels in place. At least these don’t show like the ones on the DesertX side panels.
Does the rubber insert block heat coming through that narrow space, or does it provide another point of attachment, or both? I guess riding with it will prove whether Ducati is giving owners an olive branch or a fig leaf with this part.
 
Thanks, that answered a few questions and raised a few more. I’m tempted to snip off those two “poppets” on the rubber heat shield to avoid removing the right tank cover. It looks like it jams into the space pretty tightly, so I might just spray the mating surfaces with some 3M Body Adhesive to hold it in place and call it good.
 
Discussion starter · #170 ·
I’m gonna be 100% honest here I just crammed that rubber piece into its assigned space. The bottom piece of the tank trim is always such a pain in the ass to work with that. I can’t imagine having a piece of rubber smashed up against it will make it any easier and it’s extremely compressed fit so I doubt it will move.
 
Discussion starter · #171 · (Edited)
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Caught a weather break and took a ~2hr ride from the burbs to the bayou.

Full disclosure, this isn’t scientific. I have long legs, the taller saddle, rearsets, I ride in a sweltering swamp. Etc.

Temp was a cool 88 degrees with the kind of humidity you can see, if you can keep your glasses from fogging up. I took one for the team and wore a pair of light jeans instead of riding pants and pre-heated the bike to 195 before I set off.

I didn’t have any problem with the heat as delivered. It was just something I noticed at stoplights on warm days, mostly on the back of the right leg.

I was skeptical, but the kit makes a tangible difference for me. At stoplights you just get a bit of radiant heat when the fan kicks on instead of a hot blast. I also had a several miles of sustained 20-30mph traffic and I didn’t feel anything at those speeds. With my riding pants on I doubt I would have felt any heat at all.

All in all it was worth the $40 for me. Hopefully Ducati makes it standard going forward and continues to keep an eye on this for new model development.


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Nice to hear and thanks a ton for the effort guys. I've still to attempt installing mine but your install notes and pics are fantastic. 👍👍
 
I've summarized all the pages with some notes here for anyone that wants to print off the instructions (16 pgs).
Thank you, @LBV !!!
I took the liberty of editing your .pdf to enlarge and crop the pages to print one page per sheet, or maybe read a little easier on a mobile or tablet, but you did the lion‘s share of the work by sorting out the page order.

ADDENDUM 9/11/24: I added the templates for drilling the holes in the tank cover and the under seat glove compartment.
 

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I thought I'd chime in and say that I think I've finally found my solution to the excessive heat and the final piece was a Cool Covers UK seat cover ... I could literally feel the cool air under my butt when I went out yesterday morning. Between that and the thermal heat kit, I'm now keeping the bike.

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I attached my heat shield with the one upper right screw and some industrial 3M tape along the trailing edge. Let it sit overnight. It's stable. I was amazed at the almost absurd directions for attaching this thing. Some over wrought engineer came up with the kit. A couple of screw points would suffice.
 
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