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I've not been able to find a good drawing of the layout of the 748 air intake system, and admittedly I'm yet to tear this bike down that far myself (when I bought it last summer, I took it straight to the shop and had a Ducati tech put Kevlar belts and new air filters, etc. in it). So I've got a couple questions about the intake system.
It's my understanding that there are two conventional filters at the bottom of the airbox which guard the intake trumpets. Correct?
I also see that there is a (mostly disintegrated) sponge-type filter located in each runner tube. What purpose do they serve?
Lastly, I just received my fairings back from the paint shop and, in the process of putting them back together, I've discovered that the stock air screens from the upper fairing seem incredibly restrictive (like you can barely blow air through them). I saw where a guy had basically used gutter fence as a replacement for that screen, totally eliminating the flow resistance and it actually looked good to boot. I've got a piece of mesh that I'm going to mold for the fairing, but I'm wondering how that screen attaches to the fairing, exactly? There's a strip of rubber molding that runs around the outside of the hole on the inner surface, does the screen attach to that with some type of adhesive?
It's my understanding that there are two conventional filters at the bottom of the airbox which guard the intake trumpets. Correct?
I also see that there is a (mostly disintegrated) sponge-type filter located in each runner tube. What purpose do they serve?
Lastly, I just received my fairings back from the paint shop and, in the process of putting them back together, I've discovered that the stock air screens from the upper fairing seem incredibly restrictive (like you can barely blow air through them). I saw where a guy had basically used gutter fence as a replacement for that screen, totally eliminating the flow resistance and it actually looked good to boot. I've got a piece of mesh that I'm going to mold for the fairing, but I'm wondering how that screen attaches to the fairing, exactly? There's a strip of rubber molding that runs around the outside of the hole on the inner surface, does the screen attach to that with some type of adhesive?