Clutch-free shifting for Ducati 899 and 1199

The wait is nearly over with the first batch of 'customer version' Blip Boxes being released at the end of this month. In the mean time I have been over in the USA doing some product familiarization with two of the main distributors and I can only say thank you to Jarel at Ducati Omaha,  and Brian at Boulder Motorsports for their help during the product development phase.

Blip maps are now available for 899, 1199, 1199R and some special maps to suit ECUs that have been re-flashed, more will be made as the project evolves.

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Yet another original and interesting project for Boulder Motorsports in Colorado, and our first time fitting one of our Magneti Marelli SRT ECUs to the 848, and with RBW.

The overall bike build is very similar to other 1098,1198 bikes we have done together so the wiring layout and installation went very quickly and problem free.

Full bike specification is:

• Magneti Marelli SRT ECU with built in logger
• Magneti Marelli MDU220 - LCD dash
• GPS based circuit mapping and lap timer
• Active controls for TC, Anti wheelie, launch, lambda
• Closed loop 'slip based' engine braking with 'auto blip' downshift
• Full Ride by wire with gear dependent throttle maps.

Take some time to scan through the pics of this incredible bike owned by Pete Friedland of Atlanta Georgia to fully appreciate the build spec.

He built the bike completely by himself in his own garage and then handed the bike over to me and Mark Sutton at Ducshop for the final system setup and preparation before we headed off to Barber for 2 days of track time and system tuning to get it dialed in for Pete's riding. And yes, he loves it...and it is incredibly fast.

Read more on our 1199 Superbike kit for 899 or 1199