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Where did you get the unifilter? Don‘t want to buy in Australia.

45 minutes first try - THANK YOU! Out West, things are very dusty and the filter needs attention every 1000 miles or so. Draining the gas is not necessary, as long as your fuel level is at least below 3/4 - so it doesnt spill out the vents.

Nice! Did you go back later and put the under-tank insulation back in?

ktm airfilter change 4 min

This was a really insightful video. Thank you very much. I have been considering getting a DesertX but after watching this video, there is No Way I am going to get a bike that takes 20 minutes or more to change the air filter. This is supposed to be a bike that goes offroad, albeit occasionaly. You made up my mind, I'm getting the KTM. Thanks.

Where can i buy this filter ? Thank you

you have to take the engine out to open the fuel cap

How come and why did engineers put an air filter in a complicated location for a bike that is meant for offroad. Airfilter should be cleaned regularly. That is painful and a blocking point to buy this bike for offroad usage.

It does not matter. This is still a bad design and nobody who goes far without dealer support will accept this. You have to be able to do air filter and oil change on your own and without an impossible process.

How do you like it so far?? 🇺🇸 🍻

I thought the Africa Twin had the worst design for filter maintenance! This makes the AT look like a breeze! 😮

How often do you clean the air filter? When doing enduro I used to do it every month. Considering the DX is a trail bike, 50% off road let's say ... What do you think about? I'm currently only 3000 kms but I started feeling the bike less nervous than before getting high revs so I'm planning to check the air filter. Thanks for the video!

Followed this today. Took me about 1.5 hours in total. Will obviously be easier the next time. Not a good design, but it’s worth it for how good of a bike the DX is.

Thank you for this video. But,where is the heat insulation blanket under tank?

I was thinking about getting a desert x, until I found out about this stupid ass system, don’t take into a desert it will be to dusty 😂.

Excelente video, muito útil. Já agora, se me permites a pergunta, tens decat e ponteira, fizeste remap? como funcionou com a garantia? Abraço.

The 2 vax tubes are a pain, used a pair of pliers in the end as the new pipes are stuck tight, Putting a bit of grease on them now to make it much easyier to remove next time. Thanks for the VIdeo !

Naaaa, The Tuareg takes 5 min.. and it much higher intake location. Just another expensive half cocked turd from Ducati..

Hi Sergio, can I use part of your clip (I will link to it) in one of my video's?

wondering if replacing the regular air filter with "DU-9321 K&N REPLACEMENT AIR FILTER" would be a good idea? would it help reduce the number of change cycles for this cumbersome process?

It’s not the best but a lot of people complain like this breaks the bike. 99.999% of you don’t ride in conditions where changing the air filter is common.

Well done Sergio! Thank you for making this video. How has the Unifilter performed since the installation and realistically how often are you either checking the filter or changing it based on your typical riding?

Sérgio como tiramos o banco do pendura?

Le changement du filtre à air est un frein pour moi pour l'achat de cette moto. Vraiment dommage ☹ mais pour du offroad il faut avoir un acces plus rapide pour le nettoyage. Dommage car la moto me plaisait beaucoup. Je vais opter pour une 700 ténéré.

Thank you very much for your awesome videos Sergio. I am very interested in the DesertX myself as well and your videos are perfect! Where can I learn more about your trip to Morocco?

Good video mate! FYI the monkeys at my local dealer (in Australia) refuse to honour the global fuel-hose recall because they say "it takes 4.5hrs to remove/replace the tank - and Ducati will only reimburse them 30mins for that recall job". Total morons...

Every good offroad motorcycle has easy access to battery and air filter. The location of the air filter on the Desert X doesn't mean that.

PS: this is probably one of the reasons why Ducati asks owners in the manual even for simple maintanance tasks to go to a workshop.

20min is a serious improvement over the 2h I saw in another video. However it still proves how bad this is designed compared other bikes. It literally takes me 1/10 of the time to get out the air filter of my Norden 901 (same for the 790 and 890) and another two, maybe three minutes to get the new one in and all back in running condition. And I don't need to mess around with fuel. Take off the seats, take out two bolts, pull out the support frame and there you got got the air filter of the 901. Could not be easier. By the time the procedure is finished on the DesertX (a bike that literally has dust in the name! ;-) ) I 'll be 20km away! But congratulations for making this really informative video!

I heard it was bad, a friend chose to not buy one because of the air filter. Now Ive seen it Im of the opinion its simply inexcusable of Ducati to produce this. My KTM is maybe 30 seconds and the primary filters are in my hands, lift the seat and its right there. Just madness to disturb all these fittings, hoses and plugs on a regular occurrence, just asking for trouble.

thx

Ridiculous

20 min? Video length, yes, but work time? More like 2hrs, no? (BTW, you undid the"fairings" not "paniers"...)

Lol, what a poor design, you can change a T7 airfilter in 1 minute.

Did you put the heat blanket back or did I miss that part of the video?

As you were reinstalling the steering damper you said “don’t forget to use glue “. Did you mean lock-tite?

I hope this message finds you before tomorrow. I have a day off and need to install my alarm system to my desert x. Told its plug and play and goes beneath the fuel tank. Would you agree. Have you seen a connector laying there dormant? Thanks mate, James

Thanks for sharing, this is the bridge too far to cross for an otherwise great looking bike. The sad thing is that it wouldn't be difficult to engineer a proper solution for fixing it.

Ducati need to design a hinge system at the rear mounting point of the tank , using quick release connectors on the fuel lines and modify the wiring to allow the tank to lift up. That would reduce the time to change the filter to 10 min or less Maybe we will see a mod. on an updated Desert x in the future ?

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What a nightmare...why wpuld amyone riding offroad ever buy this bike re poor air box design.

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Nice Do you think that you need to remove completely the damper now to change the oil filter? I think so but I have not try yet I respond my self: you just need to remove 2 bolts not the damper

Can you tell me the model number on the Scotts Damper? Is it 4200-00?

My old Multistrada has a tank below the seat and is a hell to remove. I hate it. The new Desert X should have solved this because the tank design is different and allows for other options to access an air filter. But I am puzzled to see that changing my Royal Interceptor's air filter takes about 5 minutes when a premium ADV big bike takes a minimum of 20 minutes (when well organized). Come on Ducati...

What a mission to change an air filter

it should take 3 minutes on adv bike...

He forgot to put that insulation back around the air filter.

Disconnecting the steering damper to change the air filter. Italian engineering for ya😂

Should have removed the ECU to get the whole cover off and grease the perimeter for a better seal since switching to the Uniflow. Otherwise, great tips.