The space issue isn't a big deal, in all honesty, your bike will breathe much easier as the headlight sits right in front of the intakes.
Actually in my case is the weight, im trying to reduce the overall weight of the bike for Track use. Which is why I was looking for a dummy set of lights.
I ended up getting a moto holders Front frame and a Dummy front and rear light made of very light empty plastic, which are the exact shape as the OEM version.
By swapping out front metal frame and OEM headlight, the weight savings is about 4.5 pounds. I weighed the front frame and headlight in at almost 6.5 lbs.
I bought them both from
www.kfm-motorraeder.de, but after some asking around I found out that ducati dealers can also get these components.
1. Ducati Headlight insert cover racing (97180082A), Quantity: 1, Price: 80,67 Euro
2. Ducati Tail light insert cover racing (97180091A), Quantity: 1, Price: 37,13 Euro
the spreadsheet below, indicates items ive removed with weights either recorded or assumed
REC : Weighed using a digital scale