Ducati Monster Forum

Carded my first Monster today at Melbourne Airport. ;D  I forgot to look at what model it was but it was red and had the standard white stripes on the tank and seat cowl.  Guessing it was an S2R or something.
So if you've decided to check us out "Welcome!"

Cheers from the 'Meister.

poor bugger

Hmmm Red hey?? That narrows it down a bit!!  [cheeky] [thumbsup]

yeah...it was right next to a Kawasaki...you know...the green one...how's THAT for specific!

 :D

 8) I got carded at Melbourne airport, and here I am! and yes...it was the red one.

welcome shoggy , theres only one rule here dont talk about racing cheers bazz

welcome shoggy  :-*

Yeehaaaa !! Another Vic Duc.  [thumbsup]

Gidday Shoggy.  [clap]

welcome mate!

nice & new looking s2r800....black wheels too! how you finding it?

Welcome Shoggy - nice bike  ;D

Greetings Guys,

Good to see so much support for Dukes, when I first started riding them they were considered a bit unusual. My first was a 1986 Mike Hailwood Replica (Mille.....last of the big desmo twins), not exactly an easy bike to live with, uncomfortable after a couple of hours but man the twin pipes sounded awesome! And I had to clean and polish the thing after every ride.
The Monster is much easier as a day to day ride (it gets used every day, rain or shine), finding it very reliable, riding position is fine.....just doesn't quite have the exhaust note that I would like....any reasonable priced suggestions welcome!
Would have loved to have gone for the 1000S4R or even the Sport1000 but getting this one past the minister of finance was enough of a challenge!

Cheers [thumbsup]

Sounds like you are hinting at coring the stock cans ... do a search ... but what do I know

the science of large steel pipe hammered through the baffles....my old 1000s had stock pipes that were 'altered' and boy did it sound good.

so research away...it has been done and does work!

coring your stock cans is one of the cheapest and best mods youll do and shit easy cheers bazz

what's the better techniche....big bar and knock out huge amounts....or a thinner bar and put lots of holes through the baffles and that way you can 'slowly' core them?

I take it you undo the can from the s pipe and then bang down vertically?

Shoggy; let us know (update this thread) once you've done your research and conducted your mod!

BTW: Mate, you're not into skateboarding by any chance?

the best way is too take the baffles out completely doing any other way is going to cause damage to the aluminium outers , the baffles are stainless and are tough plus with the baffle removed completely gives a deeper sound  [thumbsup]   

Welcome Shoggy, great to hear about another all weather commuter! Man I lov going to work almost as much as going home!

Hi Shoggy, don't worry if you stuff your coring mod, I have a spare set of cans sitting in the shed.

I assume you're gonna core them, every one is saying thus ....  ;) mods are addictive round here.

I didn't think that they were 'removable' in the stock cans mate? (in aftermarket Termis etc they are)....the ones on the old monster certainly weren't...they were punctured.

anyway shoggy will educate all us degenerates once he gets the details.

nice offer Dos (back from the dead?)....I'll take your wheels and fender then!

Nothing is "non-removable". Heh, heh.heh. [evil]

All jokes aside there are a couple of companies that advertise "recoring" of stock mufflers. I think I've seen one in AMCN??  [thumbsup]

okay cut 2 flat strips in the end of the can take out secondy baffle , slide end cap of , slide outer sleeve off revealing primary baffle , run drop saw down and leaving 1cm cut off baffle run some silicon around ends and replace and rivert at each corner put back on bike ,not only will have music to die for but you just got rid of 5 kilos , shouldnt take any more than a hour , [thumbsup]

Well, well, well.  One card, one new member.  Welcome Shoggy. [thumbsup]  Nice S2R.

Guess we'll have to have another Melbourne mob get together so you can meet the crew.

yeah, been thinking of that.....how would everyone feel about meeting in coldstream for breakfast?

reefton spur, black, chum creek? hell...alexandra, yea, flowerdale, king lake?

Thanks for all the feedback guys. Haven't sat down yet and looked into the can coring process, when I do get it done I will post the results. One question though, for the guys who have done it before, can I control the change in noise levels? Want a better note without waking the neighbors morning and night (shiftworker!). ???

Sorry it's taken me a while to chime in.
Welcome Shoggy......

See cards do work, if we get one in five people carded we'll do well.
With summer coming up if you need cards let me know there are still some left in the box.

cheers
Matty...

Bring Monster to me...I give you bicycle....everyone happy  ;D

yes you can regulate how much noise , firstly the end cap which has to come out first take care removing this as they are  very tight fit  but it will reduce noise by half , if you still have the cat you wont ever be too loud cheers bazz

Hi folks...like Shoggy, I ride daily and want a better noise without going to 4k+ termipipes...grrrrr...or making TOO much racket - but i'm bloody useless with anything where you can mess it up or scrape your knuckles...anyone know somewhere really good in Sydney (North Side, but doesn't really matter...) that could do the 'core' job?? Would it affect the remaining 12 months of warranty I have?
PS: the advice in this thread has been most helpful so far, thanx. Has made it worth joining the forum already...

Yes there is a couple of things you can doWelcome Shoggy,
You can read my post here
http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=505.0 (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=505.0)
re the can coring process, there is a couple of others on the board, just do a search.
There is a couple of things you can do to reduce the volume, one is putting the end washer back in, another is to graft a tube in there and wrap it with some muffler packing. I'm pretty sure that somewhere in the board I've seen a full description on how to do this.

Tim Jim,

is that a S2R1000 in the picture? If so I had my Termi's for sale for $1500.....so it doesn't have to cost you that much. Coring is cool too! Have a good ride!