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I was looking at the new Streetfighters and it occured to me that if I can ditch most of the fairings, I'd be just as happy with an older (03 or so) 749 and save almost 10K.  The problem is I hate faired bikes, and though I can live with the fairing assembly around the headlights, I know I'd want to ditch everything else.  I can't find pics of tehbike without the fairings though which leads to this thread.

Has anyone one anything similar?  Any issues?  Is there any place where the battery (which I assume is under the fairing somewhere) can be hidden?  Any pics of the bike sans plastic?

(http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/chiflado/c_ducati-999_cafe9_steffano_lg.jpg)

or..... just buy my 1098 and take the plastic off [laugh]

I saw teh cafe 9 while poking around the Duc Cutters' site.  Nice bike, but I actually prefer the stock Duc nose fairing and tank...  Also, the hefty price tag would be a deal breaker.

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(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t180/bobspapa/100_1583.jpg)

I can't...   Photobucket is blocked at work...  Will have to check in the morning when I get home....

It's a 1000ss, same idea though.

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=28810.0 (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=28810.0)

You mean like this?
This bike is for sale in Germany right now. I promised the wife a bike we could ride together so it's not on my shopping list  [bang]
 [bow_down]
(http://pic.motoscout24.de/images/4/6/3/3200364_3.jpg)
(http://pic.motoscout24.de/images/4/6/3/3200364_1.jpg)
(http://pic.motoscout24.de/images/4/6/3/3200364_2.jpg)

(http://www.motowheels.com/italian/images/lg55154620.jpg)


And here's another thread about someone modifying their 999R:  http://www.ducati848.net/forums/showthread.php?t=7440 (http://www.ducati848.net/forums/showthread.php?t=7440)  ...his solution to the battery issue was to cloak it in CF. 

Thanks.  The last two are exactly what I'm thinking about..  I was worried about the battery -- maybe a cutting the bottom fairing down into a chin fairing would hide the battery in a more stylish way...  I'm prob going to go with heli bars rather than going through the trouble of swapping triple tree tops to mount handlebars though...

Now I'm def on the lookout for a good used 749/748...

i know someone that is selling a 749 with under 5k for $4,000......the fairings are gone but, the rest of the bike is perfect. i am in north east ohio btw.

(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e375/cbartlett419/RightSide.jpg)
this is a 916 after prom night built by a member

now I see!  Do you agree that there's absolutely no place to hide the battery? Would a smaller battery work somewhere in the subframe under the seat, maybe where the passenger pillion goes (of course with some minor 'surgery')?

that looks like a Monster with the new "sport" tanks from CA Cycleworks... 

Buy a smaller battery...like a Speedcell or Odyssey. Then put it in the airbox, or in a custom box fitted under the tail...or something like that. You can find a place.

Click the link in my sig. Not exactly the same, but I turned my Multi into a streetfighter. I had the same issue with the battery/ecu relocation.

Here's my street fighter.  ;)


http://www.flickr.com/photos/42025358@N07/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42025358@N07/)

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2507/3876361079_6e67a1b9c3.jpg)

icon.........nice shop and bike! [clap]

Nice.  [thumbsup]

What frame, tank, etc. is that?  Rolling chassis/kit?

nice work, but how is that a streetfigher?

DAMN! I'm still digging the naked 9*6 looks even better with a half fairing than a full fairing. Kinda makes the air intakes more distinctive.  [bow_down]

MOOOOOOOORE info please!  I'm searching for a frame to do the same thing!

TAftonomos@gmail.com

this is what i wanted to hear!  I have to get rid of my CB 650 cafe racer (which is still in pieces and waiting for a 'glass vintage Norton tank) but the pics you guys are contributing makes the wait unbearable.



One reason I'm going with a chopped Superbike over a Streetfighter is that it gives me the extra $$ to shoehorn a Sprotster engine and tranny into a rolling chasis -- pref a goosenecked frame with a 38-degree rake, ala Zero choppers!

What bike?   

Oh, Oh, sorry, there it is in that freakin' awesome garage.  MORE PICS!

And good job on the V-twin, looks good.  Even better that you are doing it yourself  [thumbsup]

Nice! Your garage is ridiculously nice as well.  [bow_down]

Not mine but a nice looking naked 996
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k126/bmeath/th_996M1.jpg)

Hello again and thank you for the kind words. What I'm going to do and have not gone around to doing it, is updating the Chopper flickr page with info on the bike. I would post up here but don't want to thread jack more than I already have or upset anyone being it is a Monster forum. Or I could post up a new Thread on the General Monster Forum entitled: "Other project bikes." This bike is really a "Bobber" not a "Chopper" by the way.

Just a little on the bike. She has a Kraft-tech Frame= Rake:34", Up: 0", BackBone: 2" with 1-3/8" Tubing. I am running a 250 Dunlop rear on a 18x8.5 rear wheel. Front is a 21" wheel. I have 32" drag bars with 1" risers. I have a 3.3 extended KING/peanut 95-03 GAS TANK HARLEY SPORTSTER.

The motor is a Polished Ultima 113 Motor. About 130hp, 1,833cc with a Ultima Polished LSD 6-speed tranny. The rest I'll post up somewhere. Thanks again for your kind words. I really appreciate it.  [thumbsup]

(http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/chiflado/1p.jpg)


(http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/chiflado/1p2.jpg)





I found the write-up on this FO42.

http://www.ducaticoventry.com/jhp-projects.php?nid=246 (http://www.ducaticoventry.com/jhp-projects.php?nid=246)

^ yum

just got through the whole Multistrada thread.  This bike is awesome!


(http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n258/JJGeo/Multistrada%20Re-Build/RightSide-Gasworks.jpg[img])[/img]

fixed

Thanks man!  ;D

I'll have updates in a while. I'm currently adding Beast TPO pod filters, re-doing all the wiring to make it cleaner, adding a very small windscreen, and having a custom headlight fabricated so the headlight will sit back into the forks more.

Nice.  [thumbsup]  Great photo of your bike.

SWEET...

Sweet project Icon [thumbsup]

the more I look at your bike, the less likely I'd be ponying up for a Streetfighter.  Right now, the local dealer has a '99 996 for 6K and it has just over 6K miles on it.  Oven with 1K in fab work for the battery/electronics and some heli bars (which is generous as hell, IMO), that's just 7K for a real (non-corporate) streetfighter.

I need to fx my CB so I can sell it and free up my garage for another Ducati!

Agreed. The Streetfighter is awesome...but true streetfighters are built, not bought. It's nice having something totally unique, that looks exactly like you want it to.

I'm into mine for about $4K or so. The biggest single portion of that is in the bodywork and paint though. I opted for a professional since I have zero fiberglass/paint experience. However, I did save a lot of money on the custom brackets and CNC work, since it was done by a friend and his buddy.

The 996 sounds cool. They're really fun projects. I'd love to do it again.

I'm probably just peeling off the bodywork on a Superbike and hiding teh battery somewhere -- all of which I can do myself so that's a lot of $$ saved.

Funny thing is my wife is skeptical -- she thinks by the time I'm done, I would have spent too much on an older bike and it'll be comparable to just getting a new Streetfighter, and I told her that spending more on a real streetfigher is worth it and she goes;

"but why would you want an older bike instead of a new one???"

she just doesn't get it...    :'(

btw, thanks for the thread on your build -- the info will come in handy!

Sure. After everything is removed, you'll look at the unused frame tabs and decide you hate them. Next thing you know you'll have a lonely engine sitting there, and you'll be prepping the frame for powder!  [laugh]

I lucked out with my wife. When I told her my plan she just told me don't cheap out...do it right.  [thumbsup]

Man, all are gorgeous bikes. Very inspirational - I can't wait to tear into a bike one day and build it just the way I like.

nah, take a look at the frame, it's a sbk. he swapped out the desmoquattro for an air cooled 900, monster top triple and bars