Ducati Monster Forum

I figured it was about time for me to start a thread to track all of my modifications. Hopefully I can help others who are looking to modify their bikes.

Mod List to date - 7-19-10
-H-Competition twin tube exhaust
-Custom made Baffle
-Woodcraft clipons
-Speedymoto top triple
-Ohlins Steering Damper
-Electraeon Throttle Cam
-ASV levers
-Rizoma grips
-Rhinomoto bar ends
-CRG blindsight mirror
-R&G tail chop
-DP Touring seat
-Speedymoto sliders
-Carbon exhaust shield
-Removed charcoal box
-Removed frame stickers
-Desmoworks reflashed ecu
-Highflow air filter
-Woodcraft Rearsets
-rizoma avio turnsignals
-Custom Exhaust Heat Shield
-Wrapped Exhaust Pipe
-Desmoworld Cowl Screws

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My Personal Favorite
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Nice...

V/R,
Nick

looking sooo nice. makes me want to clean up my white panels.

Very nice work there DMFer formally known as WinSomeLoseNone [clap] [thumbsup]

nice bike, i like that exhaust, better then the box one too. Considering PCing the whole exhaust black?

Awesome,  very clean look.   [thumbsup]
Any ECU mods to handle that new exhaust?
I would love to hear it.

Looks great!  I see you're a fellow Pennsylvanian.  Where are you located?  I'm in Harrisburg.

Aaron

I'm in SE PA near Philadelphia but I go to college at Shippensburg... whats that about 45 minutes away from Harrisburg?
Graduating in may.. not soon enough.. need to make real money to support my addiction.

You saying this means a lot to me  ;D


Couldn't have done it without your help!!!

Well I probably could have, but I would have broken a bunch of stuff and spent more money.  [roll]


I'm thinking about it. I'll probably do that over the winter when I can't ride and the only way to satisfy the obsession is by spending money.


Not yet, most liekly going to purchase a Waspworks kit w/ PC 5 and pod filters.

Probably just going to get the waspworks kit and a few visual pieces and call her done. So I'm thinking about another $3,000 to go  ;D  Don't Judge me!!

Not to be a threat hi-jacker..... But seemed no point in opening a new thread when there are some lovely pictures already on this one... I might as well share the wealth and a video!

Here are my mods as of yet:
-1098 Showa Fork Conversion
-Custom Oil Cooler
-Custom headlight(This is going to change in future, not 100% happy with it)
-Rhinomoto fork, barend, rear wheel, and frame sliders
-CRG bar-end mirrors
-Rizoma Belt cover(I splurged a little)
-H-Competition underseat exhaust..... Amazing... Video does not do it justice
-Touring Seat
-Two Brothers Juice Box
-K&N high flo-filter
-CORSE rear-sets
-Speedymoto top triple
-CNC oil cap
-CNC head stem nut(not installed yet)
-EK EX chain
-Speedymoto Top Triple
-Pazo Levers
-CW fender eliminator
-Many powder coated parts
-Tech-Spec tank pads
-Woodcraft Clip-ons with 2" rise

To Come:
WASP Works power-up kit
Mess with headlight
Then done!(hopefully)



And the pics...


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And the video.... Turn up the volume and the bass on your computer to get 1/10000000 of how awesome this exhaust sounds....Video cuts out before I really got on it... But this is it at idle and only slightly on the throttle

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"my" 696 thread. Jerk  ;D

Nice bike!!

The H-competition exhaust is awesome isn't it!! Very unique sound and EXTREMELY angry. Everywhere I go people are giving thumbs up and making crazy faces at the bike haha. I wonder how much different your tone is compared to mine being the twin tube?

I notice you don't have a lot of sweepback on the clipons. Is this the way you wanted it or does the 2" ride reduce the available sweepback?

Haha, yeah, I know, I am a jerk! :P

I don't think that the differences in the exhaust are nothing other than looks. It is the same mid-pipe, and same baffles, just different look. If I were to cut off the box, and you were to remove the ends of the tubes, I believe it's all the same. But maybe ryanracer can chime in on this.

I am going to play around with the position of the clip-ons still. Right now it's fine and feels good to ride, but it's still a work in progress. I have to pop off the top triple to install my new head stem nut, so I will play around with the clip-ons then.

Almost forgot to make fun of you... ;D

Those are some nice riding socks you have on there. They compliment your racing short shorts very well.

LOL.  PWNED!!!

Haha.... I had just gotten done running... And it was hot!

HOT??!?!!?!?

I just got back from an intense 60 mile ride in full gear. That's hot...

Then again I was probably averaging 75-80 the entire time so the wind kept me cool. I just wish I could have my own racetrack in my back yard, I need to get lower and go faster but I am out of roads to carve up... Plus there is the  [leo] always watching, waiting.

At least your bike does look nice, I can excuse the short shorts and speed socks this once  ;D

"Speed Socks"  is classic- should have those made. 

Yeah, definitely close.  About a month ago I just made it to Ship before running out of gas.  Are you going to Bike Fest in Carlisle this weekend?  Provided the weather is good, I'm planning to attend.  If you make an appearance, I'd love to check out your bike, particularly that H-Comp exhaust.

Aaron

Whats a "bike fest" sounds like a good time!

Unfortunately I am working 72 hours a week as a cook over my summer break to afford all the shiny things on my bike, not to mention the other required expenses in life. When the semester starts up I'll be living in Ship and not working at all so I will have plenty of time to ride. We should meet up for a group ride some time. It would be nice to ride with another Ducati guy. You probably know some great roads in the area as well. Plus if your considering my exhaust you must hear it in person to understand the "awesome" power of it.

Actually, between the two the sound is quite different! The box is a little quieter and deeper tone than the twin tubes.  The twin tubes have a little bit of a popping timbre to them.  If you look at the outlet size, the twin tube is (2) 1 1/2" dia holes where as the box is a 2" dia hole.  Also the box packing is a bit looser so it absorbs the exhaust pulse a bit more.  The twin tubes are packed very tightly so there is a different tone.  Soon, we will be retailing just the tips so you can swap them out in 5 minutes depending on your mood I guess..

Well I love the sound of my setup, wish I could hear the alternative to determine what the best is...

(hows that baffle shipping coming ryan, pm me)

It's a 3-day event this weekend in Carlisle.  This will be my first time there.  Check it out:
http://www.carsatcarlisle.com/ce/events/bikefest/ (http://www.carsatcarlisle.com/ce/events/bikefest/)


Ouch!  That's a serious work schedule.  I'm a relatively new biker so I'm still learning the good routes in the area, but yeah, it would be fun to hook up some time.  I've been meaning to join the local Ducati club, Rombo Rosso, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

http://www.romborossodoc.com/ (http://www.romborossodoc.com/)

Oh I know about hot.. I just did a 1500 mile, 4 day trip of 5-9 hours of riding a day through central CA and central OR up to the BMW GS 30th anniversary rally. Talk about hot!!!! I had to buy a whole new set of riding gear because the heat was too much. So my speed socks and shorts were a nice treat for being home. ;D

I joined their site and posted in the forum welcome thread.

Hopefully I'll be able to meet up and ride with you and whoever else is willing. Would be pretty cool riding around with a mob of Ducatisti.

I like those Rizoma belt covers.  The round ends go well with the silver piece in the bike frame below.     

I'd like to see the covers and the H Comp exhaust on my black/silver 1100 with the SSS.

Thanks for the pics!  [thumbsup]



Oh yeah..you too other guy for posting the thread.   [cheeky]




 ;D

So much hate... so much  >:(

Bike looks great....is that a aftermarket hugger or the stock fender on the rear?

 [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]

Mine is stock, son's I'm not sure about.

Nope! Mine is stock too

^poser

Added Decibel readings of exhaust to first post.

These readings are POST baffle install.


Here are the decible readings with the current exhaust:
*the reading off of the back was taken at seat cowl height above the back end of the rear tire. ~2feet off of bike's rear. The "on tank" reading was taken with the device on the tank (not touching it, that would cause interference)

Idle
Off back 100 dB
On tank  102 dB

4750 rpm
Off back 117 dB
On tank 120 dB

7000rpm
Off back 126 dB
On tank128 dB

Are these readings after adding the additional baffling or have you not done that yet?

After adding the baffling!!!

To be honest, I feel as if the baffle may have somehow amplified the volume. This weekend I'll be removing it and re-testing in all the same positions.

Just finished up installing a set of Woodcraft rearsets. Went fairly smoothly with one major issue.

I'll post up more info tomorrow when I can get photos in the daylight.

Too cold in the garage so I brought her inside to work on.
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"Major issue" is an understatement; your face is yellow!

What do you mean, that's my actual face?


I know you like that shirt though...  8)

Does your Mom know you ride your moto in the hallway sonny?  ;)

maybe she doesn't let him ride it out of the house?  You know, the street is dangerous
 [roll]

You two are just full of jokes...

OK. Grabbed some photos today after the install was officially finished.

This is how it all started!
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Like I said before. It went OK... for the most part. Left side went on no problem and led me to believe the brake side would be just as easy.

it was NOT. The short version of the problem I encountered is:

The stepped spaced provided to be used between the main bolt and the rearset bracket was a hair too thick at the smaller end. When inserted into the bracket it contacted the mounting post sticking out of the swingarm pivot too soon and prevented the bolt from squeezing the rearset bracket tightly. As a result when everything was cinched down there was still 1/16" play and the whole bracket would wiggle a bit.

Obviously this was not going to work...

This pic shows what I am describing:
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I sourced a SS metric washer from my local Ace hardware and used a bench grinder to thin the washer to the perfect thickness, I almost lost a finger in the process.

Here you can see where I added a washer to provide the necessary depth for the stepped spacer.
From the outside in: Main Bolt->Stepped Spacer->Rearset bracket->Improvised spacer->Swingarm mount point.

You will note that there is roughly 1/4" gap between the improvised spacer and the actual swingarm. The washer I used has an identical diameter to the post that sticks out of the swingarm and it looks quite nice installed.
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As a result of the added space at the main bolt the two lower mounting points needed to have additional spacers added. The provided ones were no long enough anymore. FTR before I spaced the top and cinched everything down tight the first time the provided spacer were STILL too short which leads me to believe it was improper machining.

2 spacers(washers) on each side of both black spacers:
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After this little hiccup the job was complete. The final product was VERY stable and looked damn good.

Overall, my heel position was raised a total of 2.5" and it VERY comfortable compared to stock height for someone who is 5'7".

Photos of final product in next post.

the extra space you encountered is because you don't have the exhaust bracket for the stock midpipe on there

See above post for install photos and description of install problems.
You can see how my exhaust has a "two-tone" effect from the heat it generates.

Final Product:
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Maybe on the lower mounting bolts. That was not the main issue.

The extra space was on the TOP main mounting hex bolt. There is no bracket on this bolt and when I left the lower bolts completely off and installed just the main hex bolt it wold not get tight because of the play between the bracket and stepped spacer.

somethings not right in the parts then. no way you should have to push the rearset out like that. it changes the load it can carry due to the bolt length IMO

Are you referring to the space between the bracket and the swingarm mounting post thing?

The post sticking out of the swing-arm pivot looks like this from the side

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The bracket slides over the threaded smaller section leaving the thicker section exposed which creates that 1/4" gap

If you are referring to the small gap between the bolt and the bracket created by the stepped spacer, this is their design. I would probably have done it differently.

yes. how many threads are actually in the swingarm bolt...

Just removed the bolt to check this because it is a good point.

The bolt is entirely threaded with the exception of the distance created by the stepped spacer. It's roughly 3 threads worth that are not threaded in. Nothing I would need to worry about.

Very nice. I love the exhaust. Hopefully something will be avaiable for the s4 at some point.

I'm from the Lancaster area and rode with rombo rosso this past season. They are a great group of guys and I've learned a lot riding with some of the more experienced riders. Both you and asherrick should consider joining for next season. I would love to meet up with some others from this forum.

Keep up the good work

I'm active on the rombo rosso forum but never paid membership fees. Are you a paid member? I'd love to meet up and ride in the spring time. They usually ride the 125 though.. sort of a hike from shippensburg. hour and a half just to get to the 125 for me.

I am a member of the club. We did our last ride 2 weekends ago up 125 and cut northeast to bills bike barn in Bloomsburg. We had two guys come out from Philly. We should definitely meet up in the spring time for a ride. I'm staring to plan my deals gap trip awhile if you are interested..

I have NEVER seen a gap in any of the spacer on a 696 or 1100.  I've personally installed them on an 1100 and I have seen them on 2 696s, neither of which had spacers that required additional spacing.

weird

Also interesting.  That stepped spacer wasn't included with my kit, which was one of the first out of the factory.  I wonder if they have made a change that now requires it?  Would seem that they have begun to cut the hole for the axle larger (probably to make these slide on/off easier?), but still odd that extra spacing was required.

Talked to dennisd on the forums here, also a woodcraft 696 rearset owner.

Apparently woodcraft revised the rearsets a few months ago and if you contact them they are willing to provide revised parts to current owners.

As far as the spacers go.

Looking at the rearset, is there a gap behind the rearset between the bracket and the bike?

At the very top of this photo on the back side of the rearset you can see the space. Now the space you see is part of the mount that sticks out of the swingarm pivot and I can assure the rearset is pushed as FAR as possible onto the mount.
Are you referring to the space created by the stepped spacer in front of the main hex bolt?
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Interested.  I sent Eric an email to see what other changes were made and why.  There are NO spaces at all on the older model, and seem to fit spot on.  I wonder what the reason for the change was

So aside from the stepped spacer they included with my kit, your rearsets fit exactly the same?

With that gap behind the rearset I highlighted in the photo?

Yes, there is the gap between the washer you added, and the swingarm. 

However, the washer you added top and bottom were not nearly required on mine. 

Ok good.

Raus mentioned that down bottom where you did not need washers and I did that there is a bracket mounted there with the stock cans that adds thickness. Because I don't have the stockers anymore I don't have this bracket which requires the use of added spacers.

It's been so long since I had the cans on that I dont remember. Could be the reason though.

I may remove the stepped spacers they provided, the way they push the hex bolt out makes the whole mount look less clean. If you didn't need them I may not either. Regardless, I'll be calling woodcraft on monday to clear this up.

At least the install is done for now. Went for a nice cold ride today (34F) and they felt great.

There's no room for the spacer on the old bracket.  The swingarm rod rests exactly against the bracket, and the bolt screws down pressing against the bracket itself, no washer.

I'm interested to know why they altered them.  I have occasionally found it difficult to slide the bracket onto the shaft, which I was at one time doing once a week, to put the stock on so my girl could get a ride.  Now that I have S&P passenger rearsets, that's nolonger happening, and I haven't found any issue

I noticed that when the rearset is installed and the hex bolt is not in place if you look at the bracket you will see there is a significant gap around the threaded section of the swingarm mount. This spacer fills in this gap which allows the weight of the rider to be spread over more surface area. This is just my guess, though it seems to make sense.

I did try installing the bracket without the spacer and it is NOT needed. If not used, I did NOT need to space the top out with a washer and the bottom only needed one washer instead of two for each bolt.

I'm definitely planning to join next season.  Can't wait to ride with some other guys.

MattC7

can you girl tell me the difference between the position of the stock vs S&P pegs and comfort? Although I have the S&P I've yet to take anyone for a ride.

Thats not what I've heard  ;) [laugh]

fine.. have fun at my expense...  [bang]

Cool thanks man, I just ordered 3 cases of James Squire Pilsener and a stripper...  gonna need your credit card number asap.

[roll]

They are wider set, and have eccentric pegs fro adjustment.  They are at the lowest setting, just baout a 1/4" higher than stock. At the highest it's about an inch up and back. The grip is fantastic on them.

She is much more comfortable than stock, and likes them in the highest/futhest back position.  She's 5'5" tall, so having the pegs further up helps to keep her legs in a more comfortable position, and the wider spread gives her more leverage to grip with.

cool. the design looks like there is more for them to grip with there legs than the stock.
I've been lazy about putting mine on and still wanted to get used to the new riding position before taking a passenger.

she's much happier now than before....which makes me less happy, because I have to take her more often.  Although, in turn that makes me more happy, because she's more happy, which means i get pregnant doged at less..

it's an off cycle

It's a vicious cycle.

(http://www.matthewcostabile.com/1.jpg)

Looks Identical to mine, only without the rear washer and the stepped spacer woodcraft provided. Cool.

I'm contacting Woodcraft tomorrow to ask about the revisions they made and the necessity of the spacers they gave me but not others.

I sent eric wood an email yesterday asking if there's a functional difference for the change.  I know that the design I have is sometimes a pain to slide on/off the swingarm axle, so it could have been to make that simpler (smoother), but I'm curious to see why the change was made.

Jeff Wood as run his 696 at a few races this season, so they're very much using that bike often, and making parts for it, and revising things based on solid experience.  I know they had a few cool products in the works for it too.  Don't know when they plan to come to market, but last I heard was late winter release at the earliest.

Please let us know what Eric says.

What "cool products" are in the works.

I haven't heard in awhile, and last I did hear, I was asked to keep it hush until they were ready, because they weren't really close to production yet.

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We did make a slight change to the kit but not done for safety reasons.   If there is ever a question of safety we would contact each and every customer directly.  We're glad you love the product.  You would not notice while riding the bike but we determined a bushing in the swingarm pivot was not functioning properly.  It  was binding slightly so we did make an improvement.   We can send you the spacers, no charge, to install.   This will allow the suspension to move more freely.
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I love woodcraft, they make a solid product and I've never been disappointed in their quality, no matter what product I've seen. I also have first hand knowledge that the peeps there are awesome, standup folk.

That said, anything that is interfering with proper suspension travel is a safety concern, and if the above is true, they ought to contact ALL of the buyers. Just saying.

I don't have my bike in front of me but I can't see how mounting the sets w/out the spacer would cause binding??

Regardless, I'll keep it installed.

I also have been REALLY impressed with woodcraft's parts and customer service. They have been great to work with. My clipons and rearsets were both top notch!!

I can't wait to see what is in the works!!!!

Just wanted to update this thread.

Made a few changes to the exhaust on my bike. Same setup but modified the tip in order to reduce the dB's so I am track compliant.

I made the baffle out of these mini muscle baffles.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MINI-MUSCLE-MUFFLER-BAFFLE-8-LONG-1-3-8-DIA-USA-MADE-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem3f0729d1f9QQitemZ270703120889QQptZMotorcyclesQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories#ht_727wt_941 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MINI-MUSCLE-MUFFLER-BAFFLE-8-LONG-1-3-8-DIA-USA-MADE-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem3f0729d1f9QQitemZ270703120889QQptZMotorcyclesQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories#ht_727wt_941)
They were cut to length, some of the welding on the existing baffles had to be ground down so they slid in perfectly.

I was surprised with the high quality of the baffle. Bought 2 of them in the 1 3/8" size and they fit perfectly snug in the existing tip. Drilled a hole through the baffle and into the existing baffle that is welded in and screwed in a self tapping screw.

Worked perfectly. Greatly reduced the volume, it's basically perfect. The only down side is a lot of the bass was suppressed by the new baffle. Good news is, the baffle is removable and re-installable.

I plan on buying a second tip from Ryan and hopefully getting my hands on the new gen baffle he mentioned in the email I got from him today.

(the set screw you see is on the top of the tip and completely out of sight when the tip is installed properly.)

Cell Phone Pics (iz style):
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Leftover baffle after being cut to size
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After doing the above mod to the exhaust tip adding baffles, I was concerned about increased heat due to slower gas flow. In order to combat this, and to honestly do what I have wanted to do from the start, I created a template of the underside of my bike, then proceeded to cut some sheet metal (forget thickness) which perfectly fits the under seat area of the bike. (mounts using existing bolts)

I attached adhesive backed thermal insulation to the metal sheet on the hidden side and installed the heat shield after coating it black.

The entire underside of the bike is now hidden from view, it looks great.

The plastic tank and various other plastic under the seat is thoroughly insulated from heat.

I also wrapped my pipes in ti wrap to help contain the heat.

Pics to follow this weekend.

I still have the template if anyone else wants it. Will fit 696, maybe 796/1100 with some minor changes.

Cool idea with the heat shield.  I am interested in seeing the pics of how it turned out.

Yup.  I think that was the plan  [thumbsup] 

 [popcorn]

Hey-Oh!  Lol.

Trolololol

New photos including the head shield, exhaust wrap, and new rubber.

Considering a single 7" headlight swap similar to doworksons so I can lower the gauge pod and get 1" rise clipons and tighten up the look of the front end.

(http://i1023.photobucket.com/albums/af353/WinSomeLoseNone/Ducati/Monster%20696/My%20Bike%20Photos/2011-7-26/JAF_2729.jpg)

(http://i1023.photobucket.com/albums/af353/WinSomeLoseNone/Ducati/Monster%20696/My%20Bike%20Photos/2011-7-26/JAF_2714.jpg)

(http://i1023.photobucket.com/albums/af353/WinSomeLoseNone/Ducati/Monster%20696/My%20Bike%20Photos/2011-7-26/JAF_2721.jpg)

(http://i1023.photobucket.com/albums/af353/WinSomeLoseNone/Ducati/Monster%20696/My%20Bike%20Photos/2011-7-26/JAF_2735.jpg)

(http://i1023.photobucket.com/albums/af353/WinSomeLoseNone/Ducati/Monster%20696/My%20Bike%20Photos/2011-7-26/JAF_2737.jpg)

What size is the rear tire?

Believe it or not it is a standard 160. However compare it to the rear tire in the earlier photos and you can see it is significantly bigger.

It seems that the Mich Pilot Power 2ct's are a pretty beefy tire, giving the appearance of a 170 or so.

Great GREAT tires by the way, compared to the stock battalax shit.