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I want to remove the big cast pieces that hold the rider and pillion pegs on my 696 and replace them with something tiny and elegant. I don't have a need for passenger/pillion pegs, and I don't want mounts that are rearset. Is there such a thing?

There is a limit to how minimalistic they can be. They need to support a few things, most importantly you.

You can cut off the passenger wings, maybe a darker paint to hide the rest of them.

Yeah, I get that. But the wings are maybe 16" long and aren't necessary if the passenger pegs aren't there. In other words, 90% of the visual weight would be removed. Cutting the wings would work, but I could never do it nice enough to look decent- I may as well just leave it.

I can't believe that rearsets are produced, but straight mounts aren't.

Most of the rearsets aren't very 'rear-setting' - at least in their most forward adjusted peg position.

I know that (for my S2R, maybe yours as well) Rizomas adjusted at their forward- and down position are like stock, the Sato Racings include a position moreforward than stock. The list goes on. My point is that if you like the stock position, you can still get rearsets and the benefits they offer - better grip, smoother lever action, style, ...

As for cutting the stock wings: an angle grinder followed by patient Dremel work finished with sanding. If you don't like cutting metal - I'm sure some people here would just love to help. Cutting into a stock Duc has a magic effect.

Or, you know, just make your own ;)

rearset is a term for the footpeg brackets. you get either rear-sets or forward controls.  For-cons are for cruisers / highway pegs /etc.  Sportier fare get rearsets.  The only thing "rearsetting is that the are behind the motor.

on a 696, rizoma, sato, s&p are where you should be looking if you want them close to stock

Thanks, Mattc. I come from the adventure bike world, not the sportbike world  :) I assumed rearset meant "moves further back than stock".

Here's a thread on what is available for your bike.  [moto]
http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=41545.0 (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=41545.0)

tedder how does the 696 shape up compared to your Wee-Strom?

Mrs. Tedder *loves* the 696 over the DL650. Obviously, they are different bikes- but we both enjoy the small v-twin configuration. It doesn't make the power of a Mille (of course), but there's plenty of power for anything else.

We mounted the Givi plate to the passenger seat area, which makes it much more compact than the tail-mounted location normally used. The whole bike is narrow enough to be very effective for lanesplitting.

It's certainly nice to have ABS, especially for someone (me) coming from an adventure bike. The two bikes make a good pairing in the garage and even on the road.

All I can add is you definitely don't want the Woodcraft.  They bring your feet up and back.  They actually are better for me though (6 feet tall) because they put my knees in the tank cutout like they should be instead of at the tank/frame junction like with the stock footpegs.  I can now grip the tank with my knees and use my core muscles like you are supposed to.

What are rearsets called in adventure bike world?

Uh, peg mounts? They aren't terribly common; there tend to be folks that get "peg lowering kits", lots of replacement pegs (with the stock mount), and a few people who put forward pegs on for long-distance touring (sometimes called highway pegs).

Got you.  I actually have a set of MFW Adjustable Footpeg Mounting Brackets on my Monster S2R800 which simply mount to the OEM rearsets (http://www.mfw-wolf.de/en/products/motorcycle-footrests/vario-mounting-brackets?datei=variorasten_ducati.csv&marke=Ducati (http://www.mfw-wolf.de/en/products/motorcycle-footrests/vario-mounting-brackets?datei=variorasten_ducati.csv&marke=Ducati)).  Monsterparts used to carry them.  GSG-Moto also makes a set (http://www.gsg-mototechnik.de/ (http://www.gsg-mototechnik.de/))

Last weekend I saw an 1100s at the MOB get-together in Belgium that had had the standard foot peg brackets cut off just behind the front peg, cleaned up well and powder coated black, they looked the "DOG,s".
I'm not sure if theres a pic on the UKMOC web-site but it might be worth a look.. [beer]

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