Ducati Monster Forum

After 12 months of waiting  [bang] I have just ordered one of these babies for the Monster.....

They are made in Europe and are just now being released to the market....  [thumbsup]

I'm getting the sports version. The one with wings.........

Price is still being finalized but it ain't cheap.......

Will post pics on my baby when it arrives.....

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Am I surprised......
No......
Nothing is cheap on your bike Big T.
Looks the goods though, will you be renting space when we are out on rides.

Looks very cool Big T

I look forward to seeing the real thing!

Nope not for rent..... Just might fit in the Chai Latte machine though...... Big Ian has his coffee machine. Big T will have his Chai Latte's....  [coffee]

That's a Leffe Blond in the back on the right, if you don't need it - I can dispose of it for you.

My favorite kind of blonde actually  [thumbsup]

That's pretty cool Trev.  [thumbsup]

How and where did you find this sucker?

And what's the damage to the wallet, if you don't mind me asking?  ???

Big T,

Now that looks like a modification I could do with.  Was looking for somewhere to put a pair of wet weather throw over pants on the ride on Monday.

Would be interested in the price of one!!!  Should I be sitting down when you tell me?

Let me know if you can..... please

Bret

Looks pretty good. Is there a choice of colours for the side panels?

So where does this go?


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Okay the story on the Saddle Box seat is that 12 months ago on TOB a guy asked for expressions of interest from Duke rides who might buy this seat. He had a website and we swapped a few emails. Then it all disappeared, website and all. So I presumed that he had not received enough interest.

The a few weeks ago I got an email from Gregory saying that he has been developing the seat over the last 10 months and he is now ready to deliver the first batch.

As for the price…. Please sit down and hold on tight…… Haven’t received the final bill yet but we are looking at about $1,400 AUS delivered to AUS  [bang] ……… Gulp, cough, splutter……… But it is hand made!!!!!!……. Will confirm the final price once I'm billed.....  [moto]

Extracts from his email to me:

There are 2 models. The 'sport' version is the same as the standard one, but with additional body parts to focus on the sport attitude of your bike and be able to get a color touch on the back for a nice effect. The elements here in red or orange are provided in primer in order you can make them painted the color of your choice, as there are too much variations in color, I couldn't be sure to do the exact one.

I have made many improvements in order to get a perfect fit on the bike and make sure every 'rare' user of this hand made product would enjoy it, and would be proud to have bought this limited production concept...

Gregory can be contacted at contact@saddle-box.net

Big T that's great......
We all like rare and individual things on our bikes.

I could of course sell you a hand made and personalized Ducati Monster back pack for half that ;) ;)

Look forward to seeing the goods when it arrives...

545 Euros for the Sport version (in primer!) plus... are you sitting down? Wait for it...

150 Euros for delivery to the US from France!

I'd gotten on the mailing list about a year ago and was really interested in one of these, but nearly fainted at the price.

Dam Big T that some big $ to carry your wallet and a bottle of water :o
I think Il keep my wallet attached to my arse and buy a fresh bottel at every stop  [thumbsup]

AAaaahhh Dock. This is the Tardis of seats..... Small on the outside.... Huge on the inside.......

Did I tell you it is hand built.......  [roll]

Hands of Goddess wearing draped Egyptian cloth...........

an nothing underneath

Hence the draped cloth..........

and easy to remove

Looks very nice and would love one  [thumbsup]

but i think the guy should use his other hand to reduce production time and get it of his PR#*K [laugh]

With all that "production" talk about Egyptian Goddesses I can only imagine how this is going to feel as I sink my firm butt into that gold encrusted seat crafted by virgins......

Am I awake this time or still dreaming????

Price update..... Looks like it will only be $1,100 ish...... He must have heard you Dock....  [cheeky]

Trev are you still on those drugs wake up

Trev are you still on those drugs wake up

Do you realy think virgins still exist Big T  ???

I wish all my customers were like you BIG T [cheeky]

"Please Do Not Disturb"....

Have my own little fantasy here about my virgin seat.....  ;D  [evil]  :o

so you guys have a thing for virgins

Jukie....stop it now  [cheeky]

Hey Dock I "might" let you touch my new virgin seat...... If you can control yourself that is...........  [cheeky]  [cheeky]

can i touch your virgin seat. From one virgin to the other  [cheeky]

No worries Jukie (from one virgin to another).....  [thumbsup]

BIG T i must warn you,your seat will never be the same i know of some special touchy places :-*:o ;D

an can i lay all over it too [evil]

Man I got to go and have a hot cup of tea a lay down........ To many vivid images going through my brain.....  ;D  [cheeky]  [clap]

hang in there Trev it only gets better, have a nice cold shower that will do the trick

Did i miss somthing..........Just got back from my cold shower [cheeky]

to all the virgins out there....

thanks for nothing!

 [thumbsup]

hey did i upset you Spider didn't mean to sorry  :-*

Hey super spider What type of spider are you (rock) ???

Now, that aint nice.

ok guys lets just settle this down and have a bit of fun ok  [thumbsup]

Sorry spider Desmokid was geeing me up  [laugh]

hey wants going on here, have i missed something? ???. i have said im sorry i not sure what is going on ???

don't bring up Desmokid, frickin emotional vandal!

manipulating caring good-willed types.

hey, don't mind the virgin joke, I'm dating one at the moment - it ain't great!

oohh ok then, now i understand. sorry ill tone it down now 

ok.... looks around.
Now back to the seat  ;D [popcorn]. Is it a complete seat or just the part at the back. Considering Ducati want close to $500 for a new seat!!... its almost justifiable price wise. Everything else is great. Really im suprised no other people manufactured one in the 15 year history of the Monster....
- Chris

Have you been drinking or I want some of whatever you are on.

Who are you talkin' to, me or Spider?



 ??? ???

Sorry Guys im all F#*K up today had no sleep last night the kids kept me up all night.and i still went to work [thumbsup]
Il come good by morning.

You and me both, but I have no kids.

I was awake from 6am Tuesday morning till 8:30pm Wednesday night.

I was a fricken zombie.

Wow thats some serious awake time, bet your a barrel of fun at the moment  [laugh]

Nah, I'm OK, S.O is in bed already!

Sorry, she is asleep already!

She is the barrel of laughs.  [roll] [roll] [roll]

It is for the whole complete seat.......... All you need to do is take the old one off and click the new one on.......  [thumbsup]

Be interesting to see when it arrives  8)

Well the Saddle Box is on the way. Final price shipped to AUS is $1,106.38 AUD........ Will be about 10 days as the express post (4 days delivery) is another $300AUS  :o ......

And to top all this off I have also ordered a Sargent seat about a week before...... So there might be a cheap Sargent seat for sale sooooon.... Not even used by a little old man on Sundays...  [moto]

Will post pics when it arrives......

Dibs. ;)

I shall keep you in mind Super .....  [thumbsup]

2nd dibs - what design did you get on that seat?

Shall keep you in second mind Spider...  [thumbsup]

I bought the WS-514-11.
Black CarbonFX  Inserts
Red Welt
Black Trim
Italian Tri-Color Detail
http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c.415638/it.A/id.591/.f

.... and it was made by a 400 pound yankee bloke called Randy ....

Unlike the Saddle Box which was made by 12 naked goddess virgins.....  [cheeky]  [cheeky]

<reads between the lines>
this may just take the bromance to a whole new level

 [evil]

Oh!! Snap! (as the say on the main board).... - Chris

Big T... Super TIB... and a shiny seat........  [evil]

You all wish it was you........  [roll]  [cheeky]  ;D

lads...perhaps you could use one of my rookie mistakes to your bromantic advantage.

If you use Mr. Sheen to keep the tank and carbon polished - it will make that seat super slippery.

I don't want to see the video.

Good luck and keep the rubber side down!

Spider

hhmmmm slippery seat to ride on [cheeky]

Been swapping emails with Greg from Saddle Box and interesting is the evolution of the seat. He is French but don't hold that against him...  8)

"As it is very much time consuming to make, it is not an entire business
activity, more likely to show my abilities as industrial designer consultant,
and in order to make nice tools to produce it, I have to sell a few to pay the
study, and use the special ordered cnc parts...etc, so I have some in stock and
a few in fabrication .

It will be fun to have picture with sydney in the background... cannot be more
at the other side of the earth ! just great to think that what I made here will
be used and enjoyed so far."

 you know what...., all things considered. This wil be one cool product IMO.  - Chris

ps, big? are you gonna make good on that photo?

Absolutely...... Need to exercise the G9 some how.......  [thumbsup]  [thumbsup]

Will post up when the photo shoot is and thinking we should get a gathering of Monsters round the harbour for some shots.....  8)

Nice work Trev.

Shame they couldn't copy the standard rear cowel.

Rob

done! great idea - Chris

Just arrived at work and I have large box from France sitting at my desk. Have snuck a quick look but the seat is very well packed so will have to wait till tonight.  [bang]

Also is a Certificate of Authenticity where I have seat number 7 of 150. Apparently I have “entered in the confidential saddle box owner’s group”. Does this mean I now belong to some secret French society and have to wear beret?   8)

Pics will be up tonight…….  [thumbsup]

.... or does this secret sect mean that you won't be able to tell us about your new pew. Hope you can feel (and enjoy) the hand-work of those egyptian virgins everytime you mount up.

Come on BIG T just a small peek open the box   ;)

Would love to Dock but this is the one day each quarter that our AUS MD is in the office and is sitting just round the corner from me.....  :-X

He isn't motorcycle friendly....  [bang]  [bang]

But reallllllly looking forward to getting my hands on those egyptian virgins Betty......  8)  [evil]

So Trev cannot open the box - hop onto DMF and post about not being able to open the box - well THAT he can do!

I just walked into another CBA, the female branch manager approached and said "geez, you look good in leather". This is an example of a "motorcycle friendly work environment".

"Which Bank?".....  [cheeky]

She gets my business with comments like that.................  [thumbsup]

And by the way everybody else at work is motorcycle friendly...... Just not the boss.......

My boss is motorcycle friendly, I ask him everyday if I can go for a ride and he says sure go for it. Then I step away from the mirror and off I go.
Can't wait to see that virginal seat with it's wings for protection or were they s'posed to achieve lift over 140kl/h?

Can I recall a couple of stories about Jukie's bike friendly work environment?

.... at the final job interview the main man (Inspector) says

 [leo]   'just one more bonus question, I notice you have your bike licence'

 [moto]   'yeah' she replies apprehensively

 [leo]   'what bike do you ride'

 [moto]   'ummm, a Ducati'

 [leo]   'niiiice'

 [moto]   'so have I got the job'

 [leo]   'yep'

.... and on the few occasions that she has taken the baby to work, she has asked if she needs to change out of her leathers .... no way comes the reply

I believe another example of a motorcycle friendly work environment.

[threadjack]

whilst we wait for the great 'un-boxxing of the seat cowl.

I'm sure Big T wouldn't mind in we had Jukie post a picture of herself in leathers

[threadjack over]

please return to the waiting of the great box....

and remember Trev - if it comes with a Leffe Brune beer then it's for me, cool  [thumbsup]

You want see her in the leathers  ???

Okay I have had my way with the virgins so time to post the much awaited pics (apologies for the "garage" shots).

Something to wet the appetite....

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The rest of the pics are here:

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Okay a few things I have notice just playing in the garage.

~ It is 5.2kgs compared to 3.6kgs for the stock seat (due to solid casting used for the frame).
~ No staples - All glued and bolted.
~ Seat profile is very similar to stock.
~ Is very comfortable (needs some serious bum shining up).
~ Fits like a glove (all lined up first time with NO adjustments required).
~ Surprised at the size of the box as in it is quite large.
~ Still need to paint the wings.
~ Did I tell you it made by 12 French virgins.....

So all I need to do now is the test ride...... Fine weekend coming up.....  [thumbsup]

OOohh and open to suggestions on what colour to paint the wings????

The winner of the colour I choose gets to sit on the seat and share that 12 virgins feeling.....

Well Big T she looks the goods.
We'll have to see on the weekend if the "Tardis" rides as well as stock or a Sargent.
By the way who's home did that go too, Super.....

Can head out Saturday morning till 1-2pm if you're going somewhere.

The Sargent is 5-6 weeks delivery  [bang] ..... So don't have it yet....

Saddle Box only took 9 days to come from France........  [thumbsup]

But Super has first option should I decide not to keep it..... Will have to see what he offers me...  [evil]  [laugh]  [cheeky]

Can't do Saturday as I have my kids here and have to run them to the airport.  :-\

But Sunday morning is the go for a quick run up the Old Pacific Highway if anybody wants to come....  [thumbsup]

Im keen for a ride this weekend Matty and would love to see the seat also  [thumbsup]

Cant do sunday its the kids day out for me [thumbsup]

Saturday morning then, Tricolore might even venture over our way.
Sorry Big T, the wifey has art class Saturday morning so free time is abundant.

Pie shop then? or K.V.
on our normal seats minus the tardis option.

Done Might get the PS out if its a good day  [thumbsup]

Did someone say Sunday because I am make the beast with two backsen there!

Working Saturday again!

 >:( >:( >:(

Sunday, YEAH! I would ride to Bummake the beast with two backs NSW to see Big T again.  ;D

It is a possibility for Saturday. I am however flat out at work and got a resignation from key employee today so that may cause some issues. I will know a little later in the week.
If I can't do Sat I will hook up with you on Sun Big T [moto]

Dam super when are yah gona take charge dude you gota have a Saturday off one day  [roll]

 [bang] [bang] [bang]

Umm, I have Saturday 5th July off.  [roll]

I'm up for a ride then too.  ???

Big T,

I cannot wait to hear your review on the comfort of the seat.  Any idea how it compares the DP Gel seat?  Also, about how many litres would you say is the tank holds?
Thanks!

-CDawg

T, what do the little wings do, give you a better night's sleep and stop leakage?

I'll vote the same red as the Ducati on the tank. Looks pretty good as is!

Like your new 'banned' version of your name on Flickr.

Spider

That does look good T!!! [thumbsup], certainly looks of viginal quality. - Chris

ps, colour combo is leave as is but add matching black stripe. remove factory side covers but transfer logo over on to the wings.

As they say:

"Red Bull give you wings".....

Well no Red Bull required here....... These new wings create down draft, vacuum and blow dry the road as I lean at 84.9999 degrees into the corners……  [moto]

MMMmmmmm there goes those drugs again…… Awake now…  [roll]

Very interesting concept Chris. Shall play in the garage with that one......  [thumbsup]

does that mean I win the ride???  ;D - Chris

 

You still up for a ride on sunday Big T? I am out for Sat but have a leave pass for sunday  ;D.

Yep up for a quick ride. Back by midday.....

How about meeting at the Mobile servo in Berowra at 8 or 9? What works for you?  [roll]

I am keen, 9 am at Berowra Mobil  [thumbsup].
Anyone else?

You gona have your cam Big T  [moto]

got a 9:30 appointment with an 848

I think they are talking Sunday Matty  [moto]

9:00am it is at the Mobil on Sunday. If your in be there..... See you there Tricolore......


Absolutely........ First stop at "Pie In The Sky" to turn it on and away we go.......

Il try to get there but cant promises if I aint there by 9 I ant coming(http://www.ducatispot.com/forums/images/smilies/moped.gif)

Betty and Jukie can be there, jukie might be suffering a hangover thats all.

Excellent. MMmmm video of a hung over Jukie ....... Could be interesting...  [roll]

yeh all those loud pipes will do me a world of good.Then after the ride i have to do more drinking.  [drink] [beer] [wine]

I was planning on going for a quick ride after lunch Sat if your still up for for the pie shop????

Rob

Hey got an email from Greg and he has posted up lots of pics that show the seat and storage from all sorts of angles.......

Loving my seat. Great storage and very very comfortable....  [thumbsup]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28175228@N06/

Would you stop taliking about your BLOODY SEAT!


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 [cheeky]

I,I,I,I,I,I,I,I,I,I,I.....that's all it is with this bloke!

Spider the Tool

OOohhh did I I I I I I I I I tell you it was made by the tender hands of 12 pure virgins....  [cheeky]  [cheeky]  [cheeky]

you mean....

vIrgIns, rIght?




Spider / Tool

so how mary virgins are left Trev ;)

And then there were 10.......  :o

I've had one...  8)

Supers had one (I shared one with Super).....  [evil]

Don't want to over indulge..... Got to pace myself after all I am no spring chicken any more.......  [laugh]  [laugh]

are you going to get rid of them before you go away, or is someone going to look after them for you.

I have 10 chastity belts with keys....... The virgins stay.... The keys go with me.......  8)

leave 'em with me Trev. I have experience, I can be trusted with virgins. I can provide references too if needed.

i was going to train them up for you trev for when you return [cheeky] ;D

Can I watch?

 [popcorn]

sure more the merrier ;)

You only want to watch  ???

yeh you should all join in  [cheeky]

 [roll]

Hey you alllllll...... These are MY virgins...... All applications to sample MY virgins are to be in writing, in triplicate, with a $1000 non refundable "handling" fee to Big T.....  [coffee]

But if they have been 'handled' are they still virgins?

I have a "special" virgin handling touch......  [evil]

They are virgins before, during & after my handling.....

A secret I learnt while living in a cave for 42 days on 2 Mars bars high up the mountains with a lovely Yeti lass.........  :o

Trev can you tell me about  your "special virgin handling touch" [evil]
shhh just whisper ;)

You should see your doctor, they've got pills to help out with that these days...

 [laugh]

big

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Too many Bolivians for Trev.  ;D


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yeh , but trev i could teach them some really good tricks  [cheeky]

Could i be the test pilot ;D

sure vince join in on the fun

I don't see the colour of your $1,000 non refundable handling fee?????

No fee, no feel.....  [laugh]

maybe we can use the barter technique 
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