Ducati Monster Forum

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Since we're such an opinionated group of individuals, I'm hoping the same will hold true for this post.  
Picked up an S2R800 from a fellow DMF member.  Here's what's on tap for this winter:

Mods in progress -

Acewell 3962 digital gauge
LightWerks taillight with integrated turn signals
Monza belly pan
Oberon fuel tank cap
Marvin midpipe
Dual headlights
CRG levers
Electraeon fast throttle

And here's what's already been done thus far....

Speedymoto top and bottom triple
Speedymoto anodized steering stem and taper roller neck bearings.
Speedymoto Tall Boy clipons
Speedymoto Frame Sliders
Speedymoto Belt Covers
Speedymoto Sprocket Cover
Speedymoto Crankshaft Cover
Showa Fully Adjustable front forks. (GP suspension, custom shimstack and valving)
Penske full adjustable rear shock with Eibach spring
Brakes -  4 piston Brembo Goldlines fitted on the front with 320 MM rotors
Tailchop
Rear wave rotor
Black powdercoated u frame on headlamp assembly
Custom turn signals
New rear wave rotor

What the heck should I do next.  Have about $1K more to spend before the reason begins.

Thoughts?

I'd paint or powdercoat the U bracket and headlight brackets black. It is an easy mod and it looks good.  Remove the frame stickers.  If you want to save them you can stick them to the underside of your seat.  Hide the shock resevoir instead of emphasizing it.  The plain udder exhaust looks kinda dorky. I like boomtubes or full arrow exhaust on S2R's.  Powder-coat the swingarm to match the frame. 

Paint the oil-cooler black or find a hypermotard cooler.  Reroute the oil cooler line from in front of the horizontal belt cover to the other side.

That whole exhaust needs to go badly. That udder is hideous.

You list Marving midpipes, what kind of cans? Any?

Different clip ons for further sweep back than TallBoys?

New black rearsets or powder coat the stockers?

Wrap the shock reservoir in black hockey tape?

Black SlingShotRacing/SpeedyMoto wet clutch cover?

Thanks for the options.  I didn't think anyone made a wet clutch cover. Definitely thinking that's a yes.  I'm not sure about cans yet.  I was thinking Akpro 2 in 1 cause they're rare and I think they look awesome.  But not totally sold on them since I love the raw pipes sound.  The rear shock is flat black, I just got tired of looking at it that way and wrapped it with some Red Bull. 

I wonder how much powdercoating the rearset and swingarm will run me?

 
I totally agree...Thanks for sending me the pic of your bike.  All I can say is  [drool] [moto]


Thanks for the line reroute and painting recommendation.  When the headlights are swapped out, I'll be sure to paint the u frame. 

+1 on ditching the udder.  Also, consider BST's.

front fender chop and engine paint seem to be the cheapest mods to do, albeit a bit time consuming and really change up the demeanor of the bike.

^ [thumbsdown] hate the look of a chopped fender. Matte black 848 fender to protect the adjustable fork sliders w00t
[thumbsdown] on the Marving midpipe. FULL ARROW FTW, FTBS(for the best sound [thumbsup])nothing else comes close

Lose the transplanted aluminum sidecover badge on the tank. Powder coat the swingarm, engine side covers, rearsets, and headlight bucket ring black. Lose the redbull can around the shock res.

[puke] on the dual headlights


hey, you asked for it :D

You won't be all that happy (and neither will your neighbors) with the sound of just mid-pipes.  You would be surprised at how effective the udder is at minimizing the sound of that motor.  Bare mid-pipes will be stupid loud.

Here are the first things I would do in price ascending order:
SBK front fender
RCS/Radial master cylinders
Lite weight wheels (probably go with the OZs if you didn't want to drop the dime on BSTs).

If you really want to get silly (time wise) get the swingarm powder coated black.

I'll also second the  [thumbsdown] on the dual headlights.  

ive watned an exahust system for the longest time on my bike. but if you could get a nice set of Quat D mid pipes.. with these conicals, i think they look SEXY! if only they had em in carbon fiber. fresco conicals


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Bergdoerfer I love it.....

As much as I think Arrows rock and must be good for a reason, everyone recommends them.  Thinking something a little different.  That's why I'm partial to the Akpro's.

Did you have either your rearset or swingarm powdercoated?  If so, how much did you pay if you don't mind me asking...

Paid about $50 to have the rearsets, headlight bucket & ring, headlight hoop & bracket, & CW tailchop bracket beadblasted & powdercoated semigloss black. Got a good deal there because they were doing an assload of semigloss black that day. This was from some place in VA that's gone now.
I got a quote from Figure Engineering in Manassas; $150 for powdercoating the swinger, $40 for each engine case cover depending on the complexity of the masking. The rearsets I would guess to be another $30 or so. I left the heelguards and footpegs silver on mine. Do yourself a favor this time and go with experts who won't screw things up!
Haven't done the swingarm yet on my bike, or the engine cases. However I do have experience with a Quat-D midpipe which I had ceramic coated black, and fully cored stock mufflers. It's a good system but I'd rather have the full Arrows because they morph to a larger diameter after exiting the headers, and this makes them sound second to none and lets them flow a bit more freely. I suppose Zards do the same thing but they don't sound as good somehow. There are no Termi full systems for the bike that I know of, and Termis are way overrated anyway. ARROW FTW nothing comes close w00t

 [clap]

Thanks for the info and roger that on going with experts this time round. 

Wheels might be part of my 2011 winter mods.  How different is your bike now with BSTs?

Think getting the swingarm and rearset powdercoated might be doable this winter.  I;m now super curious as to how loud my bike will be without the udders and no cans.  She was loud before so I am sure the neighbors will LOVE me once I put the midpipe on. 

I personally wouldn't run it with just a mid-pipe, but that's me.

I can't think of anything that would alter the way the bike rides/handles more than the BSTs did.  Night and day difference. 

+1

If you want to know why midpipes only gets  [thumbsdown] try unbolting the front header, pull it away a little, fire up and listen at six, seven or eight thousand revs.

 [evil]

All this hate on the dual headlights... sheesh.  :'(

Johnny Five is alliiiiive!

kopfjäger sent me two youtube clips of what midpipes only sounds like  [bang] in addition to some inspiration for my bike via his fantastic machine!  Think I will invest in these.....


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They're just afraid....

That's right Johnny 5 is ALLLIIIIVVEEEE.......

No, we just think it looks like ass.   ;D

Then we are in agreement. It looks like ass. This ass (warning NSFW) http://www.vidaguerra.ws/gallery/d/743-2/vida-guerra-ass-27.jpg (http://www.vidaguerra.ws/gallery/d/743-2/vida-guerra-ass-27.jpg)

I definitely see the resemblance.

thats a great lookin pair, tho they would look better on the back of my bike than the front.

and yes i have twin lights. Im not entirely convinced i like them yet. i think i need smaller blinkers and to fit the clip-ons to give them the best opportunity to impress me.

Love it...They just can't handle the AWESOMENESS of dualies. 

here is what you want

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^^^^^
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what exhaust is that on your S4R?

it's not my S4r and it's an undertail setup that was made by ARCfab, which is now defunct. 

i saved that pic because I've been shopping it around looking to find someone who can make two dozen of them, i would sell all of them overnight.

This is the sole reason I haven't committed to a exhaust yet.  I really want something that will still let me show off the sexiness of the SSS.  Quat-D is my only option  [bang]

Feel free to take that pic and shop it around locally.  I could not find anyone local who would build it reasonably.  It's a Y slip on and a silencer with a feed tube.  It could be done a variety of ways, but I think this is the simplest.  I believe he fabricated the oval silencer as well, but I don't know.  That part could be off-the-shelf and modified to fit.  The tube attached to the silencer and the Y are the only significant fabrication, one would just use the stock udder or any one of several mid-pipe setups.

http://www.cp-e.com/ (http://www.cp-e.com/)

e-mail Josh and and ask if he would be interested. They do custom work at times and this time of year they're hungry for work.

Side note - all the cars you see that have graphics on that website, I did :)

just dropped him a note with the pic from Ducatiz.  Will let you know what he comes back with. 

lol that makes two of us, tell him you got the pic from me if he replies.  i asked him to price for 2 dozen.

I also like the look of blacked-out forks.  If you are curious about how it would look on your bike wrap the forks with some black electrical tape and then stand back a couple of feet to get the general effect.

You reading my mind....just ordered some A9 vinyl from a fellow DMFer to black out the forks. 

Here's the response I got from Josh: 
In order to justify this to do the reverse engineering and machine set up we would need 30 sales…I probably can do 30 for 30% to 40% off for you to resell them.
 
To do 2 units you are talking a couple 1,000 as doing one off requires a lot of machine set ups which is where you spend all your time.  Let me know what you think and I can also try and figure out some contacts for you if either of these do not work for you.

Ducatiz - there's your answer  [thumbsdown] on a mass order.  Not sure I have a couple grand to spend just on an exhaust.  If you know others, I am definitely in for a batch order. 

The U bolt is powder coated black. I did that a long time ago. I anodized the original forks black but never got around to doing the fully adjustable ones-sorry!
Hope that you are enjoying your bike......
Erica.

No worries....you did a great job with it.  Give her a couple of weeks and I'll shoot you pics of her with some changes.  She was beautiful when I got her. 

I was finally able to solve my exhaust issue.  Found this LeoVince SBK exhaust after searching online for several hours. 
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I have seen only one other Monster with this twisted pipe LeoVince exhaust.  Ordered some black fork tape and a carbon fiber front fender from a 848. 

Now I just have to patiently wait for the parts to arrive.  With my Marvin midpipe it should look nice and SOUND Nice Arrow or no Arrow.  Will be sure to upload pics with all the new mods installed including the dual headlights....

^^^  [thumbsup]

That's the same pipe that Jim has.  If you're not completely set on that one, and want something that no one local has, take a look at Remus.

May I suggest .....

http://www.aerostich.com/titanium-exhaust-wrap.html (http://www.aerostich.com/titanium-exhaust-wrap.html)

I think that was the exhaust our previous member The Ron had.
He was experiencing difficulties - it just didn't run well.
I have no idea why or what can/must be done to overcome it.
Maybe it's nothing, maybe the single outlet - I'm just saying this
so you're prepared if it doesn't work 100% out of the box.

It does look great though [moto]

Thanks for the heads up Stop...I have some exhaust wrap sitting here from when I thought I was going to wrap my midpipe and run just that.  Wisdom has prevailed!

 
Is Jim = Zhane?? Want to ask him if he's had any issues like Stop referenced above. 

Here is my bike with that setup (about a month after I bought the bike)

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I liked the idea, but on the bike it just looks weird and busy IMHO.  They use a generic can, it's the same SBK they have for every bike and you can see it's too LONG esp with a chopped tail.  They always showed it from the right corner angle so you can't see the length.  

The spaghetti collector sticks out from teh bike too.  I couldn't love it to save my life.  It hangs much further down than the pictures they show, about 5" below the seat. 

It performed well and the LeoVince kits are VERY nice quality otherwise, but...  I took it off after a month and sold it.

The concept wasn't too bad. I was Just wondering why the two pipes weren't mated at the bottom as one which would have eliminated the whole spaghetti look.

probably has something to do with the welded crossover just under the rearset and its effects on scavenging.

Yep, same guy.  He hasn't had the bike all that long, but it's the one he bought from Steve (Tocino), so maybe you can ask him as well.

also.. if you're talking exhausts that don't hide the SSS or the open wheel...
ZARD baby.

This mid-pipe/ exhaust is tight !
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Does the Speedy Moto option fit an S2R 800???

SSR's will fit a S2R800 from 05 - 07 the site says.

Witty - what exhaust is that? Quat D?

You will have to ask SpeedyMoto.

When SlingShotRacing released their 696 cover, a few guys asked for a cover fitting the S2R 800. The answer was that they would soon make one - and they did. Perhaps this means that they are different?

Mad duck, that's a custom exhaust from these guys.
http://www.terramostro.com/index.cfm (http://www.terramostro.com/index.cfm)
They don't say what the muffler is. I cant read it in the photo. Looks a little FMF but isn't. For the woods.
Check out those custom brackets for the foot pegs.  Not sure if that pipe routing would interfere with S2R peg and brake lever. I think that y-pipe and routing just before it look much cleaner than the Leo V. and would work with the SSSA.
Nice bike you scored. I was watching that in the for sale section. BadGalBetty seems cool.
I wrapped my forks (S2R8Dark) in black vinyl made a big difference.
Oh ya! There's a Quat D mid-pipe for sale on the other forum. Painted black w/turn out tips on the end if you want to run just a mid pipe. I tried it just to see how loud it was. Forgetaboutit.
Insane tail chop !
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I do like the Y shape exhaust on that TerraMonster, however, I think the BIG reason why I went with the Leo V was because I like the spaghetti wrap piping that leads to the can.  We shall see if this sexiness works to my advantage or disadvantage. 

I can not lie buying BGB's bike was a good investment... [moto]  The setup is really nice and given all the upgraded components one only need make a couple of changes which are already underway. 

Carbon fiber 8484 front cowl just arrived from Houston Superbikes.  New Tank courtosy of Ducati was just installed this morning.  Leo V exhaust should arrive soon.  Plan on taping the forks this weekend.  Bike is coming together nicely for next season. 

Looks like Remus might be on deck.  The SBK I bought from StarCycle via Amazon on Jan. 11 hasn't shipped yet and is scheduled to arrive on the 20th (not likely to happen).  Got a note from Amazon today that the part hasn't shipped and they can't confirm its shipment or that the product is in stock and they haven't charged my credit card.   [bang]

And Remus wins.  Just ordered a 2-in-1.  WAHOO, now time to install once it arrives.

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I have a Remus setup... not 2-1, but 2-2 on either side of the bike.  All I can say is I love the sound of the unbaffled remus and I think she looks good!
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where are the joints on that pipe and 2:1?

man i miss the black on red look.  Your bike looks  [beer]

I spoke too soon on Remus winning.  Spoke with Ca Cyclework today and their distributor is out of a part until the end of February  [bang].  So I either have to wait for the part or try something else. 

Technicly it's a red frame with a tangerine on black tank and a dark front fender... but who's really looking anyways  [laugh]

There is a BMW (motorcycle) dealer out of fresno... thats where I got my remus setup from.  Also where the old man got his remus setup for the beamer from. And one of the guys is a racing buddy of my brothers.  Might call them and see what they can get you.

and can you post a pic when you mount it?  Remus doesn't even list it on their website, much less a photo of it installed....  [roll]

Here it is on the Ca Cycleworks page:

http://ca-cycleworks.com/docs/products/?id=962 (http://ca-cycleworks.com/docs/products/?id=962)

 Yea MadDuc that Remus is one of my favorites.

 Just saw this Quat-D on Shmee-bay. He want's $500.
I don't know if your into those.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Quat-D-QD-Ex-Box-Exhaust-Ducati-s2r800-s2r-800-Quad-D-/130473743683?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item1e60d75543 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Quat-D-QD-Ex-Box-Exhaust-Ducati-s2r800-s2r-800-Quad-D-/130473743683?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item1e60d75543)

here she is with some updates.  Added the Marving midpipe, dual headlight (to somes dismay), Light Werks integrated tail light, 848 carbon fiber front fender and I removed the Red Bull from the remote reservoir.  I like the way the new front fender looks and dual headlights.  And yes, running pipes alone is loud.  At 60MPH I sound like a Harley 

Next set of mods to get added will be the CRG RC Spectrum levers, powdercoated treated parts and fork wraps.

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Love the Quat but not for some reason I like the single can look a little more

Bike is looking good.  Who did you order your vinyl from and what type did you get?  I wanna wrap my forks soon too and I just started looking into it.

one of the DMF members had some precut.  It's Avery A9 vinyl.  His DMF handle is Erichan8757.  Great guy lives in FL I believe. 

Okay, cool.  Thanks.  I'll see if I can hit him up.

Just picked up his last set of A9 flat black.  Thanks.  Hopefully I don't royally screw it up.  If you do it before I get to mine, I'll have to ping you for some advice.

Got my parts back from the folks in Gaithersburg I did a test batch with.  Now time to throw on the levers, new gas cap, belly pan and belt covers.  New pics coming soon....

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That yellow is Rossi approved.

have you thought about powdercoating the rest of the speedymoto covers black? it would make the yellow pop better and flow with the bike more (IMO) you could do the headlight ears/loop at the same time for very little extra im sure.

I would say do the footpegs too but for that to really work you would need to do the swingarm/case covers and that is a expensive and timely process in itself.

 plus if youre going that deep its a good time to do the lightened flywheel/slipper clutch if you ever want to. then of course you need a black clutch slave to match the case covers. and if your getting into that then you should find a better clutch master and some custom lines(black right?). but then you need to match them and in that case you should get better calipers and custom lines there too. and if your going that far then you simply must..... ;D

En route from another member.  Not sure whether his line will work with my rear brake line but we shall see....

Never thought about doing the rest of the belt cover black but not a bad suggestion.  Winter is still here for another 30+ days so I have plenty of time to burn cash.... [coffee]

s2r comes with a type of slipper clutch from the factory. They are amazing.... [thumbsup]

although not a true slipper, they do work well. the same is in the 696.

I found out from the EVR folks that there is no true slipper in their lineup for the smallcase motors.
BUT he's thought about it.

BGB - what type of glue/fix did you use to get the S2R badge to fix to the tank?  Just got two more to put on the new tank...

I didn't read all 6 pages so I don't know if someone else mentioned this.  sorry if I'm repeating.

reroute the starter wire around the left side of the bike to further clean up the belt area.

and tuck that overflow hose somewhere it can't be seen.

Those are the side panel badges . I just used the backing that comes with them. They are self adhesive and went on with no problems......just peel and stick! I never saw anyone else with done to their bike and it looks like they were made to go there......  [thumbsup]
Make sure that you get an idea where you want them before you apply.....do some measuring which I didn't, I just eyeballed it and hoped they were straight......
Erica

working on cleaning up the belt side.  Might rattle can spray the rest of the belt cover stuff although I should just have it PC'd like I've already started with...
 [thumbsup]

From reading bikeboy.org it seems that a 2 in 1 exhaust (http://bikeboy.org/900monsterexhaust.html) might end up robbing some power from the engine. Not a huge deal, but I would take it into consideration when dropping $$ on an exhust.

Update.....

Added the yellow/black stripped belly pan, SSR gas cap, clear front turn signals and integrated rear brake light/signals and CRG levers.  Have a healthy balance of yellow and black with the bike.  Purchased and installed a Marving midpipe and 2 in 1 exhaust.  Like the midpipe, hate the exhaust.  Not sure what to do regarding the exhaust.  Painted the stock udder flat black and threw it back on the bike until I figure out my next move....

Meanwhile, I picked up brembo radial master cyclinders from and 848/1098 to upgrade the brake/clutch.  Makes a world of difference now [moto]!  Brake feel is much more responsive. 

Also got my hands on gold annodized rear sprocket flange, kickstand (stock one needed to be replaced) and a rear, front axle nut.

I ordered a 4Racing rearset OVER a month ago [bang] and it still hasn't arrived.  Might have to go with plan B (Rizoma) if my shipment off the boat never appears. 

Next things to find:
320mm rotors
10 spoke wheels
Exhaust

the 320 mm rotors on the front were brand new a couple years ago. They may have a couple thousand miles on them.
Erica.

i love the rotors  ;D.  Just thinking when its time to change would like to find a pair with a rare pattern.  She runs like a champ!

pics please! 

Some new goodies just arrived. Rearsets

Lookie lookie.....

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what kinda rear sets are those?

....and where is the rest of them?

http://www.motoracingshop.com/product_info.php?cPath=305_402_406&products_id=965 (http://www.motoracingshop.com/product_info.php?cPath=305_402_406&products_id=965)

$422... so without VAT... what would that be?

those look nice, but i always wonder will they bend in if the bikei s knocked over? thats why i like the huge stock ones with folding levers.

$475.00 shipped and about a month for delvery from time of purchase. 


I had yet to unpack the rest of it.  Got too excited the the major components.  Will post pictures assempled and them on the bike. 

  Let's hope I never find out.  Been down the road with a tipped bike.  Not so much fun!

It would be great if you are able to measure the adjustment range of these, compared to stock peg position [thumbsup]

So I was able to install the rearset really easily.  The brake side dropped in perfectly with a minor trip to the hardware store to grab a pin the secure the rear brake pin in place.  The only issue I have is that rear brake light doesn't have a place mount to the rearset (I will have to post int he tech section as how to fix).  The clutch side was a breeze to toss on.  

Ergonomics are totally different than the stock setup.  Took me a while to get used to my foot position when riding to work this morning  You can adjust the the toe peg in four different positions.  Additionally, you can adjust the angle/height of the rear peg in any one of 10 positions.  The toe peg distance to  shift gears is a little longer but shifting feels a lot easier, smoother and finding neutral is a sinch.  Position wise, it still feels a little awk, which I expected.  I think I need to go back and adjust the angle and toe peg positions to find my comfort setting on my clutch and brake.  


Pics soon.  

Measurements?

Brake light: when is it really required? We hardly ever use only the rear brake.
If you must have one, a banjo fitted pressure switch is ~$25

You have one shift adjuster by the rod mounting and another by the toe peg.

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Woomnie,
Bike is looking good man.  [thumbsup] I gotta get some of my mods done so mine doesn't look bad parked next to yours, lol.

A couple small suggestions:
I noticed your speedymoto sprocket cover is still all silver.  You should try and get that powdered yellow to match the belt covers on the other side.  Also, I see you still have your frame sticker on the brake side.  You should peel it off so it doesn't ugly up the frame.  I took mine off a while back and it was pretty easy.  The only time consuming part was getting the remaining glue off, but I used some goof-off.

Hey, btw, weren't you going to wrap your forks?  Just wondering because I thought you already did it.  I haven't done mine yet since I'm working on getting my parts powdered, but I plan on doing it pretty soon hopefully.

A bunch of folks are headed to my place on Saturday if you two want your forks professionally wrapped. I charge one six pack of something not made by Bud, Coors, Miller, or Corona.

The two sides look different regarding height?

Brake master pushrod at an awkward angle?

To me, it seems like these rearsets have a nice adjustment range  [thumbsup]

When feet are positioned backwards, the ankle joint angle changes - feet point more downward, which might require you to lower the toe pegs in relation to the foot pegs. If that makes any sense.....

Artful,
  I would definitely be game for that.  Hopefully I can get my parts back from Figure Engineering before and put the bike back together because right now my bike is without top triple, handlebar clamps, exhaust hangers or rearsets.

You are correct on all accounts.  The tick tick of the clock this morning forced me to postpone adjustments until tonight.  I worry a bit about the brake master pushrod being at that awk. angle.  Will spend most of the evening addressing that and figuring out the correct angles.  Thank God for warm weather in DC this week  [moto]

Cool, shoot me a PM if you can make it to the northeast side of Balmer on Saturday around noon. That goes for you too Wunmi (or however the hell you spell that haha).

I've got a couple other goodies in the hosue awaiting addition.  I've got gold colored nuts/bolts that have to be added, new gold rizoma resevoirs and a gold rear sprocket.  Thanks for hte tip on the sticker, should be easy to remove.  Not sure what I am going to do with the front sprocket. 

Not sure if I can make Balmore by 12 Noon.  Brotha's got a Flag Football game.  Gotta show people how we do it on Capital Hill!  Will let you know fo sho via PM.  I love me some Balmore. 

Right on, we'll be around until 3 or so most likely coring some pipes. If you can make it just keep me posted.

Will do.  Thanks  [thumbsup]

I dare say or write on this the forum that my Ducati mod project is complete.  So here goes nothing, I think I'm finally done modding her out.  

When I got her she looked like this.  There was absolutely nothing wrong with her from day 1.  She rode like a champ but I wouldn't be me if I didn't start tinkering with it.  
(http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/yy51/wbamiduro/Project%20Desdamonda/photo-1.jpg)

BGB had done a lot of the $$$ work on her.  BGB shipped the bike to me with resprung forks from GP Suspension, an adjustable rear shock from Penske, Brembo goldline brakes, rear wave rotor, a 14T front sprocket, Speedymoto frame sliders and belt covers and a ton of other parts and bits.  


Here's what happened to PROZAC now TICKET since getting her in October 2010.  

I removed the stock front fender and replaced it with a carbon fiber front fender from an 848.  I liked the stock fender but the 848 one looks a bit more aggressive for me and to me liking.  Next I removed the stock headlight and threw on the dual headlights that I purchased from MonsterParts.com.  I added CRG lanesplitter mirrors , Rizoma sportline grips and rectangular turn signals. The stock levers were replaced with CRG gold annodized ones with radial master cyclinders from an 08 848.  Much better feel, braking is 100 times better and has a serious bite to it.  The stock reservoirs were replaced with gold annodized resevoirs from Rizoma.  I also added Rizoma gold annodized bar end caps for some additional bling.  My ECU was sent off the Houston Superbikes to be reflashed to be have the race setup installed and the immobilzer removed. The stock gas tank was replaced with an Oberon gas tank cover/cap that was powdercoated black and yellow to match the bike.  The stock rearset was replaced with one from 4Racing.  Much improved ergonomics.  I added a carbon fiber rear hugger and replaced the stock tail light/signals with a Light Werks LED tail light with turn signals.  To top her off I added a gold annodized Evo clutch slave cyclinder,  SSR rear sprocket and a Monza belly pan painted yellow with a black stripe.

After all these mods, I feel like she's absolutely perfect although I know some will disagree  [coffee].  I could wrap the forks, powdercoat the swingarm, find a cool way to hide all the wires, get some BST wheels or a host of other things, she just feels right the way she's currently setup.  Now to ride the hell out of her and enjoy the twisties in the area.    

(http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/yy51/wbamiduro/Project%20Desdamonda/DSC_0042.jpg)

(http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/yy51/wbamiduro/Project%20Desdamonda/DSC_0031.jpg)

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 [coffee]


BTW - did you go from a 15mm coffin reservoir to the new radial?
I ask because I went from a 16mm coffin to a radial and I'm not overwhelmed.
Better? Sure, but I think the upgrade from stock master to 16mm and calipers/rotors was much more important.

What are the ramifications of using Goldline 4-pot calipers w/ the stock coffin masters?

It can be done, but the lever travel might be a little long.
Shouldn't be an issue - especially if the free-play is adjusted to a minimum (, but not less than minimum)

The question I raise with my, vs Mad's, experience - is that going from 15 to 16mm coffin may be significant.

I haven't raced my radial yet, but the only difference I can detect is "feel" - which just might not be worth it for the street (YMMV)

For me it all came down to feel/comfort  With my stockers, the brake lever travel was longer and the feel when braking was absent.  With the Rizoma's I think there's a BIG difference. Applying the brake only take a smidge of pressure to the lever.  Additionally, I get a much better feel from the brakes now with these master cyclinders.  Are they a little too much for the street, one might say so but I like the feel and responsiveness of the brakes.  As for hte clutch, no big difference when I made the switch.  I think the only thing I would say was that finding the sweet spot is a tad bit easier to locate.  Other than that no big difference. 

Here are the specs for the resevoirs I have -
Dimensions- height-49mm, width-40mm, volume-27mm 

Before

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After
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I can see the photos but they're really dark. Buy yourself a case of lighbulbs as your next mod on your bike that's "done". :D

I rarely sing the praises of a mechanic but Chris Saunders at Battley Cycles did a great job with my bike.  He turned the FAAACCCCKKKK out of my S2R800.  This bad boy is now pumping 77BHP to the rear wheel and he installed a Dobeck TFI with a custom fuel map.  Now the bike will pump gas based on throttle position and RPM. 
Now she responsive throughout the entire RPM range.

If you're in the DC area and have some coin to drop on your Monster.  Don't get a PCIII.  Let Chris rock your bikes world with a Dobeck TFI.