I like the fact that it makes the bike look a little larger under me.
IMO - tail chop is ok on pictures without rider, but it makes the bike look a little small with the rider on it - at least for me at 6'4".
I plan on painting mine red/white. Advice, remarks, pictures anyone?
Also it is needed for rainy days.
dude - you are not welcome here unless you chop it :e:v
serioulsy, it's your bike ~ no one is gonna tell you how you need to have it look
I think I lot of people make the decision not to chop based on how far their exhaust sticks out as sometimes the chop tail will not look right with it
I also think you must be on the fence & eventually will chop it when you work up the nerve wt:
As for painting, I believe I have seen one with the S2R theme (red w/white stripe) carried over to beer tray and it looked decent (probably a pic on TOB if you can find it)
stopintime,
Good to see you here too! If you like the beer, keep the tray!
There are also several no-chop options for the rear fender (DP, MadDoctor, etc...)
Half of owning a Monster is expression, which imo results in chicks.
The other half is the sound, which also gets the girls. :e:v
Do what you want with it. You have a monster, which makes you awesome in the eyes of everyone here...
Thanks guys - I'm getting to like it here!
I've also seen the red/white combo and I'm going there. If I don't get my a** off the fence first. If I paint it I will have to use costers (where is the spell check button?) for beer bottles ??? Think I'll rename it to tolls tray. Sounds better?
Never fear, the tray may stay! I agree with you on the length issue, too. I'll definitely be keeping mine because A) I want to keep the Tricolore as original as possible, and B) When I put the 50mm Termi system on it it'll look too long and weird if the tail is chopped. The DP part isn't too bad as far as tidying up the look a bit while still keeping the length intact so that's probably the most viable option, for me at least.
Quote from: CDawg on May 07, 2008, 01:38:44 PM
There are also several no-chop options for the rear fender (DP, MadDoctor, etc...)
If you decide to go with CF:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/2474030553_0ec225f6cb.jpg?v=0)
So many people have good-looking tail chops, but I like a little junk in the trunk. I opted for the same carbon tail and I think it's a good compromise.
BTW, I think red/white is a great color combination.
I'm in two minds about it, sometimes is see a Monster with it chopped and I dig it and other times a prefer the beer tray.
So my tray is still neatly in place, maybe one day I will give it a chop
My duc still sports her tail. ;D
It's funny, I have come within inches of my frame w/the saw about 3-4 times now, and for some reason, I just keep backing out... r:e)
I guess it's the whole "don't know if I'll like the looks of the cans protruding way past that tail" thing I'm most hung up about...I saw a pic of a bike w/the same sorta cans I have w/a tailchop, and wasn't very fond of the look.....
Who knows though...maybe I'll end up doing one, maybe I won't....In the meantime It's painted red.... ;)
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j88/jpcwon23/P1110185.jpg)
Or have it fabricated where you can take it off and on.A friend of mine did it and it looks great,on when rainy season,off during the dry weather. wt: i did it too late. :(
or you can go the half tray - sold by Shift-tech / Monsterparts manufactued by Lieb-Speed Carbon Production.
the Ducati carbon piece is cool too - especially if your frame is a cool colour.
to each there own...that's what makes the Monster great (that and it was named for kids!)
I like my tray -- it keep the lines of the bike nice and clean.
Plus at 6'2" a full tail chop would shorten the bike and make me look like a gorilla humping a hamster when I ride.
Quote from: ducsix on May 08, 2008, 07:20:30 AM
...make me look like a gorilla humping a hamster when I ride.
can't...get...visual...out...of...head :bang :-\
;:|
I like my tray too since nobody keeps theirs its unique :P
I still have my tray although i'm planning to shorten it...one of these days.
No way I'm taking a hack saw to my frame.
But what do I know? I still have the reflectors on the forks too.
LA
Quote from: Johnster on May 07, 2008, 06:44:27 PM
It's funny, I have come within inches of my frame w/the saw about 3-4 times now, and for some reason, I just keep backing out... r:e)
I guess it's the whole "don't know if I'll like the looks of the cans protruding way past that tail" thing I'm most hung up about...I saw a pic of a bike w/the same sorta cans I have w/a tailchop, and wasn't very fond of the look.....
Who knows though...maybe I'll end up doing one, maybe I won't....In the meantime It's painted red.... ;)
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j88/jpcwon23/P1110185.jpg)
I actually like that wt: I was thinking that painting it is a really good idea when i read the OP, and low and behold you done it. I think it could look even better if you painted the black parts of the turn signals red too....that bit of black right in the middle there looks unfinished to me.
Still like my chop better though.....well as soon as i finish....damn dremel bit broke off when i was trying to do a bit of grinding to mount the turn signals :bang
Your bike, your tail. Do what makes you happy. I like the look of a well chopped tail. Weight loss is another benefit. Yet I still have all but the reflectors. Why you ask? I don't like swamp butt :(
I decided on retaining the beer tray .... went with the red and white strip...
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k135/bretmorris/Ducati%20S4R/P5030026.jpg)
Wow, that looks fantastic. While I've always been a fan of the full chop (and cans too), this looks mean as make the beast with two backs! Did you do the work yourself?
Quote from: darylbowden on May 10, 2008, 05:02:19 PM
Wow, that looks fantastic. While I've always been a fan of the full chop (and cans too), this looks mean as make the beast with two backs! Did you do the work yourself?
+1
I have kept my tray. It serves a purpose (keeps your back clean), and I still like the lines it has when on the bike.
mitt
That's more or less what I was thinking. Very nice.
Would you mind telling us more on how it was done? Especially which color, how you were able to make the stripes, how to get over the edges a s o
Hi Guys,
Thanks for the compliments. I bought the tray complete from a member of the other site about 3 weeks ago. I am getting a front fender done as well. It was actually painted by a guy in the US. I am sure that a local painter could do one up off a standard tray. Here is another photo, stripe not 100% straight but that is due to the seat cowling not being on properly.
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k135/bretmorris/Ducati%20S4R/P5100051-1.jpg)
Here is another version of the no-chop CF tail that I did on Dr Desmo's S4R last year.
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff176/MonstermashS2R/S4RRizomas.jpg)
I prefer mine with the tray but without the gawdawful Christmas tree of a license holder/reflector hanging down. Getting rid of that and mounting the plate up under the tray cleans up the rear without a hacksaw.