How bout pics of your favorite cafe racer that IS a Monster?

[Spidey]

^^^^ Your bike f'ing rocks Spidey! 

How do those cherry bombs sound...compared to normal aftermarket exhaust? Was anything else done to them other than attaching them to the headers?

Thanks, mang.  The pipes sound good, particulary in the mid/high rev range.   Like Stu said, they sound like an aftermarket pipe.  They've got a bit of unique character, but not something super exotic or loud.  They definitely sound like metal pipes (as opposed to carbon), so there's a little less bass in them than a low-mount Remus or Termi on a 2V DSS monster.  Additionally, there's a very slight rasp under load that I associate with metal pipes or race pipes, particularly ones with less baffling.  I'd characterize the sound at idle as "the neighborhood notices me, but doesn't hate me."  At idle they're quieter than a 2V with old Termis, which is exactly what I asked for.  I need to warm up the bike in the morning without a lynch mob forming.  The sound level increases a bunch with revs.  Even more than most pipes.  They get loud, but sound good.  Real good. 

I'm pretty pleased with the quality sound of the sound.  I feared that they'd sound like an American V8 and would lose a lot of the Ducati tenor, which happens with a lot of custom pipes.  In my book, loud is no replacement for sound quality.  That said, Nick's cherry bombs will break up any gallstone within a 1/2 mile radius with the blip of a throttle.  They're skeery.  And an inexplicable pink color.   

You asked about what else was done.  In addition the custom pipes, there are adaptors (made up from the old pipes) that change the angle of the pipes so that they're more upswept than stock low-mounts.  You can just see them in the bottom pic in this thread.  We tried to find an angle between the stock low-mount cans and an 888 style that would work with the lines of the bike, and would also allow enough room for passenger pegs.   I know you can't see them, but there are hidden mounts for the passenger pegs underneath the frame near the grabrails.  After a lot of photoshopping, we chose this angle.  It also ended up being the best compromise between upswept and room for passenger pegs, and lined the tips of the cans up perfectly.  We just got lucky, I guess. 

The headers are stock, but are opened up internally for more flow.  And ceramic coated.  Purty much just for cosmetic purposes.   

Can you tell me how you did your rear sets? The support struts for the low mount exhaust, are those off the shell parts or custom?

I want to keep my low mount Termis, but change the rear sets. Lookin' for options. Thanks.

The rearsets are off an SS.  They're modded a bit, but you'd have to look really closely and have an SS rearset side-by-side to see the difference.  The mounting points are custom as well.  They're way higher up on the frame than stock mounting points.  The support struts are custom, but they're really easy to make (according to Stu).  They're just metal tubes that are hammered flat on the ends and then drilled for screws.  They're a really simple solution for a support strut, and I like the look a lot. 

[Vindingo]

i guess if we are posting pictures...

[El Matador]

i guess if we are posting pictures...

Mad Max : Versione Italiana?
   

[Popeye the Sailor]

i guess if we are posting pictures...

Mad Max: This time, he's too lazy to clean.

[swampduc]

Good God! It's been sandblasted! 

[spinned]

I keep changing it, but here it is.  I like the more agressive cafe look and ride.

[Beyote]

VERY NICE.

[Kopfjager]

Nice bike spinned. 

I wish all the folks with the SSS could see how much nicer the bike looks with Dual high pipes. 

[DesmoDisciple]

Dude, your bike is PUNK. The bike has street creed.

i guess if we are posting pictures...

[DRKWNG]

Dude, your bike is PUNK. The bike has street crud.

Fixed. 

[Oldfisti]

Fixed. 

            Vin wasn't kidding when he said it was dirty!

[Popeye the Sailor]

Most of these still look like any other monster to me. There some reason these are cafe racers but other monsters ain't?


Seriously.

[RodeoClown]

Spidey & Stew

that has to be up there with one of my all time favs! And I think it fits perfect in this thread!