A semi-official 696/796/1100 exhaust thread

[Raux]

Hi Raux

Did you feel your silencers pointed inwards after installing them? Because mine do, and it's not really the lenght or how far back they go but the inward pointing tips of the silencers that bugs me. Otherwise good and very aggressive sound - have to wear ear plugs now! You ridin' without db-killers too?

with the db killers out.. yeah ear plugs but it sounds SOOOO good doesn't it. i put mine in after a while cause i had to wear earplugs and i couldn't communicate with my passengers. plus it was tooo antisocial. felt like i should be in a punk band or something to be able to ride like that.

[rizduc]

Can't wait  for ryanracer's under seat exhaust.. Pls keep us updated. tks in advance. 

[gt78fin]

Any user pics/videos of the RoadsItalia exhaust?

The good looking ones are the special design slip ons?

I have a youtube video but the sound came out as good as in the 70's B-movies...I did shoot this with my small pocket camera, not a video camera at all.

But the picture's there

Ducati Monster 696 with Roadsitalia special full carbon

[Takster]

Got the exbox on Tuesday, installed over the last few days... took her for a ride today:



Sounds better than I had thought.  Lots of tight focused bass, meaner and nastier than stock, loud, and not as poppy as the stock.  Before the exbox, I was running a pair of cored stock cans, and I feel like there's more torque with the QD.  Of course, I don't have any empirical evidence, but that's what my ass tells me.  The biggest difference I can tell is the loss of weight from the top-side of the bike.  It turns in much more easily, and just whips around from lean to lean.

Aesthetically, I love how it really opens the rear wheel up.  I also love how the pipe from the horizontal cylinder doesn't weave through the engine and frame.  It looks a lot more naked... like it's just an engine with wheels    For some reason, I think the stock rearset doesn't look as ugly with the QD compared to the original exhaust.

As I mentioned before, installation was a PITA considering that everybody else is only making slipons.  Tank, tank skins, seat, the little container under the seat, rearsets had to come off.  The O2 sensors have to come out of the original pipes before they'll come off.  Once everything is apart, it's not that difficult to install the QD pipes.

The QD exbox pipes come in more pieces than I had thought.  Both the Horizontal head and vertical head pipes are in two pieces held together by friction and springs.  I followed the forum's advice (I don't remember who specifically, but thanks!!!) and didn't tighten everything down until everything was exactly where I wanted it.  The whole installation procedure from start to finish took me about 3 hours not including having to run to the parts store to pick up a 24 mm socket for the enormous rearset bolt.

There are a couple of minor detractors of this setup.  First is the location of the 02 bung on the horizontal cylinder.  It's right under the middle of the engine facing to the right side.  It requires that the wires to the 02 sensors be extended (the extender is included in the kit) and requires some creative routing.  I sent it around the right side of the engine, next to the clutch cover, but I may end up rewiring it on the other side.  Either way, it looks a little bit out of place.   The second detractor is the length of the pipes seem to differ by a considerable amount (I'm guessing 4-6 inches.)  I can't tell you if this affects power output or anything as I'm VERY far from being an expert on the subject, but it seems to go against the grain of convention.

All in all, I'm really happy with the purchase so far.  I'm happy to field any questions you guys may have.

BTW, don't make fun of my front fender and fairing.  Yeah, I know they're white and look out of place.  Yeah, I'm getting CF ones really soon.

[1313]

Very nice Takster! I love how the exhaust opens up there rear of the bike. Looks very tough.  [moto]

[DoWorkSon]

Got the exbox on Tuesday, installed over the last few days... took her for a ride today:



Sounds better than I had thought.  Lots of tight focused bass, meaner and nastier than stock, loud, and not as poppy as the stock.  Before the exbox, I was running a pair of cored stock cans, and I feel like there's more torque with the QD.  Of course, I don't have any empirical evidence, but that's what my ass tells me.  The biggest difference I can tell is the loss of weight from the top-side of the bike.  It turns in much more easily, and just whips around from lean to lean.

Aesthetically, I love how it really opens the rear wheel up.  I also love how the pipe from the horizontal cylinder doesn't weave through the engine and frame.  It looks a lot more naked... like it's just an engine with wheels    For some reason, I think the stock rearset doesn't look as ugly with the QD compared to the original exhaust.

As I mentioned before, installation was a PITA considering that everybody else is only making slipons.  Tank, tank skins, seat, the little container under the seat, rearsets had to come off.  The O2 sensors have to come out of the original pipes before they'll come off.  Once everything is apart, it's not that difficult to install the QD pipes.

The QD exbox pipes come in more pieces than I had thought.  Both the Horizontal head and vertical head pipes are in two pieces held together by friction and springs.  I followed the forum's advice (I don't remember who specifically, but thanks!!!) and didn't tighten everything down until everything was exactly where I wanted it.  The whole installation procedure from start to finish took me about 3 hours not including having to run to the parts store to pick up a 24 mm socket for the enormous rearset bolt.

There are a couple of minor detractors of this setup.  First is the location of the 02 bung on the horizontal cylinder.  It's right under the middle of the engine facing to the right side.  It requires that the wires to the 02 sensors be extended (the extender is included in the kit) and requires some creative routing.  I sent it around the right side of the engine, next to the clutch cover, but I may end up rewiring it on the other side.  Either way, it looks a little bit out of place.   The second detractor is the length of the pipes seem to differ by a considerable amount (I'm guessing 4-6 inches.)  I can't tell you if this affects power output or anything as I'm VERY far from being an expert on the subject, but it seems to go against the grain of convention.

All in all, I'm really happy with the purchase so far.  I'm happy to field any questions you guys may have.

BTW, don't make fun of my front fender and fairing.  Yeah, I know they're white and look out of place.  Yeah, I'm getting CF ones really soon.

I love that exhaust setup. Really makes it look like a whole new bike.... Hopefully will be selling my QuatD CF exhaust to get this one..... Would love a sound clip.

Also, did you have your tank repainted? or new one?

[Dannyboy]

Do the rearsets come off with no other problems?  Just unbolt and remove?  I'm thinking either the Exbox or maybe ryanracer's underseat exhaust and a set of rearsets and the 696 would look really badass.

[Takster]

The tank skin is CF.

Do the rearsets come off with no other problems?  Just unbolt and remove?  I'm thinking either the Exbox or maybe ryanracer's underseat exhaust and a set of rearsets and the 696 would look really badass.

The rearset unbolts with no problems at all.  The right side hides a bracket which the Y to Y pipe (i just coined that) is attached to.  I had to remove the bracket to get the exbox to work.  The left one keeps the kickstand bracket in place.  Other than having to pay $9 for the 24mm socket, no problems taking it off or putting it back on.

[Dannyboy]

That's cool.  Can you do it on a side-stand?  I thought I read that you had to have the bottom end supported.

[Takster]

You'll definitely need a rear stand to do the install.  When you take the left side rearset off, the kickstand no longer supports the bike.

[w7ck7d]

It looks really clean..

[gt78fin]

Can't say that I would like the looks of the exbox itself (looks like a lego-block under the bike) but I love the way it leaves that back of the bike! And anything is better when compared to the stock cans - I just carried 2 stock cans from garage to cellar and boy, are they heavy. It's like cast iron compared to carbonfibre roadsitalia, so I have also noticed the quicker rear response after install.

Would love a sound clip too 

[zLoki]

  I am shooting for early to mid July release date.

 

[joose2]

Just fitted the 696 dark with Leo Vince GP style...what a change from stock

[rizduc]

Just fitted the 696 dark with Leo Vince GP style...what a change from stock

Hey I like the look!! How is the sound? Can you do a sound clip??  How much? Did you have to change anything else with the slip on??
tks in advance.