Belly pan: Yeh/Neh

Started by CDawg, May 16, 2008, 01:03:48 PM

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CDawg

Help me decide!  On some days I love the look of a Monster with a belly pan, on other days, I prefer the Monster stripped down to bare essentials.
What do you prefer?  Pros/Cons of belly pan?

P.S. These pics are from Riding House and not my bike:


caffeinejunkee

Funny--I was thinking about the same thing today about my bike. :D

I really like the look of the pan. I say go fer it.  [thumbsup] <vroom> [moto] <vroom>

Slide Panda

I like 'em.  I had a full pan on my 620, the sort that would be track legal, and now one of the chin-fairings on my 900.  It covers up the looks of that god-awful looking header on the monsters.  I love the bikes, but that narsty looking pipe just hanging out there detracts a lot from the look IMO
-Throttle's on the right, so are the brakes.  Good luck.
- '00 M900S with all the farkles
- '08 KTM 690 StupidMoto
- '07 Triumph 675 Track bike.

Juan

One of mine before and after the belly pan..

I actually like it mor with it on..
with out.



with it.




El Matador

I like the monza belly pan, like the one Juan has, It looks badass... Anything bigger than that, I don't like...

JDS 07 S4Rs

Well Dawg,,, I think that depends on alot of things. I seen a S4RS with udder removed & a Termi Shortie clamped onto 2 straigth pipes. It looked odd the way the pipe from the front cylinder hung out there in the open,,,but  a Belly pan/Cowl may have smartened that up.

Actually,, I like them on most bikes.
2007 S4RS
2007 1098S Salvage Title (that's it. NO MORE BIKES)
02 GSXR 750 Trackbike - Ins Write/off
06 ZX636R Trackbike  - Ins Write-off (I couldnt help it, the price was right)
2003 BMW 1150R
2004 450 YZ
&,,, a few others :-)

Ohmic

Neh! A true Monster is a naked Monster. The less plastic/CF the better. IMO
'It's NOT a Harley... It's a Ducati!'

Bike#1: 2002 Ducati MH900e #1801
Bike#2: 2006 Ducati Monster S2R1000
Bike#3: 2006 Ducati Sport1000
Bike#4: 2008 Ducati HyperMotard 1100

stopintime

Juan's pictures are what did it for me [thumbsup] I'm getting one. Less naked yes, but it balances the visuals IMO.
252,000 km/seventeen years - loving it

rgramjet

Quote from: yuu on May 16, 2008, 01:12:36 PM
I like 'em.  I had a full pan on my 620, the sort that would be track legal, and now one of the chin-fairings on my 900.  It covers up the looks of that god-awful looking header on the monsters.  I love the bikes, but that narsty looking pipe just hanging out there detracts a lot from the look IMO

+1



Quote from: ducpainter on May 20, 2010, 02:11:47 PM
You're obviously a crack smokin' redneck carpenter. :-*

in 1st and 2nd it was like this; ringy-ting-ting-ting slow boring ho-hum .......oh!........OMG! What the fu.........HOLY SHIT !!--ARGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
-Sofadriver

What has been smelled, cannot be unsmelled!

Slide Panda

rgramjet has got what I had on my 620 and Juan has the chin fairing I mentioned for the 900.

The full pan really hides the headers - but it's bit of hassle since mine mounted using one of the rear set bolts.  So to chainge the oil, it meat pulling a rear set too.

The chin fairing needs off too, but that's just 4 allen bolts.  Easy peasy

-Throttle's on the right, so are the brakes.  Good luck.
- '00 M900S with all the farkles
- '08 KTM 690 StupidMoto
- '07 Triumph 675 Track bike.

COWBOY

The monza completes the bike imo.  one note of caution though.  If you get one and have a midpipe you will want to have some header tape on hand.  The new DP midpipe will touch the bellypan and you will smell smoke...from what i hear LOL.  Don't ask.  Header tape cleared that up.  Other than that it fits up very nicely.  I have the carbon one.



2005 S2R -- Mods installed: DP termi full racing kit, ST4 Forks, S4R rear shock, 999 Radial Brake and Clutch MCs, 4 pot Brembo Calipers, 320mm Snowflake rotors, SBK Quick change carrier, 43T rear sproket, Tomaselli Clip Ons, Cyclecat Frame Sliders, ASV Levers, zero indicators, Supernova taillight

scooby

What would ScoobyDoo?

mstevens

I'm with Ohmic. A Monster is a naked bike. It should have the minimum amount of plastic in the form of fairings, panels, etc.

If you need a belly pan for the track, then it belongs on the bike. If you don't need it for that purpose, you don't need it for any purpose.
2010 Ducati Multistrada 1200S Touring (Rosso Anniversary Ducati)
2009 Ducati Monster 696 (Giallo Ducati) - Sold
2005 Ducati Monster 620 (Rosso Anniversary Ducati) - Sold
2005 Vespa LX-150 (Rosso Dragone) - First Bike Ever

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rgramjet

Quote from: mstevens on May 16, 2008, 07:11:42 PM
I'm with Ohmic. A Monster is a naked bike. It should have the minimum amount of plastic in the form of fairings, panels, etc.

If you need a belly pan for the track, then it belongs on the bike. If you don't need it for that purpose, you don't need it for any purpose.

What if I like the way it looks Ms Tevens?    ;D
Quote from: ducpainter on May 20, 2010, 02:11:47 PM
You're obviously a crack smokin' redneck carpenter. :-*

in 1st and 2nd it was like this; ringy-ting-ting-ting slow boring ho-hum .......oh!........OMG! What the fu.........HOLY SHIT !!--ARGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
-Sofadriver

What has been smelled, cannot be unsmelled!

Goldeneye

I'm with Ohmic and Ms Stevens....

I like a Monster without the belly pan.

Clean and simple  [thumbsup]