BEST Tail chop kit... (show me). (Also the movie "Christine")

[herm]

You can't go wrong it that, it is the fastest color on a Ducati 

you meant to say matte black of course....

[Ducatiloo]

you meant to say matte black of course....

Of course the extra reflection of light makes glossy black a hair slower.   

[DucHead]

matte surface = rough = resistance = slowest.

Everyone knows there is only one color for a Ducati.      

MsTek - there is a high-temp powdercoat for exhaust systems.  I believe both this and ceramic coating have been discussed on the board. 

Be careful with powdercoating the forks.  The thickness of the powdercoat makes fitment difficult (there's a thread on that too).

[corey]

forks = hard anodize black.
dont powdercoat them, it will crush in the triple clamps and your forks will end up rocking you in the face one day when you hit a pothole.

[MsTek]

http://www.motostrano.com/ridubeco.html  <-- want but in black.

*sigh*  SO if  annodize the forks then I'd have to to the same to the swing arm to match all the blacks?  This is my concern-  The blacks must match.

Meh.. perhaps I should ride my bike out to someone in fall and show them my drawing and specs, then come back in bring and bring her back.  I KNOW what I want it to look like!! =D

[stopintime]

The Rizoma belt covers are offered in black too. (but I still think stock black plastic actually looks better )(or maybe carbon fiber)

Mixing different black finishes isn't such a bad idea - our bikes "should" look a little mix matched - on of the trade marks of a Monster is the rough and unfinished look, IMO. When it would be wrong to mix match, is if you had everything powder coated and only one item anodized - that would look weird. The right way to mix match is to make it look random (IMO).

You really caught the mod virus fast 

[MsTek]

^^  Lol.. not really.  But I know in my mind eye how she should look. I wish I had the talent in illustrator to do it.  There aren't that many changes-  just expensive ones (swingarm, forks, and exhaust).  The rest are easy/cheap in comparison.

*sigh*

[Goat_Herder]

matte surface = rough = resistance = slowest.

Everyone knows there is only one color for a Ducati.      

MsTek - there is a high-temp powdercoat for exhaust systems.  I believe both this and ceramic coating have been discussed on the board. 

Be careful with powdercoating the forks.  The thickness of the powdercoat makes fitment difficult (there's a thread on that too).

Yes, Ducati is recongizable to the outsiders by one color.  But we all know that YELLOW is the fastest color in Ducati

[psycledelic]

http://www.motostrano.com/ridubeco.html  <-- want but in black.

*sigh*  SO if  annodize the forks then I'd have to to the same to the swing arm to match all the blacks?  This is my concern-  The blacks must match.

Meh.. perhaps I should ride my bike out to someone in fall and show them my drawing and specs, then come back in bring and bring her back.  I KNOW what I want it to look like!! =D

I have read some bad things about trying to annodize the swingarm.  I don't think the process bonds will with the cast swingarm.  I might be wrong, but it would be worth looking into beforehand. 

As far as tail chop kits.  I used the TPO kit.  It was only about $60 bucks and was easy to install.  It has mounting holes for a tag light.  I bought a $13(I think) Shock Racing LED tag light from monsterparts.com.   I also used the Clear Alternative integrated signal / brakelight.  Cleaned the ass end up nicely and wasn't super expensive.


Chopping this much will eliminate all chances of mounting bags. 
I know that the Ducati Performance bag (that mounts on the opposite side of the exhaust) needs the frame in tact past the second set of mounts that run accross the frame.  Past the brake light.  The rack mounts there and on the left side passenger footpeg. 

[MsTek]

So the problem once again is the forks since I am getting a big 'OH HELL NO!  BAD IDEA' with that.

How do we get the blacks to match.  The puzzle continues!

[psycledelic]

I would have to guess that a powdercoated swingarm and vinyl wrap on the forks would be the closest.  Still not perfect though. 

[DucHead]

I would have to guess that a powdercoated swingarm and vinyl wrap on the forks would be the closest.  Still not perfect though. 

+1  This is your answer.  My forks are hard-anodized and they look great, but if I were to do it over again, I'd seriously consider vinyl wrapping them. 

[Celli]

+1  This is your answer.  My forks are hard-anodized and they look great, but if I were to do it over again, I'd seriously consider vinyl wrapping them. 

+1

[MsTek]

I have no idea where I would get the vinyl stuff done.

[red baron]

Any sign shop can do this nowadays.


In regards to mileage, I soley ride in the socal canyons, and my light never comes on before 125-130. I'm running a full Termi setup with ECU.

I'd have that 800 looked at.