Yellow Colour Therapy

[ducatiz]

what is the name of the color?  it looks like the "acid yellow" on the '05 S2Rs

[ManOrAstro-Man?]

The name as mstevens stated is Giallo (yellow in Italian).

Hey mstevens, congrats on the purchase. Did you end up paying the same amount I did (minus the tax of course)?

[ducatiz]

The name as mstevens stated is Giallo (yellow in Italian).

Ducati has used 4 different yellow tones since 2000.  I was wondering if this was one of the previous ones or a new one.  None of them are plain "yellow"..

The color name for the S2R is "Acid Yellow" or "Giallo dell'acido" in the owner's manual.

[ManOrAstro-Man?]

Didn't mean it to come out wrong. Just stating that mstevens mentioned the name of the color already.

I guess they went the simple route this time. Plain old yellow. If you wanted to order it, you just ask for Giallo.

[mstevens]

The name as mstevens stated is Giallo (yellow in Italian).

Hey mstevens, congrats on the purchase. Did you end up paying the same amount I did (minus the tax of course)?

They said $699. There may have been a ".95" tacked on the end. We'll call it $700.

I'm told they're on back-order, so we'll see how long it actually takes to show up. The parts guy (who's a Monster rider) initially recommended I just get my parts painted. (Well, actually the bike's parts. That came out sounding wrong.) He had some trouble believing when I told him I knew of a guy who'd gotten a set and sounded a bit excited when he called back to confirm the price.

We talked a bit about the colors. I actually sort of liked the orange, too, but he pointed out people would think I was a deranged KTM nut if I put orange panels on a Duc.

Yellow's a classic Ducati color (even if they've used 4 different versions. They've certainly used multiple reds and at least a couple of blacks). There's nothing wrong with my pearl white, but I wanted more color. Since my wife's bike is red, another red bike would be overkill even if it had a black frame.

Besides, yellow's the fastest color. Unfortunately, I doubt that means it will be fast to arrive from Italy.

[ManOrAstro-Man?]

Yeah, I think the orange would be my second choice.

I think Ducati did a poor job informing their dealers on this. Seems like the dealers have no clue when these kits were available. I had to ask 3 dealers before I ordered mine. It took ~ 3 weeks for mine to come in. I wouldn't doubt that it will take the same for your's. I doubt that they're on backorder.

[mstevens]

It took ~ 3 weeks for mine to come in. I wouldn't doubt that it will take the same for your's.

That would be a welcome surprise! My DP handlebar bag took a couple of months to arrive, IIRC.

[causeofkaos]

apparently different colors are priced differently. The "silver " skins they consider a platinum color and a bit more in price, I was going to replace my flat silver 1100 skins (stock ones f*cked from wreck) with that set saving me several hundred instead of the flat silver mine comes with.

[mstevens]

apparently different colors are priced differently. The "silver " skins they consider a platinum color and a bit more in price, I was going to replace my flat silver 1100 skins (stock ones f*cked from wreck) with that set saving me several hundred instead of the flat silver mine comes with.

Interesting that different colors are priced differently. I also thought it was noteworthy that none of the stock colors are available this way. Thus, as happened with you, if you damage plastics and want to replace them in a stock color you could end up spending more.

How much more were the silver?

[causeofkaos]

i want to say it was 100 or 150 more like 850 before tax ( your results may very )
like i said the parts guy said more of a Platinum than a Silver,
If i didnt have to spend 1000 on that digital display and it was only plastics damaged they would already be ordered.

[ducpainter]

I really want need a set of yellow plastics.

Any particular shade?

[mstevens]

Any particular shade?

It'll be interesting to see if the various panels are even the same color.

[ducpainter]

It'll be interesting to see if the various panels are even the same color.

Chances are that the kit comes from one vendor.

I bet they will.

[nateqwik]

It's a bit... busy. But the more I look at it, the more I like it. It's got sort of a Dia de los Muertos thing going on. Is that off-the-shelf? If so, who makes it?

That would be..... Icon. It's a new model for 2009. And it's called... Dia de los Muertos!

[pitbull03]

It's a bit... busy. But the more I look at it, the more I like it. It's got sort of a Dia de los Muertos thing going on. Is that off-the-shelf? If so, who makes it?

I have an affinity for crazy helmets and really like this lid.  If only one of the better helmet manufacturers made it.

It would go great with this bike
http://monster.ducatiusa.com/m1100sdealermonsterchallenge_pjsducati.php