I finally finished it.... Refresh of my S2R800

Charlief · March 28, 2010, 07:44:23 AM

It all started when I got a shiney new tank from Ducati late last year. I decided that the rest of the bike looked a little rough. Being five years old and about 12k on the clock it was time for upgrades and a good cleaning.

I got some adjustable showas off eBay to upgrade the front end. I had Eric, from Clubhouse Motorsports, rebuild the forks with racetech goodness.

Nate (Ducpainter) refreshed my plastics to like new condition

I had the fork tubes, ride height adjuster, heel guards, ohlins stabilizer brackets, Rear brake carrier, and the bar risers all black hardcoat anodized.

I took the triples and ground down all the casting burrs. Then had them along with rear sprocket carrier and belt covers powder coated pumpkin. The color match to the tangerine on the bike is almost an exact match. I also pimped out my grill

I took the rear swing arm apart and had it pc'ed black. Looks great !

I put new head bearings in... New tires.... And some new bars and barends

The exhaust is stock with a dp midpipe. The cans are cored and then ceramic coated. I took the guard off the top can and the bolt holes tigged and ground smooth. You would never guess there were holes there.... Seamless and smooth.

Because I run with twin lights and the fairing... I made this abs piece to fit behind the fairing. Without it the gap showed all the wiring behind the lights. This piece made it look cleaner.

Posted pics are in no particular order.

my build partner

I do want to thank a few people. Without their help I don't think I could done this project

Gage(Stefan) for giving the extra hand when needed.

Monstermash (Tom) for the axle and advice on rear swingarm

Heman (Kui) fir the quick answers to my questions.

Eric at Clubhouse Motorsports.

Nate ( ducpainter) for the great job on the plastics.

And my wife Jill. She just understands the need for a guy to tinker.

Heath · March 28, 2010, 08:01:14 AM

Very nice, way to make it your own.

booger · March 28, 2010, 08:08:03 AM

I really like what you've done. Are the mufflers fully or partially cored? I like the heat shield deletion, nice work there. That's a hot bike. Dog is cute.
I'm thinking though now you might want to look at lowering the headlight, just seems like a huge amount of space between the light and the front fender. Also, the side engine cases and rearsets would look good PCed black. Maybe chop the cans a couple? Your work is giving me ideas for my own, thanks

DucatiTorrey · March 28, 2010, 08:46:32 AM

thats a supertone horn right? very nice work sir, i like the dual lights and fairing look too

erichan8757 · March 28, 2010, 08:53:33 AM

looks great, !!!

DucatiSTi · March 28, 2010, 09:23:29 AM

looks WICKED!!

ute · March 28, 2010, 01:46:46 PM

nice job ...looks great with the dual lights

ungeheuer · March 28, 2010, 02:21:23 PM

Looks great, I especially like the exhaust cans

jim_0068 · March 28, 2010, 02:40:32 PM

Looks awesome, question: I see you have risers on your bike; did you need them with the new monster adjustable forks or was it just something you wanted to do? Also what monster forks did u use?

Thanks and again, awesome work

Charlief · March 28, 2010, 02:49:29 PM

Quote from: DucatiTorrey on March 28, 2010, 08:46:32 AM
thats a supertone horn right? very nice work sir, i like the dual lights and fairing look too

The horns are Hella super tones. One under the lights ad the other located in the stock location. They are VERY loud and annoying.

Quote from: jim_0068 on March 28, 2010, 02:40:32 PM
Looks awesome, question: I see you have risers on your bike; did you need them with the new monster adjustable forks or was it just something you wanted to do? Also what monster forks did u use?

Thanks and again, awesome work

The risers are needed cuz I'm old! It's just a comfort issue for me. The forks were off a S2R100

DucatiTorrey · March 28, 2010, 04:44:57 PM

QUESTION! are those m3 bars? or at least the same company? how did you get them black. they told me they can be Powdercoated.

Uncle Mofo · March 28, 2010, 05:52:44 PM

Very Nice

Charlief · March 28, 2010, 06:44:24 PM

Quote from: DucatiTorrey on March 28, 2010, 04:44:57 PM
QUESTION! are those m3 bars? or at least the same company? how did you get them black. they told me they can be Powdercoated.

suburban machinery bars. I had the bars powdercoated .

corey · March 28, 2010, 06:55:59 PM

Charlie the bike looks the tits man, truly impressive!
Those weren't my cans were they? I can't imagine you got that all done so quick!

Charlief · March 28, 2010, 06:59:03 PM

Quote from: corey on March 28, 2010, 06:55:59 PM
Charlie the bike looks the tits man, truly impressive!
Those weren't my cans were they? I can't imagine you got that all done so quick!

not your cans. Yours will be cut up very soon for a little project Im going to try and use one on my SV track bike

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