696 rebuild - on the road & stage 2

[greenmonster]

Just sayin, again,
I do like the red subframe:





Lets see more of that!

[Raux]

Thanks

here's the latest pic



light is moving back 2"

still working on an exhaust (near the front wheel)

building a bracket for the regulator.

not sure about the grab handles. could only use 2 of 3 bolts but have an idea for the third. just not sure i want them now. they aren't has high as i thought in the back and really dont lend to knowing where the back of the seat is for the passenger like say the old ss tails/grabrail

My pearl white skins aren't in too bad of shape so i'll have this silver 80's look and the pearl white look when i want

and contemplating using the long tail. tired of swampbutt from rain, but we'll see.

[stopintime]

I saw the (new?) Corse body work on a red framed 696 today.....

You know I'm not a huge new-style-Monster fan, but OMG that almost made me change my mind then and there.

[Veloce-Fino]

I saw the (new?) Corse body work on a red framed 696 today.....

You know I'm not a huge new-style-Monster fan, but OMG that almost made me change my mind then and there.

I make the beast with two backsING LOVE that new corse bodywork... IMHO it looks better on a black frame but I will be getting it in the near future. I believe it's ~$800 for the complete set.


Raux, bike it looking pure sex! keep it up

[Raux]

  THink i'm losing my shop support. back to the garage soon.

engine mods may take longer now.

[ungeheuer]

What? They're asking you to..... vacate??   How bloody ungrateful !!

Seems like now's the time to remind 'em that they'd more than likely be speaking Russian and still tripping over rubble if not for the benevolence of Allied forces....   .

[Raux]

yeah well. i'm kinda rushing (russian?) to get it running.

it's back together but not the final way.

test ride tomorrow.

[IZ]

Thanks

here's the latest pic



light is moving back 2"

still working on an exhaust (near the front wheel)

building a bracket for the regulator.

not sure about the grab handles. could only use 2 of 3 bolts but have an idea for the third. just not sure i want them now. they aren't has high as i thought in the back and really dont lend to knowing where the back of the seat is for the passenger like say the old ss tails/grabrail

My pearl white skins aren't in too bad of shape so i'll have this silver 80's look and the pearl white look when i want

and contemplating using the long tail. tired of swampbutt from rain, but we'll see.

Oh yeah..red subframe with the tank silver/red!!  NICE!!

[Raux]

well i took her out today.

couple of hundred km's

need to sort out the suspension. loves long sweepy roads, not bumpy city

DP ECU + freeflow filter + 15t sprocket... OMG this combo has some speed. not as jumpy as the 14t but i find myself going faster due to thinking i'm not going fast with the lower RPM's. kept thinking my speedo was wrong.
180kph was a breeze. probably hit more, but was dark and was looking far down the road not at speedo.
EDIT: oh and the electron throttle cam.. wow, talk about short throttle turns. easier on the wrist for sure. even with bars, i found the long twist of the throttle left my wrist hurting (could be Carpal tunnel) but even with the clipons, the short twist left my wrist at a good angle for riding. no pain after.

have my headlight wired wrong, highbeam is on as the low beam. need to sort that out soon.

had to use my stock exhausts for now. had no issue with the combo. i'll pull the plugs next week to check if running well. but didnt smell too rich and had some real power. maybe the extra backpressure was good for it.

pics coming tomorrow. got home after dark and was wiped. a year not riding, and throwing out 200+km's today with new riding position was exhausting.

Of course this is not the end of the thread. have tons of changes. I needed to get it running to 1-get a ride in before summer was over. 2-win the bet on this thread 3=wasn't sure i would have shop support anymore.

[00Kevin]

Man, that sub frame really is the cat's (_l_) !! Can't wait to see what the head light looks like with that 2" taken back, although I am a fan of the original headlight (minority maybe). Glad you're finally back on the road!  [moto]

[Raux]

Man, that sub frame really is the cat's (_l_) !! Can't wait to see what the head light looks like with that 2" taken back, although I am a fan of the original headlight (minority maybe). Glad you're finally back on the road!  [moto]

got lazy and impatient. left the headlight in place. but will do the change when i fix the hi/lo beam screwup.

thanks on the frame. yeah it was probably my #1 thing I wanted to do. A red frame with red subframe smoothed out.
Still don't understand, other than costs, why Ducati doesn't do this even for the black. it's sooo much nicer.

[stopintime]

I can see your smile, even if I am thousands of miles away [moto]

From now on every work hour goes into improving it, no more of the waiting torture now.

I'm looking forward to the rest

[ngk12]

Glad to hear youre back out riding again...congrats

[Raux]

[theprocess]

Nice work!  Looks great!