"Ducati Document Holder" under 696 seat?

[mstevens]

I saw a Ducati Document Holder (p/n 981004100) at the dealer in Montreal. They "didn't have a key" for their display 696 (Wednesday Thursday Friday?!?) so I couldn't check if it fit under the seat or not. My semi-local dealer can't order just one of these so I'd need to order online. I'd like to get one as a gift for my wife, but it would only be useful if it actually fit on her bike. Can anyone tell me if these will fit under a 696 seat?

[ducatiz]

use one of these:



about 5c each

[stopintime]

use one of these:



about 5c each

  that, as a gift, will make her happy....

[mstevens]

Yeah, ducatiz, the women in your life must be positively dripping with gratitude on their birthdays...

[ducatiz]

Yeah, ducatiz, the women in your life must be positively dripping with gratitude on their birthdays...

i don't buy my wife document holders.  her last birthday, she got a Miu Miu handbag.  Don't even make the beast with two backsing ask how much it cost.  This year, I pulled some favors from friends in Italy to get another one from this years collection which isn't even in the US yet.  I go to Reno or Vegas once a year and spend a week on the craps tables -- alone.  When I come home, Mrs Ducatiz gets a pair of shoes, and yes, the absurdly expensive ones that look like they should be $2 in leather and metal.  "Dripping" with gratitude is right.

[mstevens]

I don't know that it's useful to get in a pissing match over who gives his wife the nicest presents. However, the 696 was a gift a couple of years ago as was the BMW X3 she got for Valentine's Day this year. My wife's more of an Hermes girl when it comes to purses.

What I don't get is why you find it necessary or helpful to answer a fairly straightforward question about whether a particular Ducati accessory fit a particular Ducati bike by suggesting I give my wife a 5-cent packing slip envelope as a stocking stuffer.

[thought]

looking at the size and shape of it, i highly doubt it will fit without folding it in half... and even then it might be a stretch unless you take out the tool kit.  the space beneath the seat is ridiculously small, pop it open and you can see yourself.

if you're dead set on fitting on the bike, i know that if you get a 696 sargent seat has a under seat container option that might be able to fit that in.

also, offhand, i normally carry my documents in my jacket... leaving docs in the bike just never seemed like a good idea in the case of a off/theft etc etc.

[Howley]

What I don't get is why you find it necessary or helpful to answer a fairly straightforward question about whether a particular Ducati accessory fit a particular Ducati bike by suggesting I give my wife a 5-cent packing slip envelope as a stocking stuffer.

It's called humour. Maybe you've heard of it.

[Grrrly]

how about one of these, two pieces of velcro and maybe you can put a Ducati patch of your choice on it for her.  




though.. I'd just rock the packing slip envelope 

[ducatiz]

I don't know that it's useful to get in a pissing match over who gives his wife the nicest presents. However, the 696 was a gift a couple of years ago as was the BMW X3 she got for Valentine's Day this year. My wife's more of an Hermes girl when it comes to purses.

What I don't get is why you find it necessary or helpful to answer a fairly straightforward question about whether a particular Ducati accessory fit a particular Ducati bike by suggesting I give my wife a 5-cent packing slip envelope as a stocking stuffer.

i honestly wasn't trying to be flip!  i must have read your OP too fast, i thought you just wanted something to stick the docs in... honest!

now that i look again i see the bit about a gift.  i wouldn't have put that envelope up if i saw that.  but honestly, that's what i use.  seal them in and tear it off and throw it away for the next one whne i open it.

and then it got out of hand....  mea culpa

[Raux]

the area behind the tool kit where the seat bows up underneath is kinda big. I recently put a tire repair kit in that area for a trip.
So you have a bit more room than you think on the 696.

[mstevens]

It's called humour. Maybe you've heard of it.

Turns out that it wasn't.

[mstevens]

Guys, thanks for all the suggestions for how to carry documents.

As it turns out, I have no interest whatsoever in any such suggestions. The only thing I'm really interested in is whether a particular accessory fits a particular bike.

[xcaptainxbloodx]

these are flexible fabric pockets that can be rolled or folded to fit.

 I doubt they are waterproof, I would suggest storing this inside something waterproof should you live somewhere that water may be an issue. may I suggest;

[stopintime]

Maybe she won't even care about any lack of practicality.

Women are often able to overcome enormous amounts of pain and can be very creative finding practical solutions if an item fits their taste.

Get it, give it and let her decide what to use it for and where to put it.