Midpipes - Spark, Marving or others - pros and cons? S2R800 '07

[COWBOY]

Spark from MonsterParts paid, shipped + local VAT 25% comes to about $500. My dealer wants $940 for the DP pipes. Now, THAT'S a no brainer IMO.
I will close my eyes for possible "sloppy welds etc" and hope for the best.

LOL.  Funny what the exchange rate does.  For us here in the US the Spark from desmoworld costs approx 540.00 USD shipped.  The DP pipe was 400 USD installed for me.  That's about the same as the Marving pipe Jeff has listed on his site.

FWIW, I didn't see the Spark pipe listed on his site. Does he also sell the Spark pipe as a special order or unlisted item?

As far as the Spark welds.  The original ones were so good it was like artwork.  The ones I saw on TOB weren't as good but still nice.  Either way it should run the same and who the hell is on their belly inspecting that anyway?!?

Enjoy the ride.

[stopintime]

Jeff had it in stock. I got the impression it wasn't a special order.

[aa4111]

I thought you could only get spark products from desmoworld too.... just looked at jeff's site... there is this exact pipe and nothing else from spark listed.... hmm.

[psycledelic]

I have had Zards and my current set up, Ducati Performance mid pipe and Termignoni race slip ons.

I like the Ducati Performance midpipe.  It doesn't reuse any of the stock exhaust like a lot of other mid pipes do.
Ducati part number 979A00108

I agree the DP midpipes look great.

[monsterduc]

Do you need to remove that midpipe to do a proper oil change? If so, i would say that is a 'con'. I like that pipes' esthetics.

On those pipes (the DP midpipe on Heath's bike - I'll call them DP midpipe version 2.0), Ducati fixed the oil drain plug clearance problem on the DP midpipe version 1.0. 

The oil drain plug is on the bottom of the engine just left of center.  The midpipe on Heath's bike doesn't appear to even go under the engine at all.  I would venture to say that there are no "oil change" issues like on my (version 1.0) midpipe.  I should have waited.   

You can see in this pic of my bike a couple of differences.
1)  midpipe 1.0 uses the stock exhaust flange from the horizontal cylinder, unlike version 2.0
2)  midpipe 1.0 goes on the left side of the oil filter, under then back across the bottom of the engine.  This route blocks the oil drain plug.

[psycledelic]

And as I am learning, they have created a belly pan problem.  Problem for me at least.  I am about to take a coping saw to a very expensive piece of carbon. 

[stopintime]

Sparks are on the bike 

Wow, what a difference - I didn't expect much since I heard a friends bike with the DP pipes. My impression is that the Sparks are quite a bit louder and much more aggressive. I did it mostly for the looks, but the sound improvement is amazing. The fit was perfect and straight forward, no issues except that the small forward header piece doesn't look to good after the first few hours ride - spotted. I will try to polish it and see how it might change after a few longer rides.

A good mod day today