Thought I'd start a new thread for when folks add a new mod to their Duc, a kind of before and after, spot the new bling thread.  So here goes:

Before:



After (ignore the panniers):


And the new bling is? 

clutch cover

Hold your calls, we have a winner    Thanks for playing 


Alright, who's next?  Muskrat?  You're the Bling King...   LYD, I know you're out there 

That clutch cover is really nice, I see you are keeping the silver theme going chez vous.

I may have just the bling you need for your cool Silversicle: a gently used silver Rizoma 25mm conical tapered aluminum bar, pre-drilled for the 04-06 MTS DS brake and clutch perch locating pins, with a silver Rizoma tall riser set (now discontinued), and a pair of silver Rizoma Sportline grips. I should also have the OE MTS-S black bar ends I used with that control setup around here somewhere, you would need that type with the conical bar. Or you could find silver ones.

This bar and riser set puts your hands at about the same height as the OE 22mm steel cylindrical bar, but closer together and with a little more backsweep. In other words, it puts your hands roughly where they would be on an 05-06 MTS S with its taller risers and flatter conical bar. Conical bars help damp vibration, and together with the increased backsweep, I found these a lot more comfortable to use than the stock.

I've got all these cherry take-offs bubble-wrapped to protect them from getting damaged in the garage, so I can't easily take pictures of them. I wasn't really planning to get a lot for them, I just didn't want to give them away when I traded in the '05 MTS for the '10 MTS 1200.  If you're interested in taking a look at them, PM me and we can work out a meet-up.

dammit I didn't see it before he did. 

Pinocchio, long winded today?   

Quote from: muskrat on March 08, 2013, 05:44:17 PM
dammit I didn't see it before he did. 

Pinocchio, long winded today?   

Hey, I minored in English! I was taught to write letters, not messages full of bull$#!t abbreviations. 

See, I can get "pithy" when I want to!

Hmm..it's been about a decade.  Should've taken a new clutch cover pic.  


Btw..the only factory color that bike looks good in!

Sure looks good Lisa.   

Quote from: Pinocchio on March 08, 2013, 06:18:45 PM
Hey, I minored in English! I was taught to write letters, not messages full of bull$#!t abbreviations. 

See, I can get "pithy" when I want to!

Need not apply such sarcasm.  I write fragments to give people like you high blood pressure

Quote from: muskrat on March 08, 2013, 09:56:48 PM
.... I write fragments to give people like you high blood pressure

So that's the reason!  My doc will be happy to know I've located the cause for my occasional meteoric rise in blood pressure 

Quote from: IZ on March 08, 2013, 09:12:42 PM
Hmm..it's been about a decade.  Should've taken a new clutch cover pic.  


Btw..the only factory color that bike looks good in!

Thanks, I agree with the color bit.  Would not have bought it otherwise.  And... well, honestly, I like the Terblanche bikes.  

There.  I said it.  (I also like Karmann Ghias...)

Quote from: muskrat on March 08, 2013, 09:56:48 PM
Need not apply such sarcasm.  I write fragments to give people like you high blood pressure

It's ok, I always take an ACE inhibitor before I read your posts to prevent apoplexy.

I realize I tend to wax rhapsodic over motorcycle fettling and farkling.

Lisa, PM sent.

Funny..all you newbs don't know about the clutch cover pic

Well... where is it then?   

Quote from: Cher on March 09, 2013, 04:55:54 AM
Thanks, I agree with the color bit.  Would not have bought it otherwise.  And... well, honestly, I like the Terblanche bikes.  

There.  I said it.  (I also like Karmann Ghias...)

You are not alone, my friend. 

I'm very curious to see what he comes up with at his new gig with Confederate....