I went to the ducati dealership today. i was looking to get a Termignoni carbon slip on exaust system for my 696.

the guys there told me to go with the titanium instead of the carbon fiber one. now i figured they were pushing the titanium one since its about $400 more. but they said they had a few titanium ones in stock and they would give me a good deal on them. only about $75 more than the carbon ones.

now the two main reasons i was leaning towards the carbon one is because i like the carbon look (the titanium ones look basically like the stock ones with a termignoni sticker on it) & it dissipates the heat the best.

the guys at the dealership said that they would stay away from the carbon fiber exaust because in about a year they will start fading, cracking, and start looking like sh*t. they said guys come in all the time with a year old bike, and the bike looks brand new while their carbon exaust pipes look old and nasty...

any opinions which one i should get? are these guys right for the most part?

Get what You want. 

Quote from: kopfjager on August 26, 2008, 08:34:10 PM
Get what You want. 

seriously. If carbon fiber went bad in a year, you dont think there would be a public outcry on it.

Quote from: He Man on August 26, 2008, 08:36:46 PM
seriously. If carbon fiber went bad in a year, you dont think there would be a public outcry on it.

yeah honestly, i have never hears anyone say this before. that is why i was wanting some other opinions. why do you think they were steering me away from the carbon exausts?

I don't know about the 696 but the slip ons for the 1098 had cats in the titanium versions and none in the carbon.  So, the dealers had plenty of titanium versions since nobody wanted them.

Because they had Ti in stock.

what they are saying about carbon is grossly inaccurate, you could also polish the Ti for a third aesthetic option...

if carbon went bad would they be making airplanes from it? It stays pretty as long as its high quality and you take care of it.

so for basically the same price, are you guys saying you'd get the carbon.

yep

I don't really like the look of carbon but I'd get that version because of the heat thing.  Too many times have kids walked up to my bike and put their hand on the can before I could scare the sheite out of them.  You can always have the CF refinished (better!) down the road and I doubt it would cost much more than the $75 diff.  My experience with the finish on DP/Termi CF corraborates the dealer's statement in that it's not the best but I wouldn't say it'll look like cr@p in a year's time.

I vote CF, it sounds better too. The Ti systems I've heard never have the lower tones. The cf bellows like an angry bull. See my sig line. 

just a thought. the TI cans are emissions legal. The Stainless steel and CF cans  are race only. So if your state (country) checks that. get the TI cans.

ALSO, tell me which dealer. I would rather have the TI cans since I want to go to Europe and need the emissions legal.. for the price of the CF 

Quote from: mrplease on August 26, 2008, 08:50:27 PM
so for basically the same price, are you guys saying you'd get the carbon.

Forget "for basically the same price", I'd be willing to pay a fair amount more for the carbon fiber.

Quote from: c_rex on August 26, 2008, 09:04:59 PM
I don't really like the look of carbon but I'd get that version because of the heat thing.  Too many times have kids walked up to my bike and put their hand on the can before I could scare the sheite out of them.  You can always have the CF refinished (better!) down the road and I doubt it would cost much more than the $75 diff.  My experience with the finish on DP/Termi CF corraborates the dealer's statement in that it's not the best but I wouldn't say it'll look like cr@p in a year's time.

+1
I have the CF cans on my 696...I can jump off, and grab them if I wanted, only the tips get hot.