Picked up my 696 on Friday. I love it so far. Good complement to my 996S.

Here's a few pics. I tried to take some different than the typical pics:









Yesterday I removed the plastic shroud over the top of the front cylinder head. Looks much better with the front cylinder exposed. I'll add some pics of that once I have Termis on it.

Cheers,
Owen

Nice pics 

Quick question. I finally managed to see one in person last week at the local dealer. I noticed that there was a plastic part that drapes over the top half of the emissions cannister. Is this the "plastic shroud" you mentioned.

Removing the emissions can is very common but I think it would look strange with the shroud still there.

Just curious.

Congrats on the new bike 

Quote from: ducturd on June 02, 2008, 02:32:03 PM

Yesterday I removed the plastic shroud over the top of the front cylinder head. Looks much better with the front cylinder exposed. I'll add some pics of that once I have Termis on it.

Great photos!

Don't wait for the Termis to show us the bike without the shroud

Quote from: SKOM on June 02, 2008, 02:39:03 PM
Quick question. I finally managed to see one in person last week at the local dealer. I noticed that there was a plastic part that drapes over the top half of the emissions cannister. Is this the "plastic shroud" you mentioned.

Removing the emissions can is very common but I think it would look strange with the shroud still there.

I was wondering the same thing when I saw one at the dealer.
Nice pics! Keep 'em coming

More, more, more! 

Quote from: SKOM on June 02, 2008, 02:39:03 PM
Nice pics 

Quick question. I finally managed to see one in person last week at the local dealer. I noticed that there was a plastic part that drapes over the top half of the emissions cannister. Is this the "plastic shroud" you mentioned.

Removing the emissions can is very common but I think it would look strange with the shroud still there.

Just curious.

Congrats on the new bike 

Thanks!

Yes. That's the plastic shroud I removed. The emissions can is gone too. It was a pretty simple operation. Only tricky part was that I had to remount the horn and "voltage rectifier." I didn't spend too much time on it as I was excited to see what it would look like when done. There are some fairly exposed wiring harnesses under there that I wire tied a section of inner tube around. Kinda hackish, but seems functional. Eventually, I'd like to cut a plastic bit to shield instead.

 

Ah! The emissions nonsense.

I removed that from my 620 in California. Fortunately, we don't get that in the UK.

I'd thought you'd done something with the airbox shroud.

Nice, lets see some more shots 

Nice pictures, thanks for sharing.

 Can you give a quick description on how to remove that canister?

Post some more pics man.

I need to see what it looks like with the aftermarket cans on there and the strange space shuttle looking stock cans removed. 

Quote from: Stangman on June 02, 2008, 06:28:51 PM
Post some more pics man.

I need to see what it looks like with the aftermarket cans on there and the strange space shuttle looking stock cans removed. 

Go to the DucSea site.  THey've got the dark with the termi cans.  Looks good.

Quote from: IZ on June 02, 2008, 06:45:36 PM
Go to the DucSea site.  THey've got the dark with the termi cans.  Looks good.

Could you be more specific?  I don't see it anywhere...

Here's some garage shots of the uncovered cylinder head:









And a rear brake shot: