Update: looks like I will not be actually chopping the tail. Went looking for tail kits, and found the ducati performance carbon fiber short tail...no sawzall required. Just ordered it! 

http://www.advancedmotorsports.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=96949002B

I am in for a chop clinic, could also do it in my garage, got tools, bench etc and room for 4 or 5 bikes, in Pacifica and Ace Hardware bottom of road just in case.

Quote from: GiorgioFurioso on March 04, 2010, 12:51:03 PM
Update: looks like I will not be actually chopping the tail. Went looking for tail kits, and found the ducati performance carbon fiber short tail...no sawzall required. Just ordered it! 

http://www.advancedmotorsports.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=96949002B

that's my old kit....i could have given you a smokin' deal on it.  PM me if you're game to return that sucker and get one used for 1/2 the price.

PM sent!

this thread reminds me of an old t-shirt idea:

Quote from: enzo on March 06, 2010, 05:35:50 PM
this thread reminds me of an old t-shirt idea:

I loved that tee-shirt idea. It had all the right elements:

motorsports + Absurdity + Sexism + = internet gold mine!

Although it does need to lose the reference to TOB...

Enzo and I need to make some of those shirts. 

One quirk here...in the past, I've been a big advocate of tail chops and of integrated LED boards, which put the turn signals in the same place as the tail & brake lights. They look awesome...but after replacing the second Clear Alternatives LED integrator in 3 months, I'm a bit down on LEDs in general, ans on Clear Alternatives in particular. So stay away from 'em, but by all means do the tail chop!

+ eleventy billion on the clear alternatives brake/running//turn signal light solution.

no connection (pun not intended) with this group, other than the founder is a norcal doc club member.  have seen this product in the development stages, and a production unit installed and working ... super high quality.
http://www.vizi-tec.com/products/ducati_supanova.html

Quote from: desmoquattro on March 07, 2010, 07:29:12 PM
One quirk here...in the past, I've been a big advocate of tail chops and of integrated LED boards, which put the turn signals in the same place as the tail & brake lights. They look awesome...but after replacing the second Clear Alternatives LED integrator in 3 months, I'm a bit down on LEDs in general, ans on Clear Alternatives in particular. So stay away from 'em, but by all means do the tail chop!

Quote from: johnc on March 08, 2010, 08:01:33 AM
+ eleventy billion on the clear alternatives brake/running//turn signal light solution.

no connection (pun not intended) with this group, other than the founder is a norcal doc club member.  have seen this product in the development stages, and a production unit installed and working ... super high quality.
http://www.vizi-tec.com/products/ducati_supanova.html

A nice product, but a bit spendy. Worth it if you're going to keep it for a few years.

Quote from: desmoquattro on March 08, 2010, 08:07:34 AM
A nice product, but a bit spendy. Worth it if you're going to keep it for a few years.

yup ... but really can't compare the vizi-tec and clear alternatives products ... you get a LOT more "stuff" with the vizi-tec product, and as you point out, it's engineered to last for years.

aw crap. i just bought this a few weeks ago. so far so good (fingers crossed).

http://tinyurl.com/yeqrwdz

Quote from: sidm on March 08, 2010, 09:12:21 AM
aw crap. i just bought this a few weeks ago. so far so good (fingers crossed).

http://tinyurl.com/yeqrwdz

Let us know how well it works. The LED board on the ClearAlternatives seems to be cheaply put together, and is at a similar price point. But this one may be better.

I've never quite understood why everyone replaces their tail light with integrated signals.  You can't see the signals anyway on those things anyway, they're still illegal and everyone seems to struggle with getting them to work right, so why bother?  Just get rid of your turn signals completely.  

Quote from: Spidey on March 08, 2010, 09:21:41 AM
I've never quite understood why everyone replaces their tail light with integrated signals.  You can't see the signals anyway on those things anyway, they're still illegal and everyone seems to struggle with getting them to work right, so why bother?  Just get rid of your turn signals completely.  

  - at $25 a pop, those fixit tickets add up.

Besides, I like the butt end of my monster just as it is, the way Galluzzi intended.  Beer tray, tail light plus turn signals.