696 Passenger Grab Rails

[Raux]

my wife varies based on the riding conditions. twisties holds on me. autobahn the rails would work. plus they give her a reference for the back of the seat that you don't get with the bike now.

[M1100]

Give us a report and throw up some pics when they get in.  My wife decided against them but I might still get them and show her the light.

[M1100]

Raux,

do you think these will work with a tail tidy moving the signals?

[Raux]

not sure, it probably mounts at the end of the subframe and not on the steel plate so i think it might be in front or above the signals. when i get it i will know

[M1100]

Thanks, throw up some pics for me when you do (since I got you the part number and all  )   

hahahaha.  I want to order them but I want to be sure that they work!

[Raux]

 

796 grab rails don't work with R&G Short tail. the turn signals hit them

[M1100]

Dang!  This is the Evotech but same idea.  Oh well, no worries.   

[asherrick]

I tried to sell my wife on the grab rails, but she said she wouldn't like the position of the rails (too low and too far back).  In an attempt to re-convince her we sat on a Aprilia Shiver that has grab rails and her theory panned out.  So, I ended up getting a Triboseat seat covering and it works like a charm.  It's super-grippy, very inexpensive, and hides under the cowl cover when riding monoposto.  Check out my thread below.

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=40455.0

[dankatz]

So, did you figure it out? Did the 796 grab rails fit the 696 after all? Any pics? Am curious...

[Raux]

the 796 grab rails have three mounting holes. the 696 only has accomodations for the front two. the third would be at the rear of the subframe.

I suspect the newer 696 and 1100 will get the new subframe with the 3 holes.

with a stock tail, it would  mount, but not be as strong a mounting as on a 796.

with the R&G tail tidy, it does not mount as it hits the turnsignal location.

[dankatz]

Thanks for the information. I'll know not to buy them.

[Kev M]

BUMPING OLD THREAD.

Does anyone have pics of the accessory grab rails installed on a 696 or other Monster.

I'm specifically wondering if they might make a good anchor point to strap things to the back seat for touring???

I tried looking at the webbikeworld link earlier in this thread but if one of the pics showed them I'm too dumb or blind to figure that out and see how they are mounted.

Thoughts?

Thanks in advance guys.

[wannabfast]

WOAH... that's not a battery charger under the seat in the tool tray.. that's the Ducati DDA computer data outlet. It hooks up to a special USB device.

well it does both... there is a 12v wire going to the battery from that plug too, similar to the obd2 port on all new vehicles

[dankatz]

http://0.tqn.com/d/motorcycles/1/0/b/8/0/-/2011_ducati_monster_796_grab_rails.jpg

[Kev M]

http://0.tqn.com/d/motorcycles/1/0/b/8/0/-/2011_ducati_monster_796_grab_rails.jpg

Thanks!!!

Looks like it would be a perfect place to run a couple of nylon straps for a big seat bag for overnights.