Bling is okay, i have no problem with it whatsoever.

Mr_S, can you produce a list of people who have been done for this offence?

My spare set of standard cans cost me £46. Hardly a problem to swap them over if needed. I've just spotted a pair of standard 748 cans on Ebay, 2 days to run, no reserve, currently at £2.20.

I dont think coring them will get you into that kind of trouble anyhow. The stamp was on the can before they were modified so you are not attempting to pervert anything. Add on stickers or engraving after the mods most certainly are very bad things. If you change the cans for termis then you have changed how the bike was type approved without getting it re tested hence that must be a similar offence. Ditto braided lines, funny disks, callipers, rear shocks etc. All of them change the bike from how it was when Ducati had it homolgated for road use.

[Edited on 26-2-2005 by rockhopper]

Nope, nor do I know, in 20 years riding, a single person who's been done for a "not for road use" can either.

I have been done on a not for road use, and a black visor and a small rear number plate,

and a mate who was with me got done as well by the same copper

But it was OK for him to wear Raybans........
pass the can of worms !!
cost me £180 fine (Welsh coppers)

Geoff M

bang head brick wall against .does anyone understand what my mod consists of .i ...have....the...option.....of.....a.....removable ....baffle...when inside the can it acts very similar to the standard baffle . so if you did get pulled by the old bill the chances of gettin nicked are slim & the chances of him gettin a tool box out stripin ya can & check the baffle or compare it to standard termi inners is what (mr_s) same goes for mot time oh & while i remember lets not forget to **** baines racing for bu**ering cans . startin to think 1 of 3 things (1) someone is very sad (2)its a bit of a wind up(3)theyve got a bit of a thing about coppers (u wear the cuffs tonight luv ) may never find out:frog::lol::lol::lol:

Put your handbags down and step away from the keyboard!

Sheesh, this one is spiralling a bit ....

Tony H - well done to you for what you've done, I don't have your mechanical/engineering ability so I can't do those things.

Are we done yet? Move on, nothing to see here ..

last thing, if tony h came to a ride out on his modified exhaust ducati, would all you snobs talk to him or blank him because of what he has done. So easy to rip the s**t out of someone sitting behind a keyboard.
I cannot for the life of me understand why some of you had a dig at him. If the feds stop him will it affect you? no it f in wouldnt. this is the one thing that pi**es me off.

tony h, termi stickers for sale on ebay, buy now and you get lots of friends free....

Adam,

Any beer in your fridge ???

If so, go have one ..... log back in in the morning ..... ;)

just run out of the guiness, will tea work?

hot chocolate with a shot of brandy in will ......

:lol:
just been out and sat in the pond to coooolll down.

Coffee and a double Bailey's?

Coffee and a double whiskey?

Coffee and a double cointreau?

steady on there adam, thanks for the support but to be honest i,m bored with this thread .i got a bit revd up but hey its only opinions. i.m a big boy now & i.m sure theres gonna be another time i ruffle some feathers, no ill feeling to anyone :eureka:now then hacksaw ,welder & subframe Mmmm just might work:lol:

Done this mod a few times now with good results. I have since sold the bikes with the cans on and although you end up with cans that are marked for road use mine were actually on race/track bikes Old Yella has my old 748 that had the recored 916 cans and were on the bike when I raced it at Silverstone last October and the other cans that were recored were 996 ones that are slightlt longer than the 916 ones and will be found blasting around Pembrey tomorrow with Senna3 as they are on the 916 Strada he now owns. They sound every bit as good as my Carbon Termis and are far more robust when it comes to crashing. Yes they are heavier but not as heavy as they were originally all in all its a worth while conversion. I know have another set I am thinking of getting done this time the alloy sleeves have been stove enameled black.
As they say you pay your money and take your choice or in this case you don't pay your money.
Is it just me that likes to have my bikes crashable, in that I'm not to worried about damaging my bike, anybody that knows my 916 will know what I mean.

Kev

No comment on the attitude of some posters, I dont think I need to, just comments on the can modifications and a ramble.

Got carbon termi's with the 998 when I bought it, but last year in North Yorkshire if you were spotted with carbon exhausts, whether legal or not you were pulled and checked, VRN'd or fined and yes they were there with the DoT man with a noise meter parked outside the police station in Sherburn on more than one occasion.
Once you were pulled then the visor was brought into it and the little number plate and you ended up with a big fine, or if all three were found to be illegal then court, instead of just a VRN or a £30 fine.
For that reason I sold the Carbon cans to go covert, bought Titanium Termi's for what I got for the carbon ones so no outlay and they looked near standard when on fly by with the throttle shut in top gear ;)
If I was spotted then PC.Plod would not have the same reason/inclination to stop me over a carbon canned rider and I did not get stopped once last year in over 4000miles.

I have now decided that the carbon 'looks' better then Ti and am in the process of re sleeving them in Carbon to match the airbox but thats my bling decision which has cost me nothing except for some new wadding which was going to be done this year anyway.
If I had gone for the reasonable option I would have had the standard cans Bora'd like the ones on the 748 I got off of Skids so I would not get a second glance of the police but then again "there louder than my Termi's!"

I will be emailing you Tony for some details as I have read all your info and think that your mod is excellent and with the added knowledge that the removable baffle can be fitted/removed whenever necessary then its got to be a real world option to the people who dont have the disposable income that a lot of peeps on here have.
As you say though, it could be spent on trackdays ;)

I'll get my coat :frog:

I would appreciate a bit more detail/drawing of the mods,being a bricklayer not an engineer the more step by step the better,If your ok sharing your knowledge.Email me at akaeric@dawson01.wanadoo.co.uk or post here.
Thanks.

Interesting bit about your post Tony is that at least 2 of the posters ARE serving traffic officers-and neither of them made and negative comments-read into that what you may.........;)
I used to have carbon cans(Ducati Performance bought cheaply secondhand) on my ST4S but it was too LOUD so changed back to standard-I don't think I miss the 2bhp! I don't know why-as an exhaust designer you may-but the ST range are much louder on race pipes than the 7/9** series-possibly to do with pipe length?

John

I U2U'd tony h for some more info on his mod, he hasn't got back to me yet but it would be easier for him to go into detail on here rather than reply to individuals.
Obviously he doesn't recommend the mods for road use officer. :ninja:

Talking of being pulled by the feds. They are s#@t hot in Warwickshire and I speak to many riders who have been pulled and fined for cans and visors and interestingly enough small plates.

Coppers hate small plates, every Traffic officer I know get told to go for small plates, while they have your attetion they might aswell do you for anything else.

My particular slant on this is when 13 bikes are pulled over all of the riders had one or more of the above offences present, I myself had 50mm`s and an irridium visor, only the guys with small plates got tickets for one or more offences.

doesnt take much working out.

Nice mod on the cans by the way Tony.

Good grief, what a load of fuss about sod all !

I said, I'm glad that Tony was pleased with his mods, but in my opinion, Termi's are preferable.

What's elitist about that ? I bet at least 80% of folks on here have Termi's on their Duke.

Get a life, some of you.

That was clear chap and I enjoyed 'quiet' pun :lol:

Guys, guys, guys (and gals)..
Can't we all just hug each other and get along please.

Some people have more than others, some people have less, but we're all equal in the eyes of god.:cool:

Chill, it'll be warm n' dry soon and we can all go for a blast.

Roll on the spring (currently snowing like a bast@rd here darn sarf).

R X

Amen to that Richard

See, we share some likeness's between the north and the south.

IT'S SNOWING LIKE A BAST@RD HERE TOO! :o

Going back to the 'being pulled by the old bill', I got my 748s in Dec'04. The day after, I was weaving between cars in traffic when I stopped next to a plod car hidden to me in front of a transit. He wound his window down said youve not get yer tax disc in your holder, woops - sorry just got the bike & not realised. He said, go back and get it, love the bike by the way, bet those pipes (carbon Termi's) sound awesome !

I was gob smacked, and rode off in to the distance between the cars...

Delooney

Tony h,

Good on you mate, it's your bike ... do with it what you will. Last year in the Black forest I saw a street fightered 996 ... made me laugh.

And for all the monied poseurs out there :-

1) You prove exactly what most people find 9** riders to be like.
2) My termis are titanium and look surprisingly like standard cans so obviously complete gash ...

Guess I must need a sticker that says "better that you carbon fibred tat, Mr Sheep" dowm the side of them .....

Strangley , I can't be arsed !

[Edited on 2-3-2005 by the phantom pieman]

1) You prove exactly what most people find 9** riders to be like.

meaning?

I don't even have carbon cans, how did I get dragged into this :puzzled::lol::lol:

Lets see

1) Arrogant poseurs
2) prone to not mixing with what they see a rif raf
3) see that owning a Duke make their penis double in size
4) Assume everyone is envious of their money, social status
5) Sort of unfriendly
6) A bit bling obcessed
7) A little clone like in apperance .....


Interestingly , that just not how the are in italy / france and germany ....

The complete knobs drive Z1000s

[Edited on 2-3-2005 by the phantom pieman]

[Edited on 2-3-2005 by the phantom pieman]

Tough words Pal !

Hope thats just 9** owners and not 748 ?

Delooney

(better not mention I ride a Vespa too or I'll be done for, eh ?)

As for Vespa drivers ..... :yawn:

tough words there, not sure how you come to those conclusions, they could be applied to owners of any make of bike, by the way, do you still own the 998s?

SO YOU MEAN.....

1) Arrogant poseurs NO WAY !! DAHLINGS
2) prone to not mixing with what they see a rif raf Why look down when you can sneer...
3) see that owning a Duke make their penis double in size WHAT FOUR INCHES !!
4) Assume everyone is envious of their money, social status NO just lesser mortals
5) Sort of unfriendly I LOVE EVERYBODY (in a non gay way) nowt wrong with gays though
6) A bit bling obcessed ITS MY BLING AND I LOVE IT
7) A little clone like in apperance ..... I am more Clown like I think..hehe

I LOVE A GOOD THREAD..

GEOFF M

Blingy posey, well endowed, overpaid, arrogant git....that'l be me then...

I think they are more perceptions that hard and fast rules for life!

how do I come by them. Well, telling people you own a Ducati is usually the start, if the own something else ......

Still own it, still lust after it. And now it has some nice Cycle Cat Risers on it, I might ride it a bit more ....

Also still have the Buell and the GS :D

[Edited on 3-3-2005 by the phantom pieman]

I was taking the P*SS hahaha

I am a nice guy really, not a t all arrogant or anything like the "typical " ducati owner....s******, ....ONLY KIDDING,

Geoff M

PS I do have a VTR as well,

:o

I cannot believe that this thread is still going!!!!:lol:

DC.:burn::bouncy: