Too much Carbon ???
 

I have a dilemma...... is it possible to have too much Carbon on your bike :-)

In the summer I had a small off on my 999s, so i replaced the lhs fairing panels but lived with the scrape on the monoposto rear 'seat'.

Then last week a DP Carbon rear 'seat' came up on ebay so i bought it.

So the question is should i get it painted or leave all that lovely carbon on show ???

The standard bile with a red and white tail looks great...... alternatively with the termi carbon cover, carbon hugger, heel gurads and exhaust pipe thingy the whole back of the bike woulf be carbon ........ IS THIS TOO MUCH :-)

Opinions please and does anyone else have a totally carbon back end ???

Answers on a postcard please !

PS shall try to upload a pic, dont presently know how !

A photo of the tail temporarily fitted :-)
 

i reckon paint it but with number boards in carbon...

then maybe a thin white pinstripe between the paint and carbon?

hmmm now i've thought of that i wanna do it to mine...

just out of intrest how much did u give for it?

ebay bargain ???
 

I paid £180 for the carbon tail, it came from a ducati dealer and was marked with a price of £320.

On the paint scheme i was thinking of white number boards and red around the seat with carbon showing through the gaps and along the sides.......

sounds good... paint with a little carbon is deffinately the way to go i rekon

thats a good price for an OG duke seat unit.

cant see the pic but if it's the standard shape paint it with a number board and leave carbon showing on the cooling intakes

carbon look :) you cant beat it.

http://forum.alcohol-soft.com/paul/Carbon.jpg

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I like that :(

bloody hell......
 

ask 3 people for an opinion and get 6 replies ! :D

Am thinking i will fit the carbon tail 'naked' for the moment to see how it looks and whether i like it that way, can then get it pained if i want :-)

PS, that pic is a very trick 999, BIG number plate though haha

Unlike the UK German plates hold more information, hence they are slightly larger. You have the area your from, then if you only ride the bike x amount of months of the year on the road say march to october then you have additional 03\10 on the plate, then you have the tax sticker and area the bike is registerd sticker.

Unfortunatly they are also simple pressed ally :( not very astheticaly pleasing

The other problem is that with a Duc the vibrations crack the plate !! mine only lasted 4K before it nearly fell off !!! now replaced with plastic UK plate wich is much better.
The 999 looks cool, as you can see from my avtar I wnt for the Breil look.
Have a good weekend

Hi, Check out my avatar. My all carbon 749s built in 2003, all body work, tank, seat unit, mirrors, heat shields, clutch cover etc etc etc all in polished bare carbon. Frame and wheels in red paint, all other decals etc just put on top of the bare carbon, no paint on the body work at all.

Looked awesome in the sun when it was polished.

summat like these ?
I got the same seat unit but cut in the top vents
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ps. bet AndyB was waiting to see how long it took me to notice a post about carbon, LOL