| I also hankered after the sound that my mate's 916 makes ... lovely! The stock 749 is pretty quiet as Ducati's go, and after a very short time the rattle from the clutch will drown out the exhaust note (like by the time it is run in!). I beleive they have had to forget the dry clutch on the 05 bikes because of tighter noise regs. Stupid really.
Anyway, Termis. I had a Termi system put on my 03 749s and it does sound great. Better than that, it goes a lot better too ... more low/midrange grunt. I've not been tugged yet, but if they did check it would be a £30 fine (?), no points. I've ridden up alongside a police car at light in town and just had the bike ticking over and they ignored me. I pulled away very carefully and they ignored me. The biggest problem around our way is frightening horses. I have to shut the throttle and coast past them or I will have my neighbours ganging up on me! So far they have not complained though.
The cost a bomb though .... £1150 fitted with the replacement ECU (not just a chip change). There are cheaper systems out there mind you that will probalby be just as good.
There was a thread going on here only yesterday about db killers ... some found in Germnay for about 120 Euros for 999 Termis. Might be worth looking that one up, especially for when it gets around to MOT time.  |