Monster 696 Short Tail

[ryanracer]

After much effort, I finally installed the Ducati short tail on my monster, there are several things they do not tell you in the instructions like....This will not fit a U.S. plate... None the less, with a little modification and drilling new holes, we made it work. There is not a U.S. version of this tail chop contrary to what the salesman told my wife. If you have a ban saw, or are really good with a cut off wheel you can make it look decent. I guess from the second picture, the anti photo radar spray really does work....

[Pdxdane]

I just got the kit from DP and there were NO instructions with it. WTF!

Does anyone have a tutorial of the installation?

Thanks.

[pmarangoni]

Originally Posted by Alex Smth

if you dig monsters its going to come down to your budget wether or not its a good choice for you or not,they cost a bit more to maintain than the asian makes
a honda nt650 hawk and the suzuki sv650 are similar affordable options in the monster vien.

Are you a spam-bot?

[The Firf]

Anti-photo spray? Hmmm.. Sounds cool...

[Trinksuk]

just fitted my Ducati short tail kit - without any instructions....just a little challenging but end result is pretty sexy!
Where the turn signals went through, the plastic was too thin for the mounting boss so ended up making a pair of plastic washers to get the right grip length. And what were those two right angled brackets for???? I hope it doesn't mean I have to take it all apart again!!

[uuu]

Originally Posted by Trinksuk

just fitted my Ducati short tail kit - without any instructions....just a little challenging but end result is pretty sexy!
Where the turn signals went through, the plastic was too thin for the mounting boss so ended up making a pair of plastic washers to get the right grip length. And what were those two right angled brackets for???? I hope it doesn't mean I have to take it all apart again!!

Right angle brackets/ and bolts included in the kit were for the signals. One end of the bracket connects to the signal, the other to the underside where one of the main frame bolts go. That makes the signals more stable. And you don't use the stock bolts.

I ended up going with the after market signals anyway since the stock did not fit with the passenger bars I installed. I also did not drill holes in the license plate frame but used a regular plastic frame to attach the license plate. Pics of my tail chop result in my blog (see signature).

[uuu]

Here is a image- view is of an upside down tail section with the stock signals attached with the brackets included in the kit.

[Trinksuk]

now that makes perfect sense and would have negated the need for the plastic washers....ohhh for Ducati to provide some simple instructions...grrr! Thanks for the info!

[zero110]

Originally Posted by uuu

Right angle brackets/ and bolts included in the kit were for the signals. One end of the bracket connects to the signal, the other to the underside where one of the main frame bolts go. That makes the signals more stable. And you don't use the stock bolts.

I ended up going with the after market signals anyway since the stock did not fit with the passenger bars I installed. I also did not drill holes in the license plate frame but used a regular plastic frame to attach the license plate. Pics of my tail chop result in my blog (see signature).

Just finished mine. In the process I invented some pretty nifty cuss words trying to attach that frickin' cable release. I didn't drill holes in the bracket either. Instead I just made my top license plate holes oval. Nice Blog BTW.