What Tail Tidy do you have?

I don't see anything wrong with whats there as standard.

 

I've got a 1098 and it's only the second bike that I haven't put a tail tidy on, there's nothing wrong with the standard one in my opinion.

 

Can I interest you in this?

Brand new and unused, bought to stick on my track bike for a daytime MOT, decided I can't be arsed.

Comes with an LED number plate light.
I have trial fitted it and your std indicators will fit and a legal No. plate will fit nicely between them, so no need to fart about with extenders!

£35 inc the P&P...Paypal gift....

 

I've got the Evotech one. Good bit of kit. Well made and looks better than the standard. Its a bit shorter although not much.

This should give you some idea

 

I've got an Evotech one too. I had it fitted before I collected the bike but it's neat and I like it a lot. Only thing is... it makes the indicators look massive so now I want to put minis on (which I don't like) or hide them in the tail unit.

 

This is the thing though... the rear of these bikes look so brilliant that once you start looking at it, you just want to junk the whole lot.

"That mudguard, I don't need that. It can go, I'll get a tail tidy. Hmmm. Those indicators look really big. Maybe I don't need them? Ah, that number plate... wonder if I can just take it off?"

I am contemplating the indicators in the tail option but can't really face faffing with the wiring. There's a thread on here somewhere about how to do it I think.

 

Try this one. Not quite sure it's the one I remember but worth a read.

http://ducatiforum.co.uk/f93/tidying-up-rear-end-my-1098-a-2273/index2.html

 

i bought one of these, cheap as chips

DUCATI FENDER ELIMINATOR TAIL TIDY 848 1098 1098S BLACK 2H | eBay

took about 10 days to come but worth the wait for £20

 

I had a Merlotti on my Mv Agusta 312r
A lovely well made but of Kit,got it of a Italian importer. I think I paid about £130 for it.
I really don't understand why people buy a quality expensive exotic bike & then bolt 20 quids piece of Tat to it !!!!
Just my opinion btw

 

Because you can't see it on a 1098, which in my mind gives me 80 quid to spend on something you can see

 

I polished the exhausts..... Not really worth it as the first hint of water and they tarnish. Theres lots of threads on this....heres mine: http://ducatiforum.co.uk/f93/848-exhaust-polishing-18368/

Number plate? Standard size officer

 

FWIW I'm not sure about the indicators in the air-vents solution. I think its a nice idea to tidy up the rear but I'm not sure about how visible they are to dozy drivers. Having said that, I've followed a couple or riders with them on and they never lost me!

 

Late as usual

I have a Melotti on my 1098, I had the R&G but had problems with it. It's fabricated by "folding" it, a sort of 2 piece cantilever design. This is fastened together at the number plate end using the number plate light which due to vibes cracked into 2 pieces. I replaced the number plate light with an item from MPS which had a light metal backing strip and this was fine, although I had to glue some shrink wrap around the outside of it as it showed a white light to the rear without the sleeve.

The bike fell off the sidestand (Ok mea culpa it probably wasn't down correctly ). Anyway at that time it holed a Termi and bent the R&G tailtidy. The Termis were replaced by QD cans (cheaper, better quality but not quite so boomy as the Termis and I prefer the look) and a Melotti tidy.

I think I got the tail tidy from Design Corse but my link now no worky. The Melotti site shows a couple of UK dealers

MELOTTI SPECIAL PARTS

I put Kellerman Trapeziodal indicators on (with short stocks to remain legal). All quite pricy but great quality.

Couple of other things, I believe that indicators in the gauze air vents are illegal and although not part of the MOT you know how it goes with some testers. A sharp plod also could pull you for them.

If you go the Melotti route make sure you ask them to ship you the older style number plate light the later version shows a white to the rear and needs modifying if you want to stay legal (again a PIA at MOT time), the older more rounded version does not.

If I get some time later I'll see if I get some pics to show the tidy and the different number plate lights

John

 

Oh meant to add the only other quality one that I found (although I prefer the Melotti) is Rizoma which may be worth a look

John