tail chop

[seby]

hi
i would like to cut the rear frame n i looking for a tail chop for number plate
where can i find it?
cheers
seby

[YoungDucS4R]

You'll find the answer to all your questions if you do a search for "tail" and "chop".
But try this one for size!! I did!!
And so have a few others I think......

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii172/YoungDuc/UKMOC/monster_tail.jpg




YD.

[seby]

sorry mate but i want to cut the rear frame!
so i need a numberplate holder

i still have one in carbon dp for no cut frame!

:D

[YoungDucS4R]

sorry mate but i want to cut the rear frame!
so i need a numberplate holder

i still have one in carbon dp for no cut frame!
:D

For the Shift-tech tail you DO cut the tail off!
About 85mm if I remember correctly.
Its a much much shorter version than the carbon dp job.


YD.

[Capo]

Made in Germany

[Rancid Badger]

I've just ordered a Tail Chop Kit from Competition Werkes.

http://secure.compwerkes.com/Detail.bok?no=299

I couldn't find a stockist here so I've had to order it from the States.

Will let you know what it's like when it arrives.

[S4R Dude]

I await that reply badger!!

Been wondering about doing this myself but havn't had the bottle!

[seby]

I've just ordered a Tail Chop Kit from Competition Werkes.

http://secure.compwerkes.com/Detail.bok?no=299

I couldn't find a stockist here so I've had to order it from the States.

Will let you know what it's like when it arrives.

too much expensive mate! :D

[crust]

Mine cost £7.04p

A packet of coco pops, mmmm coco pops

Step one
Eat coco pops

Step Two
Cut tail off bike, cut coco pops packet into right shape for bracket.

Step Three
Take coco pops packet template to local fabricator.
Crust - "got an off cut I could cut that out of?"
Metal working chappie "you want it in stainless?"
Crust - "ooh, mmm shiny"
Mwc - "there you go mate, you want it cut to shape?"
Crust - "shiny, erm yes."

A few minutes later

Crust "There you go my good fellow, buy your self a refreshing pint."

A couple of minutes later back in the garage

Ta Dah

cheapy shiny non-rusting type tail chop

:)crust

[manwithredbike]

i made my own bracket last year out of a piece of aluminium plate. i'll try and scan the template soon and post it as a word doc or something easy to print off.
got pulled by the mot tester tonight for no reflector at the back. gave me a cert but told me i should have one fitted. the $119.95 one in the ad above doesn't have one

[Phatty]

doesn't chopping the frame back affect resale value?

[seby]

i made my own bracket last year out of a piece of aluminium plate. i'll try and scan the template soon and post it as a word doc or something easy to print off.
got pulled by the mot tester tonight for no reflector at the back. gave me a cert but told me i should have one fitted. the $119.95 one in the ad above doesn't have one

tnx thats will be nice
:D

[slob]

doesn't chopping the frame back affect resale value?

only if the buyer cares

[Phatty]

true.

i not one for leaving any of my vehicles standard, but i wasn't sure of these were the sort of bikes where modified examples still sold as well as mint standard ones .

[seby]

http://www.boscaioli.com/images/Motosega.JPG

[russ77]

Method two:
1. Eat Coco Pops
2. Admire perfectly-sculpted, original, long, slender rump of Monster
3. Go for ride
4. Get home, eat more Coco Pops

Mmm. Coco Pops.

Reflectors can be adhesive items attached to the number plate itself in order to get the bike through the MOT. Friendly testers will do this for you, for the princely sum of a quid or thereabouts.

[Rancid Badger]

I await that reply badger!!

Here you go then, it's a work in progress rather than the finished article though...

The Comp Werkes kit would have been perfect out of the box if I were re-using the standard tail light & numberplate light, but as I've fitted a Foxtail integrated tail/numberplate light, I'm having to make a spacer to move the light rearwards otherwise it doesn't illuminate the numberplate.

[BluprintZ]

Just grit yer teeth and get on with it Seby.
There are plenty of refrences/tutorials on the forum, the famous JMo has posted plenty about it.
I'm waiting for the nights to start drawing in, then it's going into the workshop over winter for a good seeing to, a tail chop being the first on the list.
Have fun mate!

George.

[manwithredbike]

rancid badger, where did you pick up the exhaust system?? looks like the dog's blocks

[Rancid Badger]

FleaBay £250

It's a Termi Stumpy, I think they're about £500 from dealers.

[Rancid Badger]

If anyone is interested in a full Tail-Chop Kit with integrated lights/indicators, I believe it's called the Mad Doctor:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180262748079&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=008

I was searching high and low for one of these before I ordered my Comp Werkes. Would have been a damn sight easier! lol

[seby]

hi tnx guys
i know very well mad doctors
its very expensive 110 quid :(

Comp Werkes kit
where can i find it?
cheers

[seby]

i go in italy soon
i will collect there
about 30 quid +p&P

[Rancid Badger]

Comp Werkes kit
where can i find it?

I had to order mine from the States:

http://secure.compwerkes.com/Detail.bok?no=299

[neilbaldry]

i go in italy soon


I'll PM you a shopping list seby!

[Heed]

This thread might help (http://www.ukmonster.co.uk/monster/showthread.php?t=25584&highlight=tail+chop). On the bike and looking good now.

[S4R Dude]

Rancid Badger,

Thanks for those posts. It's looking good. I think i will go that route. Obliged.

[seby]

i found on ebay this one
http://cgi.ebay.it/_Ricambi-e-Accessori-Moto__PORTATARGA-DUCATI-MONSTER-PER-TELAIO-ACCORCIATO_W0QQitemZ250275211910QQadnZRicambiQ20eQ 20AccessoriQ20MotoQQadiZ8166QQcmdZViewItem?hash=it em250275211910

[faulkss]

Just had mine chopped by Ray at Rosso Corse... not overly cheap, but it looks awesome.

Will try to get some pics soon

[retskcid]

Here you go then, it's a work in progress rather than the finished article though...

The Comp Werkes kit would have been perfect out of the box if I were re-using the standard tail light & numberplate light, but as I've fitted a Foxtail integrated tail/numberplate light, I'm having to make a spacer to move the light rearwards otherwise it doesn't illuminate the numberplate.

thats the best looking w/c monster i've seen - very nice.

[Rancid Badger]

Finished the spacer for the tail light, bet you can't guess what I made it from...

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc82/rancidbadger/DSC00749.jpg

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc82/rancidbadger/DSC00748.jpg

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc82/rancidbadger/DSC00750.jpg

[seby]

that looks nice mate!

[BluprintZ]

Pure sex mate...and that's just the exhaust!
Tidy chop, i'm wating until i lay the bike up for winter before i get stuck into the mods on mine.
Wonder if you can get a 2/1 for the 900...?

[gremlin]

That's how I wanted my exhausts to be when mine gets tidied, are they hugely expensive? I had seen Campbell ones which were a bit slimmer but aren't road legal so I can't have them.

[Grumpy]

That's not a motorcycle, it's a piece of art, the exhaust by it's self is amazing

[retskcid]

That's the first Monster that has inspired me to do the chop - and that exhaust, very, very nice. I would chop what looks like a hanger near the seat lock.

[Blah blah]

...aren't road legal so I can't have them.

Why would that stop you ????

Not as though I would condone that sort of thing officer, ahem.

[slob]

I would chop what looks like a hanger near the seat lock.

...unless you ever wanted to refit the standard pipes.

[Albie]

That's the first Monster that has inspired me to do the chop - and that exhaust, very, very nice. I would chop what looks like a hanger near the seat lock.

I would bolt the tax disc to it . Who cares if its legally on the wrong side.

[retskcid]

...unless you ever wanted to refit the standard pipes.

No, the bike looks so clean at the rear it would have to go! You could easily make a simple bracket that clamps around the frame for the oe exhaust.

[Rancid Badger]

That's how I wanted my exhausts to be when mine gets tidied, are they hugely expensive?

The Termi cost me £250 off of fleabay, but new I think they're more like £450-500

[Rancid Badger]

Thank you all for your very complimentary comments.

I will be replacing the abhorrent plastic tax disc holder with a nice Oberon tubular affair.

I may now also remove the exhaust hanger - although it's only really noiticeable if you get down low beside the bike. From standing, you don't notice it.

[Capo]

I would bolt the tax disc to it . Who cares if its legally on the wrong side.

Then what would you do with the bracket that the tax disc is currently bolted to?

[faulkss]

ok, finally got some happy snaps after the surgery to have her arse made smaller and sexier!

http://fnfphotos.com/personal/posts/20080809/02.jpg http://fnfphotos.com/personal/posts/20080809/04.jpg

http://fnfphotos.com/personal/posts/20080809/05.jpg

http://fnfphotos.com/personal/posts/20080809/10.jpg

http://fnfphotos.com/personal/posts/20080809/11.jpg

http://fnfphotos.com/personal/posts/20080809/12.jpg

[DANNY WRIDE]

I've just ordered a Tail Chop Kit from Competition Werkes.

http://secure.compwerkes.com/Detail.bok?no=299

I couldn't find a stockist here so I've had to order it from the States.

Will let you know what it's like when it arrives.

hi i jus ordered one of these are they any good an will the number plate fit in between me hi level termis

[littlejimmy12]

thought I'd join in the chop ogling, Zards were added on friday, new clip ons going on Sept (pay cheque)

I love the chopped look, makes the bike look nasty

[Rancid Badger]

hi i jus ordered one of these are they any good an will the number plate fit in between me hi level termis

They're well made (stainless), but I sprayed mine black as I don't do "shiney".

As I wasn't using the stock tail & number plate lights I had to fabricate a spacer to move the tail light rearwards.

Whether your number plate will fit or not is down to the size of plate you've got - I don't do tea-tray plates either - I run 7x5" plate & I would have thought that that should fit between the Termi's fine.

[seby]

hi guys came back from Italy with a good new!
i find a guy who makes tail chop for cutted frame ..
he need only a standard size for uk number plate n he will make it (steel)
price around 48 euros plus P&P

[seby]

here a picture of it

for info mail to info@andymoto.it
http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k389/sebirossi76/DSCN4987-1.jpg

[JMo]

If you want neat rear indicators - Clear Alternatives make a combined LED insert that has has the indicators built into the rear light - either side basically flashes orange when you indicate then go back to red... works best with their clear lens...

http://clearalternatives.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=CA&Product_Code=CTL-0023-1-IT&Category_Code=Monster

xxx

[Space Cadet]

sorry mate but i want to cut the rear frame!
so i need a numberplate holder

i still have one in carbon dp for no cut frame!

:D

Do you still have the DP tail?

[seby]

yes but i will not sell it
it was a present

[sheepshearer]

Seby> for info mail to info@andymoto.it

thanks - and http://www.andymoto.it lists loads of options and has pictures and prices for all of them

[Space Cadet]

yes but i will not sell it
it was a present


Thanks anyway.