It starts!

Well the first modification has been done.... I have fitted a tail tidy to address the very serious issue of that ridiculous back end! Really Ducati, what were you thinking. It resembles a strange cyclops type creature with one blinking red eye! Anyway I digress...

Basically it was a Palatov tail tidy for a sport classic, available from http://www.palatov.com/products/motorcycle.html . It had to come from America and took about 10 days to get here, not bad really and very good communication from the guys. Once opened it becomes clear this is a very basic (but well finished) piece of engineering. 2 plates of metal, one bolts to the underneath of the Duc and holds the light assembly, the other holds the reg plate and bolts to the first. You have to swap the indicator cables around as you turn the light cluster upside down (thus L becomes R and so forth).

Unfortunately it is made for USA plates and the screw hols for the plat did not quite line up with the ones in a UK plate. Wahoo first mod and already using a drill, happy days! 4 new holes later and 2 number plate bolts spray painted black and all was complete. Took about 40 mins to do, real simple and looks fantastic.

Currently very happy!

Next job... Pazzo levers just arrived, oh and maybe a smaller number plate :)