My New Ducati 999 Tail Unit!

**jamesguschi** · 22 Jun 06, 09:31 PM

Well Lads it came at last. I have been after one of them for a while. The Mutts Nutts it is. Have a look at the Pictures. The quality is fantastic for the price. It was pretty easy to fit aswell. The paint work is very good and the fibre glass moulding is excellent. Higjly recommended. :wink:

It is a little bit, not much, heavier than I thought it would be roughly about the same as the red pillion seat and the original plastic section. All in all it is about the same weight.

When I am sitting on my original Biposto seat I sit way far back on the seat, a long way too far really. I got the complete tail unit for the Bike along with the rear padded section. This brings me forward a lot and I am a lot more comfortable when riding. I will see what it is like on the Knockhill track on Monday night. I am going this time a for a couple of hours can't wait.

**Steve** · 22 Jun 06, 09:35 PM

Looks bloody good Jimbo and this is from H C Race Tech for £125?

**jamesguschi** · 22 Jun 06, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve

Looks bloody good Jimbo and this is from H C Race Tech for £125?

Here is the link. http://www.hcracetech.co.uk/10420/contact.php

Yes £125 all in Bud. It has the same fitting as the original except, on the tail unit you will see a silver allen screw that connects to a metal bracket you secure to the large allen bolt for the rear termi can. When I fitted it, it was a good way of the hole in the tail section. Once you get the screw in and start to tighten it up it drops down onto the termi heat shield. There is a lot of space between the unit and the rear pipes that you could take all the shields off to reduce weight. I took off the rear pegs, all of the old unit along with the pillion flip up cable for the vinyl seat. No need really.

Jim

**Brian** · 23 Jun 06, 08:25 AM

Looks good Jim a lot better than a red seat on the back

**stu** · 23 Jun 06, 09:33 AM

very nice jim

looks the dogs

i am up at knockhill on the first of july for the d1 event so may have to see it in the flesh then

stu

**Rick 996R** · 23 Jun 06, 10:48 AM

Looks fantastic Jimmy boy !!!
Lets hope it looks that good after the Track Day

**Steve** · 23 Jun 06, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Rick 996R

Looks fantastic Jimmy boy !!!
Lets hope it looks that good after the Track Day

Surely your not suggesting that he might bin his pride and joy are you Rick

**BaggaZee** · 23 Jun 06, 12:34 PM

Very nice indeed. Might take the plunge on this one. Good colour match Jim?

**hhhjesus** · 23 Jun 06, 01:51 PM

very nice jim

looks a bargain at that price!

**Rick 996R** · 23 Jun 06, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve

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Originally Posted by Rick 996R

Looks fantastic Jimmy boy !!!
Lets hope it looks that good after the Track Day

Surely your not suggesting that he might bin his pride and joy are you Rick

I wouldnt wish that upon anyone, Its just hard not to go too fast when you get on the Track, especially the first time. I thought I was SUPERMAN m but a good crash brought me back to reality and my abilities

But Have fun and enjoy it Jim, just go at your own pace and dont worry about how fast everyone else is, Oh and dont stress if you dont get your knee down

**hhhjesus** · 23 Jun 06, 06:25 PM

Hi Jim can you repost the link for the tank pad please?
cheers

**jamesguschi** · 23 Jun 06, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Rick 996R

Looks fantastic Jimmy boy !!!
Lets hope it looks that good after the Track Day

Hey, Wow there tiger. Don't tempt fate there Ricky Boy.

**jamesguschi** · 23 Jun 06, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by stu

very nice jim

looks the dogs

i am up at knockhill on the first of july for the d1 event so may have to see it in the flesh then

stu

Excuse me. What is a d1 event Bud?

**jamesguschi** · 23 Jun 06, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by hhhjesus

Hi Jim can you repost the link for the tank pad please?
cheers

I think it was www.motografix.com It cost £21 with the delivery but the quality is second to not, padded and I do believe that it is life time gauranteed. What ever that means for a sticker. The last photo of the tank sticker is the best one of the bunch, really shows of the tail seat.

**hhhjesus** · 23 Jun 06, 07:49 PM

cheers Jim m8, i have placed an order for one today. Im still not 100% sure about the white stripe on my pure red bike

( i dont think i will ever add number boards on front or rear)

but after looking round for ages and searching inet/shops for a decent plain red one this is by far the best quality one i have seen so far.