Installing a Quat-D Ex-Box exhaust on my Ducati Monster S4R

After considerable debate on which aftermarket exhaust to get for my Ducati Monster S4R, I settled for the Quat-D Ex-Box..... I love the look of the ex-box exhaust and how it "cleaned up" the bike showing off the single sided swingarm and rear mag wheel. Here's my installation video! ---- Sort Of

There was some "trial and error" as there were not any installation instructions. I mounted the front header out of order, and found that it was the last piece that needed to be installed for fitment. But for the most part of the video, the first evening, I removed the stock mufflers, catalytic converter, mid-pipes and the headers. Then on the next morning(at 5:12), I started the install of the new exhaust.

This video is mostly time lapsed of the dismantling and installing, but also includes 3 real time sound clips of the bike running. First is stock exhaust(at 0:20), then after the mufflers were removed, I started the bike up with the catalytic converter still on(at 2:35, man does this sound good!....awesome deep tone), then the last sound clip is of the new Ex-Box installed (at 8:36). Oh yea, at the end when I start her up, you'll see me looking at the front header/pipe, I had a leak. So (not in this video) and after some research, I bought some high temp copper exhaust sealant which meant that I had to dismantle again to seal.

In my opinion, the Ex-Box is louder than the stock set-up, and maybe a bit deeper in tone, and I maybe gained 1 or 2horsepower. But I was going for appearance over power and loudness, so I am really happy with it mounted on my S4R.

PS: Don't bother posting any comments about my dog's business as your comment will be deleted. This is a video about a changing a Ducati Exhaust System, and not a Nature Call...

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• ducati
• monster
• s4r
• installing
• aftermarket
• QD
• quat-d
• ex-box
• exhaust
• time
• lapse
• video
• fast
• forward
• motorcycle
• italian

[caseman86]

is it me or got the box nearly the same sound as original system?!?

[flyingnittanylion]

@caseman86 The Ex-Box sound is very similiar. It is definitely louder and a little lower in tone. I really didn't want to loud of an exhaust system where I was waking up neighbors in the early morning, and mainly got the Ex-Box for its looks.....I love not having any pipes on the side of the bike.......

[jim60631]

was the part of the video with the exbox with or without the baffle quat d supples?

[flyingnittanylion]

@jim60631

The exbox does not have any baffles that are removable by the user

[jim60631]

@flyingnittanylion

ok, you must have an older version. the newer ones have a baffle that goes in the top outlet of the box that is removable. i'm not sure when they started that though. thanks for the reply. Also i will be doing my installation soon, are there any gaskets i need to get from my ducati dealer for installation?

[flyingnittanylion]

@jim60631 I used the OEM gaskets from the stock exhaust. I only had 1100 miles on the bike and so they were clean. Don't make the mistake as I did, use exhaust joint sealant , something like Permatex, on all your joints while installing. I didn't do this and relied on the joints being a tight fit, they were not, and had 2 joints that leaked.....so I had to dis-assemble and re-install a second time with the joint sealer..

[DicatiDrew]

Makes the bike look so much more clean...love it!

[SammyBono]

Awesome video. look forward to doing this on my bike next.

[kazz1896]

Cool video thanks!

[wetaconce]

i like the sound of the dry clutch!