Ducati Monster Forum

How have you gents been, hope all is well. Wanted to give you a preview to what I have been up to. Hope to be back on an S4R before long, in the meanwhile, I went balls out with a cafe to itch my S4 build I never had the chance to complete:

Started with this:
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-OGIAZEhSoxI/Thzw4O-FgJI/AAAAAAAAAkc/okUzwhLk1Xs/s576/004%252520%2525281024x768%252529.jpg)

And got here:
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-xTYCC3XEkvc/Ti97NIJ1NZI/AAAAAAAAAsY/4H2ylYIU6Ho/s576/tear%252520down.jpg)

And then:
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-r9FjDaDe5Ic/Ti9dEw6WqaI/AAAAAAAAAsE/RPT6g3msAGU/s576/Red%252520Baron%252520Frame.JPG)

Engine/crank rebuilt:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PciBwwTWyTM/TiDHI3kn-BI/AAAAAAAAAs0/z9PrE-so4AY/s576/IMG_20110715_180137.jpg)

Frame misc parts all pc'd:
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-GsuBbeDGsgo/TnTVt_IdP5I/AAAAAAAAA0Y/M5pw5I7trSE/s640/IMG_20110917_121458.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WvQgJ7rAKEE/TnTV7alFZ7I/AAAAAAAAA0g/26m7t7dMugs/s512/IMG_20110917_121554.jpg)

Engine painted/assembled:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gxu1roIMJMk/Trfs7Kkf-aI/AAAAAAAABDs/j33NxIJRoMA/s576/IMG_20111106_155256.jpg)

The whole bike was torn completely down, everything replaced or refurbished. MZB EI, SCR Stage II port, custom seat w/leather inserts, Progressive shocks/springs. Estimated peak rwhp 55, hope to be done by late December.

IMHO, this (and suspension) is all that you should have messed with.  It was beautiful to start with. 

I agree. Holed a piston within a week, sold off the pristine parts, traded parts. All I kept was the frame and engine. Long way to go about it, but didn't plan for the piston to hole so soon. Bike will be a beast when complete. I should have repaired the piston and flipped it. I guess I wanted the security to know my engine parts were as close to new as possible. But, the new owner of my parts bike turned out great.