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Title: Superbike tank, tail section on Monster? Post by: chop_suey on August 02, 2008, 12:10:15 PM Are there ways to mount a Superbike tank or tail section onto a Monster without much modification? if not how much goes in to make it work?
thanks for all replies Title: Re: Superbike tank, tail section on Monster? Post by: chop_suey on August 02, 2008, 01:56:40 PM Bump
ANY??? Title: Re: Superbike tank, tail section on Monster? Post by: brix821 on August 02, 2008, 04:27:14 PM IMO the superbike tail is way to long on a monster. A friend of mine has that setup. search TOB under screen name " the pig"
Title: Re: Superbike tank, tail section on Monster? Post by: jdubbs32584 on August 02, 2008, 04:32:27 PM Give people some time to reply. You just posted this up today.
And I agree with brix. Title: Re: Superbike tank, tail section on Monster? Post by: flanman on August 02, 2008, 04:47:05 PM I have wondered about the tail section on a 749/999 if it could go on a monster. Not sure of how it would look, but it appears to be too flat and wide. so the seat would have to be changed/ custom.
Title: Re: Superbike tank, tail section on Monster? Post by: He Man on August 02, 2008, 05:20:01 PM These are the type of questions where, if you need to ask how much work is involved, you probably shouldnt attempt it.
Title: Re: Superbike tank, tail section on Monster? Post by: zarn02 on August 02, 2008, 09:02:08 PM you can mount an SBK tank, i think. i remember somebody mounting a ST tank to a monster frame. somebody semi-prominent, too... but i don't remember who.
i do remember that it was supposed to be work to accomplish, though. Title: Re: Superbike tank, tail section on Monster? Post by: He Man on August 02, 2008, 09:04:28 PM you can mount an SBK tank, i think. i remember somebody mounting a ST tank to a monster frame. somebody semi-prominent, too... but i don't remember who. i do remember that it was supposed to be work to accomplish, though. That was...chris? I believe they were trying to make their own tank styled after an ST so we could increase mileage on our plastic monsters. Title: Re: Superbike tank, tail section on Monster? Post by: zarn02 on August 02, 2008, 09:15:59 PM That was...chris? I believe they were trying to make their own tank styled after an ST so we could increase mileage on our plastic monsters. i think it was chris, yeah. and now that you mention it, it was a custom bit. i'm not sure if they did it custom just for kicks, or because mounting a real ST tank was a huge pain. i just wandered over to TOB to try and search, but it doesn't seem to want me to, and between me being lazy and me being hungover... Title: Re: Superbike tank, tail section on Monster? Post by: Norm on August 04, 2008, 07:56:09 AM Any of it can be done if you're good at fabrication, but the deal killer was "without much modification".
Title: Re: Superbike tank, tail section on Monster? Post by: fasterblkduc on August 04, 2008, 12:01:10 PM Any of it can be done if you're good at fabrication, but the deal killer was "without much modification". Exactly. Most of us racing Monsters mount a superbike tail. I've seen mostly the 916-998 style. I know of one 1098 tail, and bodywork. I have a Gixxer tail on mine. My teammate is setting one up to race with an R6 tail. So yeah, the tail is common and easy to do WITH modification ;) Doug at Arc Fab used 999 tails and tanks a lot for his "Ratbikes" At the end of the month I should have pics of some of the Monsters I race with. We were going to do a group photo at our next race weekend which is three weeks away. I'll post those pics on my website if anyone wants to see a variety of race monsters. (my website is linked just below) Title: Re: Superbike tank, tail section on Monster? Post by: crash_duc on August 04, 2008, 10:03:54 PM I've seen naked ST's, a few naked SBK's, and I have a naked SS. Why not try that instead??
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