It was one of those summers where cash saved for mods ended up going towards repairs. Combine that with me being generally cheap and wanting to perform maintenance myself led to many months of down time. Point is, I got all my winter mods done early so hopefully when it warms back up, the old girl will be ready to roll. What she got this year:
- Forks resprung and rebuilt by Traxxion dynamics. I didn't want to spend the money on full adjustables AND having them sprung to my weight, so I took a chance. So far so good even sans adjustability.
- Brembo Goldline 4 piston calipers and sintered pads.
- Bigger 320mm rotors
- Radial masters off a 999 with CRG shortie levers
- Finished up my custom headlight brackets. Not the most impressive craftsmanship, but they're mine.
- Blasted and powdercoated a headlight from a 1979 Suzuki GS.
- Lowered gagues. They're just bolted straight on in the pics so they look kind of funny. Once I'm done cutting the aluminum they'll be much closer to the headlight bucket and more streamlined.
- Ducati Performance Gell saddle
- Retrofit an 1100 tail light. I always disliked the boxed look of the old monsters and I think I managed to make this one look stock.
- (not installed yet) fully adjustable Showa rear shock from a 999
- "High performance" stator from Electrosport. My stocker gummed up on me so I decided to go aftermarket and wasn't disappointed.
- JT front and rear sprockets and new X-Ring chain
I think that's about it. I wrecked pretty good last spring moving at a good clip so I decided that my little 800 was plenty powerful and decided to put some money into springers and stoppers. I'm 6'4", 210 pounds so two piston brakes and suspension set up for a 14 year old just weren't cutting it for me. I only got a thousand or two miles this year so I"m pretty jazzed to run her into the ground this coming season. I wish I could have taken some nice outdoor shots, but I was in the garage the better part of the day and lost track of time. I still have a ways to go, as far as mods are concerned, but this time of year has me generally hibernating (is there really anyone who enjoys getting off of work in the dark??) and money doesn't exactly grow on trees. My garage is a mess and I don't know how to use my roommate's fancy ass camera, but enjoy
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Oh, and don't judge me on the tidiness of my front and rear end wiring. Just because I have the stuff installed doesn't mean it's entirely spic and span just yet..
The gunk that left me stranded 120 miles from home with a dead battery.
I'd like to get a Speedymoto triple or at least have the risers milled off, but again with the $$... Either way, the 999 masters look much more streamlined than my old pee cup reservoirs.
Note the gap between the headlight and the gagues. I'm hoping to angle the front of them down by about 1 inch.
Why is this photo brigher? Your guess is as good as mine. The ins and outs of high end cameras elude me. You can see a teaser of the DP seat. Once I get my Gerbings glove harness wired back in I'm going to give the new saddle a proper test.
Hard to believe that this was her just a few years ago. They grow up so fast.
