Almost there....

[Pedro-bot]

So a while back I purchased a very sad looking Monster. It's a 1999 M750 that appears to have had a rough life. I'll let the pics speak for themselves.  [moto]

THEN 







NOW!!





Things are looking up for this little bike.      The tank will be ready tomorrow and some other parts will be coming in soon! 

[ivobivo]

Joe, this looks great. It will be an awesome bike.

[El Matador]

Damn!!!! That looks saaaaaahweeet!

[txduc]

Damn Joe that looks freakin awesome 

[Red5]

Phhhtt.   Trailer queen.


Why doncha stop being a girly man and ride a real bike like the rest of us:

[Lorenzo]

Its really nice man. I cant wait to see the tank! what color did you go with or is that a surprise?

You should run a shelter for abused and battered monsters.

[2CardDuc]

Nice work Joe! 

[Pedro-bot]

Thanks guys. I'm looking forward to having this bike finished. I don't want to mislead anyone, so just know it's not me that's putting this bike together. I have an extremely talented mechanic working on it. My only role here is sourcing parts out, contracting out the powder coating and of course putting up the $$$ for the job.   

List of goodies is as follows:
1. 2004 GSXR 1000 Front forks and calipers
2. Paul Smart Spoked Wheels
3. Cycle Cat black anodized top triple
4. '03 Yamaha R1 50mm Clipons with radial front brake master cylinder
5. Powdercoating to frame, lower triple, valve covers, chain adjuster plates, and alternator cover all in satin gold. The engine case covers, swingarm, hoop and headlight U-bracket are all in gloss black.

Parts en route now:
1. New headlight
2. Pazzo levers
3. new turn signals with billet al. housing
4. Acewell speedo with integrated tach and idiot lights
5. reverse shift lever
6. brake lever
7. black anodized foot pegs
8. 41t rear aluminum Stealth rear sprocket
9. Gold 520 DID chain
10. STM engine case breather filter
11. Black Speigler brake lines 

Items still needing to be ordered:
1. Megaphone style exhaust cans (not sure which yet  )
2. Front fender (not sure I want one)
3. Aluminum stamped Ducati gas tank badges

Wish List:
1. Cafe Racer style rear cowl *cough* *cough * Chipo *cough* *cough*
2. Custom 2 into 1 super duper megaphone exhaust. *cough* *cough* Paul *cough* *cough*


Lorenzo, now that you mention it, I think the tank color will be a surprise. 

[Gone Ape]

"Yeah, the tank has a few "dents".....(Joe, during dinner during his Austin visit)

A few DENTS?  I'm thinking the "Ducati Dings"  Not Ex-wife with a Baseball bat went wrong treatment......

Joe, FANYATASMATIC........nice flow of the frame/wheel/swingarm/engine coloring/valve covers are ooooooh la-la     

Damn Impressive.....nice (uh, so far) Waaaayyy better than you described!!!!

Frank you're KILLING ME !!!!  Spewed the coffee, but saved the keyboard by turning my head...now I gotta clean the carpet !!!

[El Matador]

Something like this deserves me getting off my ass and making you a cowl. I'll try to finish it by this weekend. 

[DomDucati]

Wow!  Bravo  that thing is starting get its soul back!

[hiero]

love the spokies!

[spaceghost65]

Impressive. Excellent.

[10/10ths]

Wow!

I guess I should stop pregnant doging about the money and time I've dumped into my '97 M750.  Great stuff.  We need to ride our reborn bikes together someday.

Cheers.

[Pedro-bot]

Something like this deserves me getting off my ass and making you a cowl. I'll try to finish it by this weekend. 

C'mon slacker!! Make that thing already.

Thanks for the compliments peeps! I got a few parts in today. Saw the boxes when I got home from work and did this once I opened them up.      

Here's one of the parts.