Sometimes you have to take a step backwards to take two steps forward.
This is the case with my latest mod to my S4Rt.
I really liked the Cyclecat top triple/clipon setup I had on my last Monster (now owned by Swampduc) but as we all know, Cyclecat is pretty much defunct. I also really liked the way I had my Matris damper installed but I'm not crazy about how it looks with the stock triple/bars because it sits so high up. So that left me with a dilemma... how do I mount the damper across the front of the tank like on my old Monster with parts that are currently available?
The answer came by looking to the past... a set of clipons and top triple from a Foggy Monster. it took a lot of work to get them to this point. As we know, the triples that come stock on our Monsters have an ugly casting mark/seam that divides them horizontally. It makes them look rather cheap so I decided that since I had to powdercoat them anyway to match the semi-gloss black of my original triples I may as well remove the casting mark.
About 8 hours later I was ready for powdercoat.
It was quite a lot of work to remove the casting mark even with a right-angle die grinder and coarse sanding discs. After it was removed I spend several hours with medium discs smoothing everything out and then another 2-3 hours sanding everything smooth by hand.
I thought this was going to be a simple swap when it came time to install the triple and clipons. I was wrong. The triple fit on without a problem but it's designed for the older style headlight U-bracket so I had to fab up a few things to make it work.
The result was worth it I think. Now all I have to do is order up my Matris damper and this years round of mods will be complete.
Here are a few pics of the finished product. Let me know what you think.
