monsta rebuild

[DucHead]

Wow!!

Jizz meter reading is 10!

[He Man]

sorry if i missed it, but how did u strip the engine paint?

[monsta]

Street legal in Au to use instead of mirrors?

hmmm.. doubt it!  tho, I was riding with someone on a super squalo (which has one) and he got asked by a cop about it. The cop didn't worry... 
I got this one cheap as leftover bits from the squalo project. Its poor in bright light and 'flares' at night with headlights behind. But, its better than some stock mirrors... 1098 comes to mind.

you really should figure out the engine stands for production. those are great.

thanks Raux, I doubt there would be a big market for them, especially at the price I would charge!   

monsta do you have any pics of the bike right before you started ripping it apart?

I do... heaps! 
I wont post em yet... I'm trying to build suspense here!!       

sorry if i missed it, but how did u strip the engine paint?

had it blasted right before coating so's there'd be no marks on it.

[J5]

Street legal in Au to use instead of mirrors?

definatley not

australia has rules (Australian Designs Rules ADR's ) for everything regarding a vehicle and afaik nothing yet regarding camers for rear viewing

stuff like how far apart and how far off the ground indicators must be

reality most cops wont bother , but one day you will get one that his wife wouldnt screw him so he make the beast with two backss you instead

[roy-nexus-6]

definatley not

australia has rules (Australian Designs Rules ADR's )

I worry about that as my rear indicators are non-compliant. A lot of the new Harleys have in-built indicators, though, so that should help to take the heat off.

[monsta]

made a bracket to support the battery,  dynacoil mini coils and sparker ignition. Anodized ally with stainless ancillary brackets.




bracket for the oil cooler had to be made because the bevel valve cover dont have one...



made a little fitting to adapt the oil pressure switch to the oil cooler so's I still have a light..



funny.. after all the work I've done to the frame, I never did a tail chop.
This was one of the first things I did about 13  years ago...
The earlier monsters had a shorter subframe, so it not so bad. I made the cover and the licence plate mount. I made em out of fibreglass. When I tried to do them in carbon I had no joy. I couldnt get the air bubbles out. Anyhow, I ended up getting someone who knew what they were doing to make the cover out of carbon from my molds.

[DucHead]

...I never did a tail chop...

Jizz meter reading lowered to 7.8.   

[erichan8757]

Jizz meter reading lowered to 7.8.   

lollllllllllll

[monsta]

ok..  looking like a motorbike again!
I was waiting on bearings for the rear suspension rocker arm. I made the mistake of taking them out and powdercoating the rocker arm. Seems Ducati had put some obscure bearing in there. I think I got the last 4 in the solar system.. I should have just painted it!!
Fitted the Ohlins shock and the rear wheel.
All I need to do is fit the exhaust and I can try and put some fire in its belly! 

[monsta]

and another thing...
I've spun the engine up to get oil pressure.
While doing it I had dramas getting neutral (or changing gear)
When I backed out the detent at the back of the engine I was able to get gears... Does anyone know if it has to be shimed or something??
I'll ask my guru mate Justin tomorrow, but I dont want to bother him ALL the time! 

[koko64]

Monsta

It's simply beautiful.
I have thought about updating to a newer model one day, but you have inspired me to just do the wish list rebuild of my own when the next one is due.

[monsta]

Drama!
Got the tank and stuff abck from the painters this morn..
Did the usual cleaning threads and fitting cap and latch ect. After I figured that I had the coils back to front, it let out a big backfire then started up! 
Idled and bliped really good. I was really happy how good..
Anyhow, I shut it down and went back to doing other crap so's it'd be ridable. Thats when I noticed an oil leak!!   
Looks like it's coming from the rear base gasket!
Bugger!

anyhow, the bike show is tomorrow. I wouldn't have made it anyhow, I still have a few things to do to make it ridable, so I'm gunna trailer it!       oh the shame!!

fitting the last few things...
mmmmmm  984! 


the foot stand


got a fresh licence plate. Ive had the old one for 14-15 years.. it was ratty..




you guessed it....








the (almost) finished product..

[Duck-Stew]

Monsta:  Your use of colors, attention to detail and general aesthetic have really come together!  EXCEPTIONALLY nice build mate!!!  I'm really enjoying it.   

[jvax]

That's a thing of beauty!!  Great job and good luck on the show!!

[Raux]

fantastic work!
beautiful colors
awesome motor

all around great build