M1100 EVO w/ EvoTech fender elim

[EvilSteve]

So I spent a little time putting the evotech fender eliminator on my M1100 EVO last night. It was kind of a bit of a hack. There are walkthroughs online (videos and whatnot) but I guess the harness has changed for the EVO because the spade connectors are useless.

I basically winged it because the instructions from evotech might as well be written in Latin and I couldn't find any walkthrough for the EVO.

Main difference for the EVO is (as I mentioned) the the light that comes in the kit won't attach to the harness without chopping something. I had a couple of ideas, one was to just splice into the harness (which I don't like to do). Another was to chop the existing light, grab the connector and use that on the light from the kit. The other (and what I decided to do) was to take the stock plate mount (with the light attached) and use that. I hacked off some of the reflectors and was able to mount that up. It needs tweaking but seems to be ok. If anyone has questions, feel free to ask.

[RC Fan]

Looks great!  How do you like the bike?

[EvilSteve]

The bike is awesome. It's my 3rd Monster. My first bike was a 2005 S2R 800. I also owned a 2007(?) S4RS although that bike had the devil.

This bike feels more powerful than the 800 (duh!) but just as light. It handles really well, better than either the S2R or the S4RS. It's very stable and confidence inspiring. I've only put ~350 miles on it though so haven't got too much else to say on it yet.

[RC Fan]

I assume one of your previous Monsters had a dry clutch.  Do you notice a big difference between the wet and dry clutch?  I have a 696 now, and am considering either the Evo or a leftover M1100.  Some people say the dry clutch is harder to handle...

[Hellraising-vtec]

that probably cause its not made for the evo. I checked in there website and they still have not post a tail chop for the evo. Im devating if waiting for ducati tail chop to do there stealth plate relocastors and marbe go with the integrated tail light. but still thinking about it. dont know what to do

[pyrocpu]

I used the same kit on my Monster 1100 Evo as well. One would think, that ordering a fender eliminator from a British company, that they'd get the directions in the most proper English. Yeah. Not so much.

I did use one of the tutorial links in the Tutorials section to "translate" between the crappy instructions in the kit, and the non-Evo install process. Took me a bit, but a rather clean install.

I wouldn't bother waiting for an Evo-specific kit. This is pretty dang close. Everything bolted up to the OE locations very well (save for the LP light as the OP mentioned).

[brix821]

looks reaaaaal good.  is the frame black?  I have been digging on some new monsters as of late...but alas the dirt has my heart for the time.

[jsd2]

So my bike comes in Monday and I have the EvoTech eliminator kit sitting in my living room.  How hard is it going to be to make the license plate light work?  I will get pulled over in my town without a light on my license plate.  I may or may not get a ticket but I will for sure get pulled over and it is inconvenient to get pulled over for no reason.  I think that it is important to note that I am pretty mechanically inept.  I did put the kit on my 696 without issue but it sounds like this is going to be more complicated.

Jim

[EvilSteve]

My first monster was a wet clutch, second was dry. I love dry clutches - loud clutches save lives - but I wanted this bike and got it in spite of the wet clutch. I think there's a difference for sure but it's like anything, you just get used to it. The bike doesn't like to be below 3500 RPM so it's a bit stally (either that or I suck, well, probably both). I have a +2 rear sprocket on order. I think if you don't have good clutch-hand strength the dry could be a problem. If that's the only thing swaying you toward the M1100 then I'd say ditch it if you're concerned.

I think it actually wasn't that hard to attach the EvoTech but it was a bit of messing around because the instructions are pathetic (I hope they're reading this). I know there are others on the market so I'm not sure what they're thinking. I think the light attachment became super easy for me once I decided to use the stock plate holder (I'll get pics up at some point).

This leads me to another issue with this kit - the plate holder doesn't fit (unless I'm missing something, which is quite possible) US license plates. You have to use the stupid extender things which are kind of awkward. I'm going to work something out so that I don't have to do that.

If you choose to use the light that comes with the kit, the 3 options I mentioned are probably your available options, pick the one you think will be most likely to succeed. That's what I did.

I took the bike out for a ride this afternoon and didn't have any issues. I am concerned about the indicator attachment method that I used. I took the rubber mounts from the stock setup and used them as the screw holders on the inside of the mount point of the kit (yeah, I really do need some more pictures) - I feel like that could be a problem so I've ordered two more to see if I need to cut something.

[Mugen939]

I installed this kit on my EVO a couple weeks ago. I ended up drilling new holes on my license plate in order to get it to fit without using those adapters.

[Mhanis]

I installed this kit on my EVO a couple weeks ago. I ended up drilling new holes on my license plate in order to get it to fit without using those adapters.

Funny you mentioned this. I used the adaptors though I did have my concerns about them. My concerns were well founded in that on this past Thursday I went to get on my bike after work and found that the license plate had broken off!! Fortunately the Tax Assessors office is open late on Thursdays and I got a new plate right away.

I did the same thing as you, drilled new holes.

Mark

[EvilSteve]

hmmmm I might need to do that too, but I'll probably drill the old plate holder rather than the plate itself as that's illegal. 

[Mhanis]

When I got the new plate I asked the lady if drilling holes in the plate was an option; she told me that as long as the plate could be read it was no problem.

[jsd2]

I used the plate adapter on the EvoTech kit on my 696.  I had the 696 for 2 years with no problems with the plate at all.  It doesn't look like they changed it. 

Jim

[EvilSteve]

Here are a few more pictures. I've since removed the extenders and drilled holes in the stock mount (and removed that last pesky reflector). These were taken with my cell phone so excuse Captain IZ_cam...