The Mercenary Monster

Started by brownwhale, June 21, 2008, 10:33:02 AM

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MotoPsycho

Next mod should be powdercoating the frame/swingarm black. It makes a drastic, beastly change from the gold paint. I'm glad I did mine that way.

Mine is in "super-wet black". Did my frame/hoop/swingarm/wheels & triples in it.

Edgar: '99 M750 - 2009 Indy Ducati Rat Bike Award Winner

CDawg

Very nice!  I like the Super Duke headlight!

c_rex

I've been diggin on your Superduke headlight since you posted on the old board long ago.  Been watching eBay but that is a very rare find apparently.  I'm gonna have to the local KTM dealer and find out what the cost of a new unit would be (ouch!).  Did you modify the headlight in any way to mount it or just bend up those brackets and bolt it on?  Very nicely done.
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brownwhale

Answers to your questions:

The R6 forks are a little longer than stock but I also dropped the height for better turn in, so its a combo effect

The clutch master cylinder is off some ducati I forget which, I just didn't want the coffin stye, together with the MPL slave its very easy to pull compared to most bikes, the brake master is a stock R6 which is actually a brembo radial mount, this piece is amazing, ridiculous feel, adjustability and plain ol' stopping power, I one finger brake now and still outbrake my riding buddies

I'm not familiar with the gsxr front end swap, and I used an entire front end (wheel/fender/brakes etc) so fitment wasn't too bad, I originally tried to use the R6 triples as well but they made steering difficult, I had to shim the lower triple to get a good clamp on the forks but otherwise no problem

The Super duke headlight has a couple mounting tabs on it, I simply held the light where I wanted and bent pieces of bar stock to make brackets that would bolt to those tabs and various mounting spot on the triples

CountGreffi

Top Notch! I like the bike a lot  [thumbsup]

cg
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GLantern

That thing made my jaw drop absolutely gorgeous bike [clap]
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king67rsss

Quote from: c_rex on June 23, 2008, 09:17:28 PM
I've been diggin on your Superduke headlight since you posted on the old board long ago.  Been watching eBay but that is a very rare find apparently.  I'm gonna have to the local KTM dealer and find out what the cost of a new unit would be (ouch!).  Did you modify the headlight in any way to mount it or just bend up those brackets and bolt it on?  Very nicely done.

I just called the local KTM dealer $204.99. Not too bad.

brownwhale

you're gonna hate me for this but I got mine off ebay for $40

c_rex

Quote from: brownwhale on June 24, 2008, 05:38:14 PM
you're gonna hate me for this but I got mine off ebay for $40


[bang] [bang] [bang]

did you get and use any wiring or did you jerry-rig it?
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clubhousemotorsports

time to start a new thread on "mad max monsters!" where is industrial girls?

love the look  [clap]


brownwhale

Quote from: c_rex on June 24, 2008, 05:40:26 PM


[bang] [bang] [bang]

did you get and use any wiring or did you jerry-rig it?
It came with the wiring, I spliced it into the stock headlight harness so it uses the correct connector to plug into the main harness, pretty simple as it's the same setup, one main bulb and a small parking bulb

2-Wheelin Hooligan

That bike is simply amazing. Keep up the good work!  [thumbsup]

trenner


FortyTwo

Great bike!

What grips are those?  I hate the ones I have now...

Pancake81

Thats a real cook looking bike man. Looks like you have done all the mods yourself too  [thumbsup] . Keep up the good work.
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