Homemade mods

[forFREEDOM]

i dyed my gray polymer parts black... it was pretty easy.

http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=43500.0

I also got a sweet nylon black ARMY motorcycle jacket for Xmas. One sleeve is digi-camo and looks odd to me, so I'm going to attempt to dye that black. I'll let you know how it goes.

[cyco]

Has anyone made own holders (rear sets) for the fotpegs and muffler ?

Im thinking about doin my own with stainless steel iron rods instead for the aluminium ones.

Need some input  

[forFREEDOM]

just a quickie on a CNC router, powdercoated by the toothless old skinny guy down the road for a dollar

Very nice! Want to sell them? I'd buy one.

[Spidey]

Stock clutch cover, cut and painted.  Removed the gasket and then used washers as spacers between the cover and the case.



Exhaust Hanger.  Metal tube.  Cut to length, flatten the ends and drill holes for bolts.

[peerke]

Complete carbonfibre tank with custom airbrush:

[Skyshadow]

That tank and airbrush looks sweet! Really like the Monstra on the back. Where did you get the tank?

[peerke]

I made it my self

[Skyshadow]

Was it hard? Details...

[peerke]

Its verry hard work.


If you pull to hard on the fibre you will stretch it to hard and the pattern wil disapear.


I made it from 1 single piese of fibre.
Then 8 layers of hardner.

Sanding about 6 hours!!

Then 6 layers of clearcoat.

Custom airbrush

Again 4 layers clearcoat.



Only problem is that carbonfibre contains oxygen.

With the harder you will see little holes in the toplayer.
I have that problem now.

It must harden for some weeks and then again sanding.
Last 5 layers of clearcoat and the tank is 100% finished.


If you buy it its to ugly.

The fibre are al small pieces and you can see that.
This is the original:



Because i have 1 piese i dont have the little squares in the tank.

Its a lot of work , but it will save you about €1250,- thats   $1760.-  !!!!!
Here they cost €2500,- ($3521.-)



Again sorry if i made some spellings faults hahahha

My English typing is nog verry good

[Drunken Monkey]

Installed an old oil cooler from a m750 on my 696... First of it's kind and only
I have yet to see.... Did it for under $100 compared to the $400+ that dp charges... And it works perfect.

I did the same thing with an old 900ss oil cooler on an '01 M900.

It turns out the aluminum gets really brittle after about 15 years. Be warned, it may spring a leak 

[Anchorism]

Just did a temporary wrap on my forks using a 1" wide vinyl. Also, pulled off the extra oil cooler plastic air duct, and re adjusted my Tall boy clip ons.

[suzyj]

A123 LiFePo battery.  I bought the cells off ebay, and put them into a holder made by a guy locally.

Then I cleaned up the starter wiring, with 4ga cable.

Easy way to lose a few kilograms.  The stock battery is full of lead!

[scduc]

A123 LiFePo battery.  I bought the cells off ebay, and put them into a holder made by a guy locally.

Then I cleaned up the starter wiring, with 4ga cable.

Easy way to lose a few kilograms.  The stock battery is full of lead!

You may want to do a write up on this in the tutorials. I am interested in making a pack for my self, but would really like some more info and history. Pros and cons.

P.S. it looks awesome. What did you wrap the cables with?

[rene 250]

Its verry hard work.


If you pull to hard on the fibre you will stretch it to hard and the pattern wil disapear.


I made it from 1 single piese of fibre.
Then 8 layers of hardner.

Sanding about 6 hours!!

Then 6 layers of clearcoat.

Custom airbrush

Again 4 layers clearcoat.



Only problem is that carbonfibre contains oxygen.

With the harder you will see little holes in the toplayer.
I have that problem now.

It must harden for some weeks and then again sanding.
Last 5 layers of clearcoat and the tank is 100% finished.


If you buy it its to ugly.

The fibre are al small pieces and you can see that.
This is the original:



Because i have 1 piese i dont have the little squares in the tank.

Its a lot of work , but it will save you about €1250,- thats   $1760.-  !!!!!
Here they cost €2500,- ($3521.-)



Again sorry if i made some spellings faults hahahha

My English typing is nog verry good

liar liar pants on fire...

[lawmaster891]

cover i made out of the stock for my stepdads 748