Homemade mods

[ccm900]

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[Desert Dust]

This is the triumph rider,

           It does not bother me that much since the only time we are side by side is at stop lights or when I stop by and see it on the lift at his shop. Gay night is the only time I see ducati riders going somewhere fast. Nakeds were meant to  be rode by hooligans maybe you should hang out with more triumph riders, then maybe you could grow a set of your own  .

Triumphs are nice bikes. I once owned a 750 Bonneville. By the way, how many World Superbike Championships has Triumph won? 

[take risks]

Triumphs are nice bikes. I once owned a 750 Bonneville. By the way, how many World Superbike Championships has Triumph won? 

nice.

oh hey has the Ducati factory ever burnt down?

[Drunken Monkey]

This is the triumph rider,

           It does not bother me that much since the only time we are side by side is at stop lights or when I stop by and see it on the lift at his shop. Gay night is the only time I see ducati riders going somewhere fast. Nakeds were meant to  be rode by hooligans maybe you should hang out with more triumph riders, then maybe you could grow a set of your own  .

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In the meantime, keep it on topic. You'll note the fish in these waters are too wise to bite at bait that stinky.

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[sejman]

Back on topic:

I modified my clutch cover (got a scratch/dent for $10 on fleabay) and did a rattle can paint job and came up with this (excuse the bad cell phone pic and dirty bike):



Clutch cover inspired by Juan's bike (my personal fave DMF bike)

It's been about 6 months and has held up well.  VHT gold paint and plain old rustoleum red for the springs.  I just sanded the spring caps to remove the rust and haven't messed with them.  Really need to replace those spring bolts with stainless now...

You'll also notice "dremeled" belt covers.

Yuck - just noticed how dirty my rear brake fluid is...time to bleed/flush!

[Drunken Monkey]

Clutch cover inspired by Juan's bike (my personal fave DMF bike)

Mine too.

And nice work. Looks retro. I dig it. 

[Mojo S2R]

I like it.     Slick idea. 

[lawmaster891]

put some pod filters today and modified the air box so that it is just a battery box

[mattfwalters]

Today I was curious if it is possible to remove the carbon canister, ugly plastic shroud and re-mount the horn / regulator elsewhere using only parts that are already on the bike. I ended up buying a couple of bolts (and used some three-bond I had around) to block the canister inlets on the throttle bodies, but otherwise was completely successful. It's not super-pretty, but it worked:



I need to go back and zip-tie the clutch cable in place, and the horn isn't in a useful / pretty spot (regulator is now mounted where the horn was) so I'll need to deal with it too, but I'm pretty pleased.

[Raux]

For the horn I took the horn mount and bent it 90 deg and used the unused  oil cooler mount.

[mattfwalters]

For the horn I took the horn mount and bent it 90 deg and used the unused  oil cooler mount.

Seems like a good plan! I'll have a go at that. Thanks!

[Skyshadow]

Before tail Chop

Dismantled and about to cut frame

Goodbye about 5" of frame

All Complete


Total cost was around $10, made out of thick sheet metal just cut and bent to the right parameters

[CookieMonster]

I am sooooo digging the red frame
They came stock like that? What year is your Monster if you don't mind me asking...and what size engine

Chopped, cored, and painted a set of stocker cans (off a 620) prior to getting my sils:



Used a Dremel to cut the welds on the cap, miter saw to cut about 3" off, rivet gun to close her up, and Dupli-color engine enamel (ceramic, 500-degree, gloss) to paint 'em.

I also did the sprocket cover mod (same as OP except with a router and trim bit):

[ducrider45]

A lot of the mods on my bike are home made. The swing arm was hand made at Norms house. I made the cans and wiring harness. I did the tail chop as well as removing the old computer and gauges. They were replaced with the pre 2002 ignition. Well in short I did all of the work to this bike.Lots of home made mods.

[lawmaster891]

very nice. id love to see some more pix of the single sided swingarm. i have been intersted in doing this to my bike for quite some time