My Custom M900

[danaid]

    Dark and sinister 

[ChrisK]

I liked it more in yellow 

To each their own! I didn't hate the yellow I guess, but it wasn't for me. I originally bought the bike for the bike that it is, not because of the colors. Even though it sucked crashing it, it's been very cool getting to make it into mine and only mine.

I think one of the biggest things that turned me off before were the silver wheels. Wheels, to me, need to be black or red on Ducati's.

[Pedro-bot]

Well, at least u still have a yellow spring.   


Nice job on the bike. 

And great looking boat too!!

[Cody]

That's a great looking bike. What brand exhaust do you have on it?

[ChrisK]

That's a great looking bike. What brand exhaust do you have on it?

Danmoto Conical GP. They're just inexpensive slip-ons. I've been vary happy with them though. Would take them over the Staintune's I used to have any day.

[greenohawk69]

Nice dash...I have the same one on mine.   

[ChrisK]

Installed SS braided brake and clutch lines over the weekend. They were actually from a GT1000 but fit just fine, and I was able to get them for a great price.



I love the added feel I gained from getting rid of the OEM rubber lines.

[ChrisK]

Also, I changed the title of the thread, I figure as I change things I'll just put them in here so I have it all in one place.

[Rudemouthsky]

Installed SS braided brake and clutch lines over the weekend. They were actually from a GT1000 but fit just fine, and I was able to get them for a great price.



I love the added feel I gained from getting rid of the OEM rubber lines.

Nice touch. Have you considered replacing the plastic pee cups? for a murdered out bike like yours I'd turn to China for something like that, such as this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Universal-Motorcycle-Master-Cylinder-Fluid-oil-reservoir-front-brake-clutch-Tank-/151177891689?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&fits=Make%3ADucati|Model%3AMonster&hash=item2332e78f69&vxp=mtr

In black of course. Or you could just replace the caps, cheaper and possibly even better looking.

[ChrisK]

I'd really like to get some reservoirs from the Streetfighter/some Multistrada's/ some Hypermotards - the triangular shaped ones.

For whatever reason I think those look real nice: http://0.tqn.com/d/motorcycles/1/0/0/i/-/-/Ducati_Streetfighter_S_cockpit.jpg

Either way, I agree, I need to do something other than the cups I have.

[Rudemouthsky]

I'd really like to get some reservoirs from the Streetfighter/some Multistrada's/ some Hypermotards - the triangular shaped ones.

For whatever reason I think those look real nice: http://0.tqn.com/d/motorcycles/1/0/0/i/-/-/Ducati_Streetfighter_S_cockpit.jpg

Either way, I agree, I need to do something other than the cups I have.

Hrrm, yer right those do have a certain charm. I bet there are lots of them collecting dust in ppl's garages after doing a Rizoma or similar type reservoir upgrade. You might want to post in the Ducati.ms want ads.

[ChrisK]

Hrrm, yer right those do have a certain charm. I bet there are lots of them collecting dust in ppl's garages after doing a Rizoma or similar type reservoir upgrade. You might want to post in the Ducati.ms want ads.

I've been lurking ducati.ms, one time a pair of the cups popped up for sale for $20 and someone else beat me to them by 10 minutes. You're right though, I might just do a want ad.

I've also wondered if maybe the triangular cups, painted black, with a stripe left clear would look good...

[ChrisK]

This week I've been working on taking out the flywheel to have it lightened. Lucky for me I know a guy local that is a retired machinist, bored, and works for Busch Light. He was able to throw it in his lathe and turn it down for me in some areas. Below are some before and after pictures. We only took off 1.2 lbs, I was kind of hoping to get it down into the 2~ lb range, so if any of you with experience in this have any suggestions for where to take some extra weight, I'm all ears.

[pepeducat]

Here is the plan I used to machine the flywheel of the alternator 3 wire, you still have a margin for road use, you can go down to 1.8 kgs after you have any problem in ralance output curve.

Your balance is in kg or lb?

[ChrisK]

Thank you! In pounds