Cheapskate Mods

[whaler]

Well, it's safe to say that my owner was none too pleased when I brought the Duc home a few weeks ago. With 3 other bikes, and 2 kids, she gets kinda crabby when I shell out some money.

In my defense, I bought an 01 750 that was in great shape. None the less, I decided that dropping a big chunk of change on it at first would have most likely led to my stuff being on the lawn and the locks being changed.

I wanted to see what I could do for about $100, here's what I came up with.....

First off, the stock tail had to go, looked like a big black tongue hanging off the back. So I did the tail chop, using LEDs in the end of the frame tubes.

LEDs $16
Electronic Flasher $10

I like the looks of the corse stripe, so I got some generic "monster" stripe off Feebay. I know it's supposed to be off center, but I'm just too damn linear to not have put it down the center.

Feebay stripe $34

[whaler]

Lastly, I installed my $14 high performance exhaust....




The Vance and Hines badge was $7 each from my local parts unlimited guy (part number V22682)

Not bad for $74....any body else have some low budget mods? I still have $26 left! [moto]

[duc996]

Not bad...

[Monstermash]

I once got paid to put a set of Marchesini wheels on my Monster.

Here's the story in case you missed it on TOB.

 I won the first one (rear) on Ebay for a little over $200. It turned out the guy was local so I went to meet him to pick it up to save the $40.00 in shipping. At the time I didn't know that Brembo and Marchesini was the same company so I questioned whether the wheel was a Marchesini becasue it had "Brembo" cast into the spoke of the wheel.
As it turned out the guy needed money really bad and didn't want to wait for me to do a little research so I ended up getting it for $100.
While I was there he offered me a set of front rotors for an additional $20 so I bought them as well.
I asked if he had the matching front wheel available but he had sold it to someone in Europe.
About a week later he called me to tell me that he was having trouble shipping the front wheel to the other auction winner ( something about customs) and wanted to know if i was still interested.
I ended up getting the front wheel for $200 because the seller stated that he had to refund the purchase price to the winner in Europe.
Now here's the best part. I ended up selling my stock 3 spoke wheels for $600 on Ebay and the rotors I bought from the guy for $100.
So I ended up making $380 to put a set of Marchesinis on my Monster.
Oh, and if that wasn't cool enough, I took second place that weekend at the Monster Challenge in NYC and got a gift certificate from DNA which I used to buy all new bearings and have my tires mounted and balanced.

[arai_speed]

Congrats man!  Cheapskate mods are the best!  You should read my post in the tech area about cheapskate tools 

[He Man]

i see rust and knoting on that chain! try to clean her and soak her in some chain lube my man!!!!

now to cheapmods!

Tail chop! $5 for sheet of alluminum and brakets.
belt cover paint/ mod with dremel = $2 can of sparay paint

thats all i can think of right now.

[M900]

Bar-end mirrors; you can get CRG knock-offs for about $35 shipped on eBay if you spend time looking around.  Amazon has them too.

[junior varsity]

Ok: Reflector Removal = Free

Comfy Grips = $12-20 (If you don't like yours)

Look up coring stock exhaust - you can have the sound to go with those pipes. It requires more labor than money, for sure.

[whaler]

Ok: Reflector Removal = Free

Comfy Grips = $12-20 (If you don't like yours)

Look up coring stock exhaust - you can have the sound to go with those pipes. It requires more labor than money, for sure.

Luckily, the previous owner had already cored the exhaust, opened up the airbox, and rejetted it. Though by the looks of my plugs, I think it's running way too rich, so I'll have to readdress that issue....

I've got most of the reflectors off already, just have the ones on the fork legs to go. Been having some issues with my KTM, so I haven't had that much time to work on the Duc lately.

I'm looking at going with dual headlights. Aztec's set up is overpriced IMHO, and the Dominator set up looks decent, and priced well at $150. Just had to fork over a ton of money for my kid's summer camp, so I'll either have to wait on the duals, or try to find something that will work at the local autoparts store, like drving lights (a la the Duc Duals set up)....

I dunno

[whaler]

i see rust and knoting on that chain! try to clean her and soak her in some chain lube my man!!!!

Yeah, I ordered a new chain last week, it's in far worse shape than can be seen in the pics. Got new sprockets too, as the rear looked a little worn....

[DerekB.]

I love that stripe, I wonder if I could get a gun-metal flat gray color for my dark S2R. 

[whaler]

I love that stripe, I wonder if I could get a gun-metal flat gray color for my dark S2R. 

I know he has a silver, and other colors....take a look
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ducati-Stripe-Decal-Set-Decals-Monster-900-600-SILVER_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2em20Q2el1116QQitemZ160065893889

[pitbull]

where did you get the LED signal lights in the frame ends? if you don't mind me asking.

[whaler]

where did you get the LED signal lights in the frame ends? if you don't mind me asking.

They are Parts Unlimited number 2060-0095, they list at $10.95 ea.
They are 7443 LED replacement bulbs. The PU ones are decent, but you can get better ones on Feebay, like these.....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2-AMBER-SUPER-REFRACTOR-24-LED-LIGHT-BULBS-7443-7440_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2em14Q2el1318QQhashZitem280243979221QQitemZ280243979221

[truckinduc]

ive done everything on my bike cheaply. Because i have no money. I have less in my bike than most have in their exhaust.