Monster 620ie RestoMod

[koko64]

Quite a diet and transformation

[kopfjäger]

I've kept a running total of the weights of what I removed vs what I replaced and the bike is down 36.5lbs. If Ducati's published weight of 396 is accurate, it should be in the 360 range.

Interested on how much weight I will loose with the wheel swap.

Should be around 10lbs. Bike looks good although I'm a fan of low pipes on older monsters.

[bshinn]

To each his own, but I doubt I drag these.

[kopfjäger]

Por supuesto 

[bshinn]

I had some parts TiN coated. On first look everything looked good until I inspected the axle. The only part exposed to the elements (the inside) was UN-COATED. The owner it going to re-coat it, but I'm out the money to get it back to the west coast.





Speedymoto triples are due here on Thursday according to UPS. Wheels should be here by the end of next week.

[bshinn]

This past weekend was cold and wet in the Charlotte area, so I decided to rehab the throttle housing.

Before:





After:





Used the same Colorite Ducati Magnesium Gold I used on the side covers. Not sure about the 2-tone look, but it looks better than before. The switchgear will be replaced shortly with Ducabike's switches for the Panagali that replace the MC clamp. Not sure about the left side, will likely suck it up and by new OEM.

[bshinn]

Intended to delete about 15 images from my PB account, I now have them reloaded. Here's the link: http://s1335.photobucket.com/user/bshinn66/library/Monster%20Restoration?sort=3&page=1

The images are in no particular order, sorry.

My triple finally showed up last week.



It's a Speedymoto and the quality is excellent. The instructions however are non existent. The standard metric bolts are no problem, but the steering tube is threaded into the lower rather than pressed in, I would like to have a torque value for that. Also there are 2 brackets that I have no idea what they are uses for. At $1150 I expected a little more, but WTH, just nut up and deal with it.









Went together with no issues, for most folks..................
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[bshinn]

But I am running a Bitubo top mount damper:



The Speedymoto risers are 20mm higher than stock to I can't use it without modification. The solution is reasonably simple. There is a 10mm spacer between the mount that attaches to the ignition and the damper itself. I ordered 2 more spacers from Bellissimoto that should solve the problem. My intention is to have the risers milled to cut as much off and lower them as i can. That appears to be about 8mm. i should the be able to just use one spacer. I didn't want any rise on the bars, but I had no choice.

Here's where where it is now:







The wheels are due here by the end of the week. Hopefully I will be able to post images soon.

Peace!

[koko64]

Very nice.