is it me or is the new cafe scrambler reminiscent of the 1st gen monster?

[monsta]

[Dirty Duc]

It's like the bastard love child of a monster and an SS.

[koko64]

Or the love child of an M900 and AJS/Matchy  7R/G50.

[ducpainter]

It's you.

Climb down...carefully.

[kopfjäger]

[koko64]

You reminded me how much I like the '93/'94 models.

[IdZer0]

The seat cowl has the same lines as the old monster's cowl.

[Duck-Stew]

BTW for the purists out there:  The photo is of Miguel Galluzzi's original Monster.  This is THE bike that prototyped *all* Monsters.  If there was a serial number on this one, it's '000000'.

I've seen it in person.  It's stunning.  The footpegs are machined out of billet.  The oil cooler is inverted from the SS of the time.  It's wearing the original tires.  Miguel loves this bike.

[koko64]

Yeah different pipes and half painted over carbon front guard, no ugly breather pods. Extra carbon. Just beautiful.

[koko64]

Thinking about it, he must have got his way becauae its very close to the production model.

[Speeddog]

I thought that frame tube "X" junction above the clutch cover looked different.

[koko64]

Maybe 851/888 style.

[Speeddog]

Yeah, that's it, it's got the subframe bracket on top of the tube, just above the rear motor mount, like the 851/888.

The side covers and seat cowl have shapes that are distinctly different from the production bits.

Tank looks smaller too.

[Speeddog]

Production....


...Prototype

[koko64]

Pretty close. Glad Galluzzi got his way.
I paint every metal clutch cover black.